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Well its started. Loganaair are cancelling 36 flights on Tuesday, May 23rd due to Ash Cloud.

Travel Advice for 23 and 24 May
23rd May 2011
Updated 14:30 hrs, Monday 23 May

An eruption of the Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland began on Saturday evening, 21 May. The situation is being closely monitored by the Icelandic and UK Met Office which are publishing regular updates on the height, density and location of ash emitted by the volcano.

Normal flight operations are being maintained today (Monday 23 May) but there is some disruption due to high winds which has affected flights to Barra and Tiree.

For tomorrow, Tuesday 24 May, the volcanic ash forecasts issued by the Met Office this afternoon indicate that a high density of ash will be present in large parts of Scottish airspace.

As a result of this, we have taken the decision to cancel all services with the exception of our inter-isles flights in Orkney. All flights due to depart between 06:00 and 13:00 hrs tomorrow have therefore been cancelled. You should not travel to the airport and if you are booked on a flight departing tomorrow afternoon, you should check the website for further updates before setting out for the airport.

We are operating additional services this evening (Monday 23 May) to assist passengers due to travel tomorrow to complete their journeys in advance of the expected flight disruption. These extra flights are:

BE6894 Kirkwall-Edinburgh Departs 19:25, arrives 20:40
BE6914 Kirkwall-Glasgow Departs 20:00, arrives 21:15
BE6934 Sumburgh-Glasgow Departs 19:50, arrives 21:20
BE6998 Sumburgh-Edinburgh Departs 20:00, arrives 21:30

The additional flights will be available for booking on a first-come, first-served basis via our reservations system and website this afternoon.

We do not yet have firm information relating to tomorrow afternoon’s flights but the expectation from the Met Office is that the presence of volcanic ash will persist throughout the day and will clear progressively on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Further information will be available this evening relating to tomorrow’s flights when the Met Office forecasts have been published, and this will be reflected here.

For passengers booked on flights on 24 May, we can offer a number of options:
· You can rebook for travel on an alternative flight to your destination at the earliest available opportunity.
· You can rebook for travel within 14 days on any flight which has seats available, regardless of the fare paid.
· You can rebook for travel at any future date provided that seats are available at the same fare as you have originally paid.
· You can obtain a full refund for any part(s) of your journey not taken.

Flybe Customer Call Centre : Tel 0871 700 2000
Loganair Air Discount Scheme Reservations & Helpline : Tel 0844 800 2855

The following flights are CANCELLED for Tuesday 24 May. If you are booked on one of the services listed below, you should NOT travel to the airport and should contact our Reservations team to re-arrange your travel plans. If you are booked on a flight due to depart later in the day on Tuesday 24 May which is not listed below, you should check the website this evening or tomorrow morning for more information relating to your flight.

BE6770 Aberdeen-Sumburgh
BE6771 Sumburgh-Aberdeen
BE6772 Aberdeen-Sumburgh
BE6773 Sumburgh-Aberdeen
BE6807 Glasgow-Benbecula
BE6808 Benbecula-Glasgow
BE6811 Glasgow-Isle of Man
BE6812 Isle of Man-Glasgow
BE6820 Glasgow-Stornoway
BE6821 Stornoway-Glasgow
BE6822 Glasgow-Stornoway
BE6823 Stornoway-Glasgow
BE6831 Kirkwall-Aberdeen
BE6832 Aberdeen-Kirkwall
BE6843 Glasgow-Campbeltown
BE6844 Campbeltown-Glasgow
BE6853 Glasgow-Tiree
BE6854 Tiree-Glasgow
BE6890 Kirkwall-Edinburgh
BE6891 Edinburgh-Kirkwall
BE6892 Kirkwall-Edinburgh
BE6895 Edinburgh-Wick
BE6896 Wick-Edinburgh
BE6910 Sumburgh-Kirkwall-Inverness
BE6911 Inverness-Kirkwall-Sumburgh
BE6912 Sumburgh-Glasgow
BE6915 Glasgow-Kirkwall
BE6916 Kirkwall-Glasgow
BE6941 Edinburgh-Stornoway
BE6942 Stornoway-Inverness-Edinburgh
BE6951 Inverness-Stornoway-Benbecula
BE6952 Benbecula-Stornoway-Inverness
BE6970 Dundee-Birmingham
BE6971 Birmingham-Dundee
BE6972 Dundee-Belfast City
BE6973 Belfast City-Dundee
BE6992 Sumburgh-Edinburgh
BE6993 Edinburgh-Sumburgh
 
Loganair buys Suckling

Loganair has continued its diversification strategy by agreeing to buy charter flight operator Suckling Airways, the Scotsman reports. Scott Grier, chairman and controlling shareholder of Paisley-based Loganair, said the takeover of Cambridge-based Suckling would allow his airline to move into the charter market.

Loganair has been diversifying away from its traditional scheduled services - which it operates throughout the Highlands and islands under a franchise agreement with FlyBe - by taking on freight contracts with Royal Mail and newspaper distributors as well as transfers for workers in the oil and gas industry. Suckling runs charter and ‘ad hoc’ flights for politicians, businessmen and football teams including Chelsea, Newcastle United and Norwich City using five, 30-seat Dornier aircraft.

A spokesman for Loganair told The Scotsman: ‘Suckling will will continue to trade under its own brand and with operational independence. They're doing a good job and we want to let them carry on doing that.’ All 60 of Suckling's staff will join Loganair's 440 and no redundancies are expected.

Source
 
Incident: Loganair SF34 at Kirkwall on Aug 8th 2011, rejected takeoff due to bird strike


A Loganair Saab 340B on behalf of Flybe, registration G-LGNM performing flight BE-6830 from Kirkwall,SC to Edinburgh,SC (UK) with 22 passengers, was accelerating for takeoff from Kirkwall's runway 27 when a large bird impacted the right hand wing. The crew rejected takeoff, slowed safely and returned to the apron.

A subsequent inspection revealed no damage to the aircraft, which departed again about 45 minutes later and reached Edinburgh with a total delay of 30 minutes.

Source
 
Bird strikes happen a lot and probably far more than most people realise. I would think the Captain of the aircraft made the decision to stop whist the aircraft was still travelling bellow V1 so he could inspect the aircraft for damage.
 
Scotland's Airline spreads its wings
21st November 2016

Loganair will take to the air in its own right once again in Autumn 2017 after nearly quarter of a century flying under franchise arrangements with other airlines.
The move will create a national airline for Scotland, headquartered in Scotland


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Scotland’s Airline Loganair has today announced that it will operate flights in its own right from 1 September 2017. After 24 years of operating under franchise agreements with other airlines, the Glasgow-based company will once again market its services and fly under its own name – introducing a new, definitively Scottish identity to the skies.

Loganair will provide over 1,000 flights each week across 46 routes, offering unrivalled connectivity for Scotland and with operations stretching as far afield as London, Norwich, Manchester, Dublin, and Bergen in Norway. It has almost 300 flights each week to and from Glasgow, and is the largest operator at key airports throughout the Highlands & Islands including Inverness, Sumburgh, Kirkwall and Stornoway.

The extensive Loganair network also includes the world-famous “times subject to tide” operations to the beach airport at Barra and the world’s shortest scheduled flight, linking the Orkney islands of Westray and Papa Westray with daily flights taking only two minutes.

Scotland’s Airline has operated its services under franchise agreements with British Airways, from 1993 to 2007, and latterly with Flybe from 2007. The current franchise arrangement with Flybe will conclude on 31 August 2017, although the two parties are continuing to discuss potential opportunities to work together in future.

Loganair’s long-standing and successful codeshare arrangement with British Airways will also continue, enabling customers to make a single booking for a journey from points throughout the Highlands and Islands to London and onwards to British Airways’ worldwide network.

Employing over 600 people, Loganair operates a fleet of 28 aircraft and alongside its scheduled services, undertakes an extensive range of contract services for Royal Mail and oil and gas companies. These will also carry the resurgent Loganair – Scotland’s Airline identity. After a number of recent successful contract awards, the airline is actively pursuing its ambitions to widen both its contract and scheduled service operations in future.

“Today’s announcement is a major milestone in the 54-year history of Loganair,” says Peter Simpson, Chief Executive of Airline Investments Ltd, Loganair’s parent company.

“Although Loganair has flown as a franchise carrier for larger airlines over the last 24 years, there is still a huge level of recognition and affinity for the Loganair name throughout Scotland and beyond. We believe the time is right for Scotland’s Airline to now spread its wings once again, and are delighted to be introducing a bold new corporate identity to accompany this important move.”

“On behalf of the 600-strong team at Loganair, I’m delighted that Scotland’s Airline will be taking to the skies in its own right,” says Jonathan Hinkles, Loganair’s Managing Director.

“All of us are very much looking forward to providing the highest standards of safety, punctuality and customer service synonymous with the Loganair name. We hold tremendous responsibility to operate services on lifeline routes and provide connectivity for Scotland - operating more flights in Scotland than every other airline put together - and I am wholly confident that Loganair’s independence will be warmly welcomed by both our customers and our dedicated team of professional employees.”

The transition will take place on 1 September 2017. Loganair will establish its own reservations system by March 2017 for flights on and after that date via its website at www.loganair.co.uk and will continue to take bookings via key travel agents and partner airlines in future. Summer 2017 flights will be bookable via www.flybe.com from this Wednesday, 23 November.
 
Loganair and Flybe

Following the news announced a while ago that Flybe and Loganiar are to discontinue their franchise agreement in Scotland, Flybe announced today that they would be operating domestic routes in Scotland in collaboration with Eastern Airways.

This was clearly a surprise to Loganair (owned by Airline Investments Limited that also owns bmi regional) with the Loganair MD reportedly saying today, “We have been negotiating in good faith with senior Flybe staff about a continuing relationship to ensure that customers could connect from all of Loganair’s extensive Highlands and Islands network to the rest of the UK. Many of these connections will now be lost as a result of Flybe’s decision.”

He went on to say that with Flybe challenging them 'head-to-head' Loganair is 'up for the fight'.

A spokesman for Shetland Council, on the other hand, is pleased with the idea of competition which he thinks will drive down fare prices and be good for tourism.

Full article at http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2017/06/06/flybe-go-loganair-direct-competition-flights
 
Loganair is owned by Airline Investments Limited (AIL), the same group that owns bmi regional. There is no indication in the article how the Loganair loss will impact on AIL.
I'd have thought it would have some effect depending on how the rest of the group was doing.
 
Below is a complete list of the Loganair and flybmi Embraer fleet - aircraft status correct as of 25-Feb-19

Loganair
E135 x1
G-SAJB - Operating Loganair routes from INV​

E145 x7
G-RJXC - Operating the Airbus shuttle - BRS/TLS/CEG
G-RJXD - Positioned NCL-EMA on 25-Feb-19
G-RJXE - Operating for flybe ABZ-NWI and Eastern ABZ-HUY
G-RJXH - Operating the Airbus shuttle - BRS/TLS/CEG
G-RJXI - Stored BRS
G-RJXM - Stored BRS
G-SAJC - Operating Loganair routes from GLA​

flybmi (BMI Regional)
E135 x3
G-RJXK - Stored BRS
G-RJXL - Stored BRS
G-RJXP - Stored NWI

E145 x8
G-CKAF - Stored BRS
G-CKAG - Stored BRS
G-EMBI - Stored ABZ - (In the process of changing Registration Marks and Registered Ownership) - back to leasing company?
G-EMBJ - Stored BRS - (In the process of changing Registration Marks and Registered Ownership) - back to leasing company?
G-EMBN - Stored NWI - (In the process of changing Registration Marks and Registered Ownership) - back to leasing company?
G-RJXA - Stored BRS
G-RJXB - Stored LDY

G-RJXG - Stored Alverca, Portugal
 
Loganair and Flybe have signed a codeshare agreement.
 
Will be sad to see the back of the Saab 340, I believe Loganair may be the last UK operator :(

 
The last bit of the article must be a huge worry to the likes of Eastern. Loganair are better placed than the other carrier's for sure but some of these companies must feel like it's a parent picking one child over the other. This has to go further than just saving Loganair with the pandemic causing the havoc it has a government aviation strategy needs setting up and putting in operation that come the end of this all regions see Loganair at their airports in some form if it turns out Loganair are the only regional carrier left operating. If it means they need extra aircraft they should be helped out too. I fear the industry is being left to rot and the government are happy to play the card that the trains the way forward.
 
The last bit of the article must be a huge worry to the likes of Eastern. Loganair are better placed than the other carrier's for sure but some of these companies must feel like it's a parent picking one child over the other. This has to go further than just saving Loganair with the pandemic causing the havoc it has a government aviation strategy needs setting up and putting in operation that come the end of this all regions see Loganair at their airports in some form if it turns out Loganair are the only regional carrier left operating. If it means they need extra aircraft they should be helped out too. I fear the industry is being left to rot and the government are happy to play the card that the trains the way forward.

To me it was a bit of a worry about an airlines known for its Scottish Islands link, expanding rapidly post Flybe to various parts of the UK's domestic air market. Will the UK domestic air travel market be anything like it was before the Coronavirus, many of Flybe's routes were not always that busy way before the pandemic began.
 
it has a government aviation strategy
It seems that their strategy is to do it on a case by case basis.
Easyjet were granted a loan. Virgin were told to resubmit.
I'd be very surprised if they didn't help Loganair. Firstly it's an important airline for intra Scottish connectivity to the highlands and islands. Secondly I don't think politically they can let Scotland's airline fall as it would become part of the argument for independence, nor do I think that they can let the Scottish government take the lead on any help again due to the Independence debate.

The problem will be for airlines like Eastern and Blue islands is would they be considered vital by the UK government in any way?
 

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