CityJet

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CityJet

IATA WX	ICAO BCY	Callsign CITY-IRELAND
Founded		1994
Hubs		Charles de Gaulle International Airport
Focus cities		Dublin Airport London City Airport Orly Airport
Fleet size		20
Destinations		7
Parent company		Air France-KLM
Headquarters		Dublin, Ireland
Key people		Pat Byrne Chairman & Founder Tony Regan, General Manager Flight Ops Geoffrey White, CEO
Website: http://www.cityjet.com

CityJet is an airline based in Dublin. It is owned by Air France-KLM. It operates franchise, wet-lease and codeshare routes. It is headquartered in Swords, Co. Dublin and maintains a crew base at Dublin International Airport. The main hub and crew base is at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris. A small crew base is also maintained at Orly Airport, Paris.

1 History
2 Services
3 Fleet
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

The airline was established on 28 September 1992 and started operations on 12 January 1994. It was founded by Pat Byrne and began operations between London City Airport and Dublin under a franchise agreement with Virgin Atlantic Airways. On 4 July 1997 the airline began operations on the route using its own brand and identity. During this time the relationship with Air France began with CityJet operating the Paris to London City service on behalf of Air France. In May 1999 Air France took a 25% equity stake in partnership with Air Foyle Ireland, but assumed complete control in February 2000.

CityJet now employs 500 people. It carried over 1.1m passengers in the financial year 2004 and had profits of over €7m.

[edit] Services

CityJet operates the following services (July 2006) to international scheduled destinations: Birmingham, Dublin, Edinburgh, Florence, Gothenburg (Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport), London (London City Airport), Paris (Charles de Gaulle International Airport and Orly Airport) and Zurich.

From 26 March 2007 'City Jet for Air France' will launch more routes from London City Airport to European cities.

[edit] Fleet

CityJet BAe 146-200

The CityJet fleet consists of the following aircraft (January 2007):^[1]

Type	Number	Seats	Notes
BAe 146-200	17	93	Photograph of EI-DJJ [1]
BAe 146-300	2	104	Photograph of EI-DEW [2]
Avro RJ85	1		EI-RJP

In July 2006, the average age of the CityJet fleet was 19.7 years old and it is thus one of the oldest passenger fleets in Europe. The airline will replace the 146's with second-hand Avro RJ85 aircraft, which have been sourced from Mesaba in the USA. Deliveries are ongoing.