Gill Airways ATR 72 in 2001. This aircraft would be written off in the crash of TransAsia Airways Flight 791.Aircraft hangar at Newcastle Airport
Founded in 1969 by Michael Gill, the airline originally operated as Gill Aviation, mainly providing cargo and mail flights for various companies including the BritishRoyal Mail. Following the acquisition of passenger aircraft in June 1989, the airline changed its name to Gill Air. The arrival of Fokker 100 aircraft in 1995 resulted in the airline entering into a codeshare agreement with Air France between Newcastle upon Tyne and Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport. The title of Gill Airways was adopted in 1995, to reflect the growing importance of passenger operations to the airline.
Administration and closureedit
After emerging from administration in 2000, the airline seemed to have a promising future ahead of it. However, following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the principal financier, the Bank of Scotland, withdrew funding.[2] The final day of operations was 20 September 2001, with the airline placed into liquidation and the loss of 240 jobs.
Revival and rebrandingedit
On 1 September 2009, an application for a Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence was made by Gill Airways Ltd, of Birmingham.[3] However, in early 2010, the company rebranded as Cello Aviation, which later ceased trading.
Fleetedit
Gill Airways used to have the following types of aircraft:[4]
gill, airways, regional, airline, with, head, office, aviation, house, grounds, newcastle, airport, newcastle, upon, tyne, england, united, kingdom, iata, icao, callsign9c, gillairfounded1969, gill, aviation, ceased, operations20, september, 2001operating, bas. Gill Airways was a regional airline with its head office in New Aviation House on the grounds of Newcastle Airport in Newcastle upon Tyne England United Kingdom 1 Gill AirwaysIATA ICAO Callsign9C GIL GILLAIRFounded1969 as Gill Aviation Ceased operations20 September 2001Operating basesNewcastle AirportHeadquartersNewcastle Airport Newcastle upon Tyne England United KingdomKey peopleMichael Gill Founder Websitegill airways com Contents 1 History 1 1 Administration and closure 1 2 Revival and rebranding 2 Fleet 3 Aircraft on display 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory edit nbsp Gill Airways ATR 72 in 2001 This aircraft would be written off in the crash of TransAsia Airways Flight 791 nbsp Aircraft hangar at Newcastle AirportFounded in 1969 by Michael Gill the airline originally operated as Gill Aviation mainly providing cargo and mail flights for various companies including the British Royal Mail Following the acquisition of passenger aircraft in June 1989 the airline changed its name to Gill Air The arrival of Fokker 100 aircraft in 1995 resulted in the airline entering into a codeshare agreement with Air France between Newcastle upon Tyne and Paris Charles de Gaulle airport The title of Gill Airways was adopted in 1995 to reflect the growing importance of passenger operations to the airline Administration and closure edit After emerging from administration in 2000 the airline seemed to have a promising future ahead of it However following the September 11 2001 attacks the principal financier the Bank of Scotland withdrew funding 2 The final day of operations was 20 September 2001 with the airline placed into liquidation and the loss of 240 jobs Revival and rebranding edit On 1 September 2009 an application for a Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence was made by Gill Airways Ltd of Birmingham 3 However in early 2010 the company rebranded as Cello Aviation which later ceased trading Fleet editGill Airways used to have the following types of aircraft 4 ATR 42 ATR 72 BAe 146 Fokker 100 Shorts 330 Shorts 360Aircraft on display editA Gill Airways Shorts 330 G OGIL preserved in its original colours can be found at the North East Aircraft Museum Sunderland Tyne amp Wear See also editList of defunct airlines of the United KingdomReferences edit Contact Us Gill Airways 23 April 2000 Retrieved on 22 September 2010 Liquidation for Gill Airways as BoS bails out http www caa co uk docs 213 1916 pdf CAA dead link Gill Airways fleet information 2 February 2001 Archived from the original on 31 March 2001 Retrieved 26 December 2010 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gill Airways Gill Airways Archive UK regional airline runs out of money BBC News Online 20 September 2001 Retrieved 28 June 2008 Portals nbsp North East England nbsp Companies nbsp Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gill Airways amp oldid 1124615884, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
