Stobart Air
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| Founded | 19 March 2014 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Aer Club | ||||||
| Fleet size | 17 | ||||||
| Destinations | 22 | ||||||
| Parent company | Stobart Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||
| Website | stobartair.com | ||||||
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.
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, is 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 has an option to acquire complete control of the airline, by increasing its shareholding to 100%.
Stobart Air announced on 25 March 2014 it was diversifying away from operating exclusively for Aer Lingus by announcing 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, Stobart Air also was to operate two routes from Cardiff to Edinburgh and Paris-Orly on behalf of CityJet from 1 December 2014 which since ceased again.
In November 2014 the closure of their Shannon base from January 2015 was announced, losing 20 flights a week.They soon announced they will resume their Birmingham route in June 2015 operating 6 times a week.
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