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
Charles de Gaulle International Airport
Fleet size 30
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 Limited is an airline based in Dublin, Ireland. It is an Air France subsidiary operating franchise services in Europe. Its main base is Dublin Airport, with a hub at Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Paris. The airline also provides an aircraft and crew service for Air France and its network partners at both Paris airports [1].

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[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. It is wholly owned by Air France and has 654 employees (at March 2007)[1].

It carried over 1.1m passengers in the financial year 2004 and had profits of over €7m.[citation needed]

ScotAirways's scheduled routes from London City are being absorbed into the CityJet for Air France network. From September 3, 2008, all ScotAirways services will be operated under the CityJet brand, and ScotAirways' Do 328s will be painted in "CityJet for Air France" colours.

[edit] Destinations

Cityjet operates the following routes (February 2008)[2]:

[edit] Air France by Cityjet

BAe 146-200 (Avro RJ85) landing
BAe 146-200 (Avro RJ85) landing

[edit] CityJet for Air France

Further to acquiring Scot Airways and inheriting more routes, the airline altered its livery to remove the predominantly French colours on aircraft operating the UK domestic routes.

CityJet operates a wet lease for Scot Airways on the early morning flight to Edinburgh from London City Airport to increase capacity on the route.

In December 2007, CityJet announced a new route between Paris (Charles De Gaulle) and Shannon in February 2008, to replace the Aer Lingus Shannon-Heathrow route, which ended in January 2008.

In May 2008, Irish Carrier Aer Arann lost the rights to fly from Dublin International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock to CityJet. CityJet plans to start this service on the 22 July.

[edit] Fleet

BAe 146-200
BAe 146-200

The CityJet fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of June 2008):

Aircraft Total Passengers Notes
Avro RJ85ER 23 95

As of 9 June 2008, the average age of the CityJet fleet is 12 years ([1]).

In 2007/2008, the airline replaced the BAe 146s with second-hand Avro RJ85 aircraft, sourced from Mesaba Airlines in the USA.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Flight International 3 April 2007
  2. ^ CityJet.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
  • Fuelled by Belief: The CityJet Story by Pat Byrne, first printed September 2004 - ISBN 1-904148-57-3

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