Etter at Eastern Airways gikk konkurs, har det lokale flyselskapet Skybus i Cornwall som fram til nå har operert med Twin Otter og Britten-Norman annonsert at de skal starter operasjoner med ATR72 og at de har vunnet en midlertidig anbudskonkurranse om å fly Newquay - London Gatwick. Først med innleie av en ATR72-500 fra Blue Islands, så mot sommeren neste år vil de sammen med Aurigny Air Service starte å operere ATR72-600 i Skybus-livery og crew fra Skybus, men under Aurigny’s AOC - litt likt NyxAir og Västflyg hvis jeg ikke tolker feil.
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UK's Skybus to add ATR for ex-Eastern PSO route in 4Q25: Skybus (United Kingdom) (IOS, Land's End) has been awarded an interim public service obligation (PSO) contract to operate between Newquay in Cornwall and London Gatwick. The airline will source ATR72 turboprops for the route, initially through a wet-leasing agreement with Blue Islands and later through a damp-lease from Aurigny Air Services.
Flights on the route previously served by Eastern Airways (T3, Humberside) will begin on November 23, initially daily, and later increasing to 2x daily on weekdays....
UK's Skybus to add ATR for ex-Eastern PSO route in 4Q25
Skybus (United Kingdom) (IOS, Land's End) has been awarded an interim public service obligation (PSO) contract to operate between Newquay in Cornwall and...