City Star Airlines

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City Star Airlines
City star airlines logo.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
X9ISLISLANDIA
Founded2003
Ceased operations2008
Hubs Aberdeen Airport
Fleet size0
Destinations7
Parent company Eignarhaldsfélagið City Star Airlines
Headquarters Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Website http://www.citystarairlines.com

City Star Airlines (CSA) was an airline based in Aberdeen, Scotland. It operated under the Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) of Landsflug in Iceland. Its main service was scheduled services between energy industry centres in Scotland and Norway, as well as charter services. Its main base was Aberdeen Airport. [1]

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In a press release on 30 January 2008, City Star Airlines announced that it was to immediately cease all operations until further notice. [2] [3]

History

Dornier 328-110 City Star Airlines Dornier 328 (TF-CSB).jpg
Dornier 328-110

City Star Airlines started operations on 28 March 2005 with one aircraft flying between Aberdeen, Scotland (Aberdeen Airport) and Oslo (Oslo Gardermoen Airport) in cooperation with and on the AOC of domestic airline Landsflug in Iceland. CSA's owners acquired a controlling share in Landsflug in 2005 [1] in order to acquire JAR-OPS 1 licensed operator for its operation.

On 22 June 2006, a City Star Airlines Dornier 328 (TF-CSB) operating a passenger flight from Stavanger, Norway, overshot the end of the runway at Aberdeen Airport by several hundred yards as it came in to land. None of the 16 passengers and 3 crew members on board were injured. The incident caused the airline to announce a suspension of all flight operations on 23 June 2006, although service was resumed a few days later. [4]

In March 2007, a Dornier 328 operated by CSA flying from Aberdeen to Sumburgh Airport in the Shetland Islands flew too close to cliffs and failed to respond to terrain warnings, although it did land safely. The United Kingdom's Air Accidents Investigation Branch recommended a safety audit. CSA first suspended the 61-year-old captain of the flight and then asked him to resign. [5] An investigation found that the incident occurred because of a jammed throttle. [6]

CSA announced on 1 September 2007 that its holding company had purchased Caledonian Airborne Engineering, a company providing engineering, maintenance, and ground handling facilities at Aberdeen and Newcastle Airports. The purchase increased the company's employee base by an additional 60.[ citation needed ]

On 22 December 2007 CSA's holding company stated that it would commence the first long haul, business class-only flights from Aberdeen Airport to Houston, Texas starting in 2008. [7] In November 2007, a CSA plane was involved in an accident at Aberdeen Airport and was grounded. [3] [8] That December, the airline postponed its plans to provide routes to Ålesund as a result of the accident. [8] In late January 2008, the airline announced its closure. [3] [9] A spokesman stated that it was a direct result of the damage from the accident: "the incident has had a major knock-on effect and we have simply not been able to recover from this and as of midnight have ceased all operations." [3]

Destinations

City Star Airlines operated scheduled services to the following destinations [10]

Norway
United Kingdom
The Netherlands

Fleet

As City Star Airlines wasn't a licensed airline it never had any aircraft registered. The aircraft it operated were dry leased from sister company (airline) Landsflug which fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of September 2007)

The 32 seater aircraft were also used for private charters.

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 3 April 2007. p. 66.
  2. ↑ www.citystarairlines.com - Home Archived 25 March 2004 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Airline closure brings job losses". 31 January 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Accident airline suspends flights". 23 June 2006. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Kaminski-Morrow, David (19 March 2007). "City Star 328 skirted cliffs despite terrain alert". Flight Global. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Jammed throttle led to City Star 328 overrun". Flight Global. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Oil cities to be linked by flight". 3 September 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  8. 1 2 "US link not hampered by accident". 11 December 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Íslenskt-skoskt flugfélag hættir starfsemi". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  10. ↑ Star website Archived 11 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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