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