Hebridean Air Services

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Hebridean Air Services
Hebridean Air Services.jpg
IATA ICAO Call sign
-HBRHEBRIDEAN
Founded1995
Hubs Oban Airport
Fleet size3
Destinations7
Parent company Airtask Group Limited
Headquarters Inverness Airport
Website www.hebrideanair.co.uk

Hebridean Air Services is a small Scottish airline based in northern Scotland owned by Airtask Group Ltd. [1] The airline flies charter, scenic, aerial photography and scheduled flights. [2]

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It is the only airline to operate a service between Oban and Islay [ citation needed ], Coll, Tiree and Colonsay islands; routes subsidised by Argyll and Bute Council. [3] [4] Since April 2024 they have also operated flights between Benbecula and Stornoway subsidised by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.

Destinations

CountryDestinationAirportNotesRefs
United Kingdom (Scotland) Benbecula Benbecula Airport [5]
Coll Coll Airport [6]
Colonsay Colonsay Airport [7]
Oban Oban Airport Base [8]
Stornoway Stornoway Airport [9]
Tiree Tiree Airport [10]

While the airline's primary base is Oban Airport, where scheduled flights are operated from, it also offers charter services to airports and airfields within Scotland. [11] During the summer months they also offer scenic flights from both Oban and Stornoway. [12]

Fleet

Hebridean Air Services Islander, registration G-HEBS, at Glasgow in 2010 G-HEBS (8491334275).jpg
Hebridean Air Services Islander, registration G-HEBS, at Glasgow in 2010

As of 2024 the Hebridean Air Services fleet consists of the following aircraft: [13]

Hebridean Air Services Fleet
AircraftIn servicePassengers
Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander 39
Total3

Previously operated

References

  1. "Hebridean Air Services | Airtask".
  2. "Company website". Hebridean Air Services.
  3. "Council secures restoration of flights from Oban to isles". ForArgyll. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  4. "Oban connected by new Hebridean Airservices flights Hebridean Airservices has been helping to reconnect Oban". BBC News (Highlands and Islands). 1 June 2010.
  5. https://www.hebrideanair.co.uk/benbecula
  6. https://www.hebrideanair.co.uk/coll
  7. https://www.hebrideanair.co.uk/colonsay
  8. https://www.hebrideanair.co.uk/oban
  9. https://www.hebrideanair.co.uk/stornoway
  10. https://www.hebrideanair.co.uk/tiree
  11. https://www.hebrideanair.co.uk/charters#book-charters
  12. https://www.hebrideanair.co.uk/scenic-flights
  13. Civil Aviation Authority List of Hebridean Air Services aircraft on the UK civil aircraft register. Search conducted 29 January 2017
  14. Civil Aviation Authority GINFO Database registration history of Trislander serial number 366. Search conducted 2 May 2014