It's Sunday, so it must be time for some more airplane art.This week, taxing to the gate at its home base of Dublin Airport is a CityJet Sukhoi SuperJet 100 as it completes a journey.CityJet currently operate six Sukhoi SuperJet 100's in its fleet - which are being used to replace the existing Avro RJ85/BAe146-200 aircraft on short haul routes. The airline has an … [Read more...]
CityJet turns to Sukhoi Superjet 100 for its fleet renwal
CityJet have been in need of renewing their short-haul fleet for some time. At the moment, it is made up mostly of BAe/Avro Regional Jet 85s - which are starting to be past their prime. CityJet have been evaluating options - and have come down on which supplier they want their new planes from - and the spoil of war go to the Sukhoi Superjet 100 For Sukhoi this is an … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – CityJet Avro RJ85
It's Sunday again, and it's time for some more Airplane art. This week, taxing at Dublin Airport is an CityJet Avro RJ85 on grey summer day as it arrives at the the Irish Capital Airport. CityJet operate a fleet of 23 Avro RJ85s in their fleet, operating out of their bases at London City Airport and Paris Charles De Gaulle. Whilst CityJet is examining a replacement for the … [Read more...]
The Battle of London City to Dublin: Are there too many seats on this route?
An interesting battle has started at on the London City Airport to Dublin routing, with three carriers going toe-to-to-toe with FlyBe, British Airways and incumbent CityJet fighting over passengers on the route. So lets do a bit of background. The incumbent CityJet has been through the mill recently, but has gone on the attack with a 9 time a weekday service between the two … [Read more...]
CityJet to abandon Cambridge Airport (UK)
It seems another carrier cannot make Cambridge Airport work, with Irish carrier CityJet to withdraw its routes from Cambridge Airport. CityJet Fokker 50 as used on Cambridge operated routes. This Fokker 50 is at London City Airport - Image GhettoIFE. The airline currently operates services from Cambridge to Rotterdam and Dublin. On checking the booking engine, these flights … [Read more...]
CityJet to pull London City – Edinburgh Route
It seems that CityJet is giving up a key route between London City Airport and Edinburgh, with the suspension of the route after the 26th October CityJet operates between the two cities 4 times a weekday, with fierce competition from British Airways who operate 8 return flights a weekday. It seems this competition was enough to make CityJet reconsider its options. Existing … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – CityJet Avro RJ85
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, it's a CityJet Avro RJ-85 resting in the early morning sun at London City Airport The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – CityJet Fokker 50
It's Sunday again, and it must be time for Airplane Art. This week, its a CityJet Fokker 50 parked at London City Airport preparing for an early morning departure. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! Oh yes, I'll be doing the draw for the 1st Anniversary … [Read more...]
Air France is considering “all options” with CityJet
If you've flown into London City Airport, you'd had noticed an airline there that looks like Air France - but isn't Air France. It's CityJet - an Air France subsidiary based in Ireland. Air France has recently released a set of measures to restore profits across the Air France group. Whilst the plan covers nearly all the French Regional segments of Air France - Airlinair, … [Read more...]
CityJet expands London City to Edinburgh Services
CityJet is planning an expansion of it's London City Airport to Edinburgh services with the introduction of a fourth weekdaily flight, as well as an additional flights on Saturday and Sunday Flights Depart London City Airport 07:05, 13:00, 16:55 and 18:45 Flight Depart Edinburgh 07:00, 08:55, 15:00 and 18:55 Extra Departures on … [Read more...]