EuroManx

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Euromanx is an airline based at Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man. Euromanx operates scheduled domestic passenger services and charters.

Contents

1 Code Data
2 History
3 Services
4 Fleet
5 External links

Code Data

IATA Code: 3W
ICAO Code: EMX
Callsign: Euromanx

History

The airline was established on 7 August 2002 and started operations on 19 August 2002. It is no relation to Manx Airlines which operated for many years prior to purchase by British Airways. It was established by Allan Keen, managing director of Isle of Man based Woodgate Aviation. Warren Seymour, chief executive of Club328 and UK investors acquired Euromanx fully in September 2004.

Euromanx initially operated with leased equipment including Beech 1900 and ATR 42 aircraft from Rosair and subsequently Fokker 50's from Denim Air. Euromanx introduced their own aircraft during 2005 with two Avro RJ70 aircraft (EI-CPJ and EI-CPK), two Dornier 328's (D-CMTM and D-CPRW), Dash 8-201 OE-HBB and Dash 8-301 OE-HBC.

In June 2005, Euromanx successfully bought the passenger service of Emerald Airways, another low cost carrier operating services from Liverpool John Lennon Airport. These services are now operated under the Euromanx name and booking system, but often the cabin crew employed and the planes used are those of Emerald Airways.

In October 2005, Euromanx restructured its operation, shutting down all its scheduled international services except Dublin, and eliminating domestic service to Bristol,Southampton,Glasgow and Stansted airports. Its RJ70 fleet was announced as retired, however both airframes continued flying until withdrawn in February 2006.

In February 2006 Euromanx restructured again and withdrew from the Dublin route. The Dornier 328 and RJ70 fleets were withdrawn and operations continued with the remaining two Dash 8 aircraft.

Services

Euromanx serves the following destinations (at May 2006):

British Crown Dependencies
* Isle of Man
** Isle of Man (Isle of Man Airport)
United Kingdom
* England
** Liverpool (Liverpool John Lennon Airport)
** London (London City)
** Manchester (Manchester International Airport)
* Northern Ireland
** Belfast (Belfast City Airport
Ireland
* Dublin (Dublin Airport) (service suspended Feb 2006)

Fleet

At January 2006 the Euromanx fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

2 Avro RJ70ER
2 Dornier 328
2 De Havilland Canada DHC-8

By February 2006 the fleet had been reduced to:

2 De Havilland Canada DHC-8
1 ATR 72 Leased from Aer Arann

External links

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