Stobart Air, legally incorporated as Stobart Air Unlimited Company and formerly named Comhfhobairt (Gaillimh) and trading under the business name Aer Arann, is an Irish regional airline headquartered in Dublin. It operates scheduled services under the brands Aer Lingus Regional and Flybe on behalf of their respective owners. Stobart Air has operating bases at Cork and Dublin for Aer Lingus Regional and at London-Southend and Isle of Man for Flybe.
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History
On 19 March 2014, Aer Arann announced that it would be changing its corporate name to Stobart Air by the end of 2014. Stobart Air is owned by Everdeal Holdings Limited, which as of March 2014, was 81% owned by the Stobart Group, 10% owned by Cenkos Securities, and 10% owned by Pádraig Ó Céidigh, Aer Arann's former Chairman. Stobart Group had an option to acquire complete control of the airline, by increasing its shareholding to 100%.
On 24 February 2017 Stobart Group completed 100% acquisition of Stobart Air, after purchasing the remaining 19% of Everdeal Holdings. Stobart Group also completed 100% ownership of Propius Holdings Ltd, the aircraft leasing firm through which many of the Stobart Air aircraft are sourced.
Stobart Air announced on 25 March 2014 it was diversifying away from operating exclusively for Aer Lingus by enacting a five-year agreement with Flybe to operate six routes in Northern Europe and Benelux from 5 June 2014. It was further announced in November 2014 that Stobart Air was also to operate two routes from Cardiff to Edinburgh and Paris-Orly, on behalf of CityJet, from 1 December 2014. The latter two routes have since ceased.
In November 2014 the closure of their Shannon base from January 2015 was announced, with a loss of twenty flights a week. They soon announced they would resume their Birmingham route in June 2015, operating six times a week.
Maps Stobart Air
Destinations
Operated as Aer Lingus Regional
- British Crown Dependencies
- Isle of Man
- Jersey (seasonal)
- France
- Rennes (seasonal)
- Ireland
- Cork (base)
- Donegal
- Dublin (base)
- Kerry
- Shannon
- United Kingdom
- Aberdeen
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Leeds/Bradford
- Manchester
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Newquay
- Southampton
Operated as Flybe (franchise)
- Austria
- Vienna - Vienna International Airport
- Belgium
- Antwerp - Antwerp International Airport (resumes 25 March 2018)
- Croatia
- Dubrovnik - Dubrovnik Airport (seasonal)
- Zadar - Zadar Airport (seasonal)
- Czech Republic
- Prague - Václav Havel Airport Prague
- France
- Caen - Caen - Carpiquet Airport (seasonal)
- Lyon - Lyon-Saint-Exupéry Airport
- Rennes - Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport
- Germany
- Cologne - Cologne Bonn Airport
- Hungary
- Budapest - Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ireland
- Dublin - Dublin Airport
- Italy
- Milan - Milan-Malpensa Airport (seasonal)
- Netherlands
- Groningen - Groningen Airport Eelde
- United Kingdom
- Glasgow - Glasgow Airport
- London - London Southend Airport (base)
- Manchester - Manchester Airport
Operated for Flybe (wet lease)
- British Crown dependencies
- Isle of Man - Isle of Man Airport (base)
- England
- Birmingham - Birmingham Airport
- Liverpool - Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- Manchester - Manchester Airport
Fleet
The Stobart Air fleet, operating for Aer Lingus Regional and Flybe, consists of the following aircraft as of December 2017:
Services
Aer Club
Eligible Aer Lingus Regional flights earn Avios points to spend on upgrades and discounted flights on the Aer Lingus network through Aer Lingus' new loyalty programme Aer Club, points can also be earned with other airlines and outlets.
In-flight services
Stobart Air operates a buy on board programme similar to that of Aer Lingus.
See also
- List of airlines
- Transport in Ireland
References
External links
Media related to Stobart Air at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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