Eastern Airways British Aerospace Jetstream 41-MAJH arriving at RAF Lossiemouth, Moray. Scotland. UK. SCO 10,768.
The airline started operations in December 1997 with a scheduled service between Humberside and Aberdeen following KLM's withdrawal from the route. In February 1999 it purchased Manchester based Air Kilroe, granting the company an Air Operator's Certificate and giving the airline a fleet of two BAe Jetstream 32 aircraft. In 2002 the first J41 entered the Eastern fleet, the aircraft type which now forms the majority of the fleet. 12 BAe Jetstream 41 aircraft and their associated routes were transferred from British Airways Citi Express on 30 March 2003 giving Eastern a springboard into many regional UK airports which have now become aircraft bases. In 2003 an Embraer 145 and 135 were wet leased from City Airline to compete on some longer routes. They were quickly replaced with Saab 2000 aircraft due to similar speed and lower fuel consumption.[citation needed] Since 2003 the company has acquired further Saab 2000 aircraft from Crossair and other European carriers and a number of additional Jetstream 41 aircraft from American regional carriers. The airline was owned by Bryan Huxford (59%) and Richard Lake (41%).;however, the Bristow Group, a large helicopter operator serving the offshore oil and gas industry in the , and elsewhere, now has a 60% ownership stake in the airline. In 2006 Eastern Airways wet leased a Dornier 328 from Cirrus Airlines to operate a Newcastle to London City service. This was however withdrawn due to increasing charges at London City Airport. Eastern Airways won the European Regions Airline Association Airline of the Year Gold Award for 2006/07. Previously it had won the Airline of the Year Silver Award for 2003/04 and 2004/05. The airline was awarded as runner-up for punctuality at UK airports in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 by Flight on Time, based on CAA statistics. Eastern Airways purchased a Jetstream 41 training simulator from the USA, this is also used by other airlines for their own pilots' training
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Location: RAF Lossiemouth, Moray. Grampian Region. North East Scotland. UK.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
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