Direct Fly
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| Direct Fly | ||
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| IATA - |
ICAO SXP |
Callsign EXPRESS SKY |
| Founded | 2005 | |
| Hubs | none | |
| Focus cities | Copernicus Airport Wrocław Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice |
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| Frequent flyer program | None | |
| Member lounge | None | |
| Alliance | None | |
| Fleet size | 3 | |
| Destinations | 7 | |
| Headquarters | Warsaw, Poland | |
| Key people | Jan Szczepkowski (ceo) | |
| Website: http://www.directfly.pl/ | ||
Direct Fly was a regional airline based in Warsaw, Poland. It operated domestic services. Its main base was Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport[1].
It has announced on its webpage the suspension of all its flights, effective from May 7, 2007.
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[edit] History
The airline started operations on 12 April 2006. It is wholly owned by Sky Express and all flights are operated by and under the Sky Express air operators certificate[1]. After 12 months of operation, Direct Fly suspended operations. Management says that it is just temporary and flights will be resumed as soon as possible. Aircraft were only 20-40% full and 25,000 passengers had been flown[2]. After suspending flights, Direct Fly is considering a share issue to get enough financial support to survive[3].
[edit] Destinations
As of March 2007, Direct Fly operated scheduled domestic flights to the following destinations[1] :
Initially, the airline had been flying to Łódź, Bydgoszcz, Berlin-Schonefeld, Copenhagen, Kiev and Lwów. After two months of operation, it eliminated all of its international routes and more than half of the domestic ones.[citation needed]
[edit] Fleet
The Direct Fly fleet included the following aircraft[1] :
- 2 Saab 340A
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Flight International 3 April 2007
- ^ Poland Business Network 8 May 2007
- ^ Gospodarka Gazeta 8 May 2007
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