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Citywing

Citywing
Industry Aerospace and travel
Founded 22 November 2012
Defunct 10 March 2017
Key people
David Buck (MD)
Website citywing.com

Citywing (a trading name of Citywing Aviation Services Limited) was an Isle of Man-based virtual airline that sold seats on scheduled air flights operated under charter. Flights linked several airports in the British Isles, with the company having a base at Isle of Man Airport. Its head office was in Hangar 9 at Isle of Man Airport in Ballasalla.

From November 2012, managing director David Buck led a management buyout of Manx2. On 1 January 2013 the assets of Manx2 were acquired by the new company, Citywing, and seats went on sale on the new company's website. The first Citywing-branded flight took off on 2 January 2013. The operation often attracted controversy being described as a 'virtual airline' with no Air Operator's Certificate, no appointed Aviation Safety Officer and no Safety Department.

During 2014, the route network expanded to include flights from Glasgow to the Isle of Man. Citywing took over the Cardiff to Anglesey public service obligation route in January 2016 after the previous operator went bankrupt.

Following an incident involving a flight to Belfast on 23 February 2017, Citywing's previous operator Van Air Europe was replaced by North Flying and Titan Airways. On 10 March 2017, Citywing announced that as a result of Van Air Europe losing their license for UK flights subsequently, they have been unable to source suitable additional aircraft to further operate its services. As a result, all flights from 11 March 2017 were terminated.

On the same day, Citywing filed for liquidation stating heavy losses after the need to source leased aircraft to replace Van Air Europe on such short notice.

At the closure of its operations, Citywing offered flights to the following destinations:

As Citywing was a virtual airline without its own aircraft operations license, it leased in respectively chartered aircraft from Van Air Europe for all of its services.


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