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Eastern Airways, is a UK domestic airline with an extensive schedule. It has a hub at Aberdeen from which it operates eleven routes, with crew bases at Leeds/Bradford and Newcastle airports. Eastern Airways operates some 750 scheduled flights each week and expects to carry approximately 500,000 passengers in 2005. It employs about 370 people and operates a fleet of 7 18-passenger Jetstream 32s, 14 29-passenger Jetstream 41s, 1 48-passenger Embraer ERJ145 and 1 50-passenger Saab 2000.
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Jetstream 41 of Eastern Airways taking off from Bristol Airport |
As well as scheduled passenger services, Eastern Airways operates passenger and freight aircraft charter services in the UK and mainland Europe.
In October 2004 the European Regions Airline Association awarded a silver medal for achievement to Eastern Airways for the second consecutive year. The gold medal went to Aegean Airlines and the bronze to Aer Arann.
Services
Eastern Airways services (at January 2005):
- Aberdeen to Belfast International, Bristol, Durham Tees Valley (Teeside), Humberside, Inverness, Leeds/Bradford, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham (East Midlands), Southampton and Wick
- Belfast International to Aberdeen
- Birmingham to Inverness, Isle of Man and Newcastle
- Bristol to Aberdeen and Isle of Man
- Durham Tees Valley (Teeside) to Aberdeen
- Edinburgh to Norwich
- Humberside to Aberdeen
- Inverness to Aberdeen, Birmingham, Manchester and Wick
- Isle of Man to Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds/Bradford and Newcastle
- Leeds/Bradford to Aberdeen, Isle of Man and Southampton
- London Stanstead to Manchester
- Manchester to Inverness, London Stanstead and Norwich
- Newcastle to Aberdeen, Birmingham, Isle of Man and Southampton
- Norwich to Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Manchester
- Nottingham (East Midlands) to Aberdeen
- Southampton to Aberdeen, Leeds/Bradford and Newcastle
- Wick to Aberdeen and Inverness
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