X9 ISL Ceased operations 2008 | ISL ISLANDIA Destinations 7 Founded 2003 Fleet size 0 | |
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Parent company Eignarhaldsfélagið City Star Airlines Website |
City Star Airlines (CSA) was a ticket sales office 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.
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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.
History
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 in order to acquire JAR-OPS 1 licensed operator for its operation.
CSA announced on 1 September 2007 that its holding company had purchased Caledonian Airborne Engineering who provide engineering, maintenance and ground handling facilities at Aberdeen and Newcastle Airports. The purchase increased the companies employee base by an additional 60.
On December 22. 2007 CSA's holding company stated that it would form a new subsidiary, “City Star Executive” that would commence the first long haul, business class only flights from Aberdeen Airport to Houston, Texas starting in 2008. Those statements were merely a mistake as the aircraft, which was a Boeing 757, planned to fly the route didn't have sufficient range and the flights never saw the light of day.
Destinations
City Star Airlines operated scheduled services to the following destinations
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)
Incidents and accidents
The 32 seater aircraft were also used for private charters.