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Everything about Cityjet totally explained
CityJet 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 .
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):
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CityJet for Air France
London (London City Airport) to Geneva, Zurich, Nice, Madrid, Dundee, Belfast City, Strasbourg and Edinburgh.
Dundee, Belfast City, Strasbourg and Edinburgh are in partnership with Scot Airways.
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.
Fleet
The CityJet fleet consists of the following aircraft as of January 2008:
In July 2006, the average age of the CityJet fleet was 19.7 years, making it one of the oldest passenger fleets in Europe. Most of the BAe 146 aircraft were acquired from the United States when most services using the BAe 146 stopped in the early 1990s. The airline will replace the 146s with second-hand Avro RJ85 aircraft, which have been sourced from Mesaba in the USA.
At March 2008 the average fleet age was 12.7 years.
References
Fuelled by Belief: The CityJet Story by Pat Byrne, first printed September 2004 - ISBN 1-904148-57-3Further Information
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