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Loganair is a Scottish regional airline headquartered at Glasgow Airport in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The airline primarily operates domestic flights within the United Kingdom. It is the largest regional airline in Scotland by passenger numbers and fleet size.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In addition to its main base at Glasgow, it has hubs at Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Inverness and Newcastle upon Tyne airports.<ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

HistoryEdit

Early yearsEdit

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A Loganair Britten-Norman Islander in 1967
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A Loganair Britten-Norman Islander wearing British Airways Express titles in 2002
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A former Loganair Saab 340B wearing the British Airways livery in 2006

Loganair was established on 1 February 1962 by Willie Logan of the Logan Construction Company Ltd, operating as its air charter arm<ref name="Scotsman 28Nov2003a">Template:Cite news</ref> with a Piper PA-23 Aztec based at Edinburgh.<ref name="hist">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1967, Loganair took delivery of three Britten-Norman Islander twin-engine eight-seat light commuter airliners and began regular flights between the Orkney Islands,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and started operating in Shetland in 1970.<ref name="hist" /> In 1966, after Renfrew Airport closed, the airline established its head office at Glasgow Airport.<ref name=":0">Hutchison, Iain. The Story of Loganair. Kea Publishing, 1987. 82. Retrieved from Google Books on 30 June 2010. Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN.</ref><ref name="Guardian 15Mar2005">Template:Cite news</ref> This aspect of Loganair's operations ceased on 31 March 2006 when the new contract for air ambulance work was awarded to Gama Aviation.

Between 1968 and 1983, the company was owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland,<ref name="hist" /> Towards the end of this period, Loganair bought Short 360 and Fokker F27 Friendship aircraft.<ref name="hist" /> The company brought jet aircraft into the fleet with two British Aerospace 146s. In December 1983 it became a subsidiary of the Airlines of Britain Group. Further aircraft were added to the fleet: British Aerospace Jetstream 31, British Aerospace Jetstream 41, and British Aerospace ATP aircraft. In the late 1980s Loganair was the fastest-growing scheduled operator at Manchester Airport, and, in terms of number of flights, was the airport's second-busiest carrier.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

After a restructure of British Midland Group in early 1994, Loganair's routes outside Scotland and the aircraft used to operate them were transferred to Manx Airlines.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In mid 1994, the airline became a franchisee of British Airways, operating the remaining Shorts 360 and BN-2 Islanders in the British Airways livery. This would stand until July 2008, when it became the new franchisee of Flybe.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1996 Airlines of Britain announced it would split its regional airlines into a separate grouping which would enable it to increase its franchise links with British Airways while British Midland looked to increase ties with Lufthansa. The new airline was renamed the British Regional Airlines Group (BRAL), with the British Airways franchise operations of Manx Airlines and Loganair operating under the British Regional Airlines banner.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1997 a management buy-out occurred with Loganair becoming independent of BRAL and operating just six aircraft (one de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter and five Britten Norman Islanders) with 44 staff.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="hist" />

Operations as Flybe franchiseEdit

In June 2005, Loganair was awarded a contract from the Irish Government to operate a daily return service from Knock to Dublin. This public service obligation (PSO) route operated for a period of three years as British Airways, with effect from 22 July 2005. The operation ceased in July 2008, the contract having been lost to Aer Arann. The airline also bought routes from Citiexpress in March 2004.<ref name="Scotsman 28Nov2003a" />

Until October 2008, Loganair was a British Airways franchisee, operating flights sold through BA using BA flight codes. Loganair's inter-island operations between the Orkney and Shetland Islands carried out using Britten-Norman Islanders were removed from the franchise agreement in 2004. The flights have since been marketed under Loganair's own name, rather than British Airways'. Loganair became a franchise airline of Flybe, operating in the Flybe colours.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Flights are also operated under a codeshare agreement with British Airways connecting flights from Scotland to London. The franchise has been criticised by residents in the Scottish islands for what they perceive to be excessively high fares,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and a Facebook campaign set up in June 2015 to highlight the issue attracted over 7400 "likes" over the course of its first weekend.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Purchase of ScotAirwaysEdit

On 8 July 2011, it was announced that Loganair had agreed to purchase Cambridge based ScotAirways. ScotAirways continued to trade as a separate entity (using its original name of Suckling Airways) and holding its own licences and approvals until April 2013.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Services to Belfast and to Birmingham from Dundee ended on 2 December 2012.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After CityJet had terminated its services between Dundee and London City Airport in January 2014, Loganair took over the route, operating from Dundee to London Stansted Airport, with the support of a PSO agreement.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In May 2015, two Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otter aircraft were acquired by Highlands and Islands Airports to be operated by Loganair on the Scottish Government's Public Service Obligation routes between Glasgow and Campbeltown, Tiree and Barra.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In August 2015 the airline became part of a new regional airline group, Airline Investments Limited (AIL),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> along with East Midlands-based airline bmi regional.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On 21 November 2016, Flybe and Loganair announced that their franchise agreement would terminate on 31 August 2017. Despite headlines, it is unclear who initiated the termination.<ref name="franchise">Flybe terminates contract with Loganair BBC News. 21 November 2016</ref> Loganair later relaunched its website without renewed interline agreements with Flybe or Aer Lingus.<ref>loganair.co.uk - Scotland's Airline spreads its wings Template:Webarchive 21 November 2016</ref>

In April 2017, pending the termination of the Flybe franchise agreement, Loganair unveiled its new independent corporate livery on Saab 340B Freighter G-LGNN. From 1 September the airline began operating "in its own right" for the first time in 24 years.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Loganair signed a codeshare agreement with British Airways (BA), effective from 1 September 2017 (coinciding with the launch of independent operations), allowing passengers to book through flights onto BA's global network.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Reactions to the demise of other airlinesEdit

In February 2019, following Flybmi's cessation of operations, Loganair announced that it was to take over Flybmi's routes from Aberdeen to Bristol, Oslo and Esbjerg, from Newcastle to Stavanger and Brussels,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and from City of Derry Airport to London-Stansted.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A BALPA tribunal into Loganair's swift action following the closure of Flybmi found that the carrier had been acting lawfully, despite the fact that it had created several contingency plans for the demise of UK airlines Eastern Airways and Flybe.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In March 2020, following Flybe's cessation of operations, Loganair announced that it was to take over several Flybe routes from Scotland and Newcastle.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Potential saleEdit

In October 2022, Loganair confirmed that the existing sole owners, brothers Stephen and Peter Bond, were seeking a buyer to act as the company's "custodian for the next generation".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The sale process was suspended in October 2023, with the Bond brothers retaining their stake while a fleet renewal programme is completed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

DestinationsEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:As of, Loganair serves 44 destinations in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the Republic of Ireland and continental Europe.<ref name="loganairdestinations">loganair.co.uk - Destinations retrieved 23 November 2016</ref> Part of Loganair's operations includes the world's shortest scheduled commercial route, between Westray Airport and Papa Westray Airport, a distance of 1.7 miles,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the use of Barra Airport, the only airport in the world to use a beach as a runway. After the collapse of the original Flybe in March 2020, Loganair took over a number of former Flybe routes from Scotland, the North of England and other parts of the UK, with service beginning as little as 10 days later.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In March 2023, Loganair secured a lease from British Airways for 30 additional slot pairs at Heathrow, previously leased to the relaunched Flybe before its demise in January 2023, and called on the UK government to reform competition remedies in order to ensure that Heathrow slots remain permanently available for UK regional connectivity.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Codeshare agreementsEdit

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Interline agreementsEdit

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FleetEdit

Current fleetEdit

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Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
ATR 42-500 5 — 48
ATR 42-600 2 — 48
ATR 72-600 9 2 72
Britten-Norman Islander 2 — 8
de Havilland Canada Dash 6-310 Twin Otter 1 — 19
de Havilland Canada Dash 6-400 Twin Otter 2 — 19 Operated for the Scottish Government.
Embraer ERJ-145 11 — 49
Cargo fleet
ATR 72-500F 4 — Cargo
Total 36 2

GalleryEdit

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Fleet developmentEdit

In June 2018, Loganair announced plans to add two additional Embraer ERJ-145 aircraft for summer 2019. The aircraft were to be transferred from sister company Flybmi, and would initially operate flights from Loganair's Glasgow base to Derry and Stornoway. Loganair also planned to use the Embraer ERJ-145 aircraft to launch new routes to European airports not previously served from Glasgow.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In November 2018, the company announced that approximately twenty ATR 42 aircraft would be added to replace the Saab 2000 and Saab 340 aircraft in the third quarter of 2019.<ref name=saab_to_atr>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In April 2019, its Dornier 328 fleet was withdrawn and stored.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Loganair returned the last of its Saab 2000 aircraft to the lessor on 25 March 2020.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Its Saab 340s were retired in January 2024, to be replaced by eight new ATRs which will complement the existing ATR fleet.<ref name="bbc20221104">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Saab">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In January 2024, Loganair announced plans to introduce a hydrogen fuel cell-powered Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander on its Orkney island-hopping routes by 2027. The aircraft could be either a new build or a conversion of one of the airline's existing Islanders.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In September 2024, Loganair announced that it was exploring use-cases for hybrid-electric aircraft as part of an exclusive partnership with manufacturer Heart Aerospace.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Former fleetEdit

Loganair's former fleet
Aircraft Introduced Retired Notes Refs
Piper PA-23 1962 1972 citation CitationClass=web

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Beechcraft Model 18 1968 1975 One aircraft (G-ASUG) preserved at National Museum of Flight <ref name=":0" /><ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Short SC.7 Skyvan 1969 1974 <ref name=":0" />
Britten-Norman Trislander 1973 1983 Replaced by de Havilland Canada Twin Otter citation CitationClass=web

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Short 330 1979 1984 Replaced by Short 360 <ref name=":0" />
Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante 1980 Unknown <ref name=":0" />
Fokker F27 Friendship 1983 1988 <ref name=":0" /><ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Short 360 1983 2004 Replaced by Saab 340 <ref name=":0" />
British Aerospace 146 1988 1992 Template:Cn
BAe Jetstream 31 1991 Unknown <ref name=":0" />
British Aerospace ATP 1991 2005 Template:Cn
BAe Jetstream 41 1993 1994 Template:Cn
Dornier 328 2013 2019 Acquired from purchase of Suckling Airways citation CitationClass=web

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Embraer ERJ-135 2019 2022 Replaced by ATR 42/72 <ref name=":0" />
Saab 2000 2014 2020 Replaced by ATR 42/72 Template:Cn
Saab 340 1999 2024 Replaced by ATR 42/72 <ref name=":0" />

Accidents and incidentsEdit

  • On 12 June 1986, a DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft with 16 people on board<ref name="CAA Review1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> struck high ground on the island of Islay in poor weather. The pilots had mistakenly identified the coastal village of Laphroaig as the town of Port Ellen, near Islay Airport. There was one fatality, a pilot.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • In 1996, a Britten-Norman Islander was destroyed in Shetland. The accident occurred during a night time return flight to the aircraft's home base following a medical evacuation flight. The aircraft crashed short of the runway whilst attempting to land after a previous discontinued approach in strong gusting cross winds. The pilot had exercised his discretion to extend the period for which he was allowed to fly that day. The pilot's medical certificate had expired nineteen days earlier thus invalidating his pilot's licence. The pilot was killed in the crash and a doctor on board was seriously injured; a nurse seated at the rear of the aircraft sustained minor injuries.<ref name="Guardian 15Mar2005" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • On 27 February 2001, Flight 670, a Short 360 registered G-BNMT operating a Royal Mail flight to Belfast, crashed into the Firth of Forth shortly after taking off from Edinburgh at 1730GMT. Both crew members were killed. There were no passengers on board. An Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) inquiry later blamed a buildup of slush in the aircraft's engines for the crash. Protective covers had not been fitted to the engine intakes while the aircraft was parked for several hours in heavy snow at Edinburgh.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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|CitationClass=web }}</ref> As a result of this accident, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) accepted Safety Recommendation UNKG-2006-101 from the UK's accident investigation report, which the European Commission adopted into regulation, making passenger shoulder harnesses mandatory on all commercial air transport aircraft weighing less than Template:Convert and having fewer than nine passenger seats.<ref name=AAIB06>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp<ref name=EASAOpinion>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Rp<ref name=EASASR11>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Rp<ref name=EC01>Template:Cite journal</ref>

  • On 15 December 2014, Flight 6780, a Saab 2000 registered G-LGNO, was struck by lightning whilst approaching Sumburgh Airport. The flight subsequently suffered from control difficulties and nosedived from Template:Convert after the crew tried taking over the controls, but failed to achieve control. The pilot was under the belief that a lightning strike would automatically disengage the autopilot, and the control difficulties were due to opposition from the autopilot system trying to bring them back to the preprogrammed altitude, and it was determined that they only regained control due to a computer malfunction disabling the autopilot system. Once control was regained, they were able to safely return to Aberdeen. There were 33 occupants onboard and no injuries were reported. The subsequent investigation into the incident also revealed that the Saab 2000 was the only Saab model at the time that did not automatically disengage the autopilot with pilot manual control input.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • On 16 June 2020, a Loganair Embraer ERJ-145EP registered as G-SAJS sustained minor damage at its stand on the apron at Aberdeen Airport after it was struck in a low-speed collision by a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 registered as G-JECK. The Dash 8, wearing the livery of the defunct airline Flybe, became wedged underneath the ERJ's right hand engine. No passengers were aboard either aircraft the time of the collision, and no injuries were reported.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

CitationsEdit

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BibliographyEdit

  • Iain Hutchison, The Story of Loganair (1987) Template:ISBN Western Isles Publishing
  • Roy Calderwood, Times subject to Tides: the story of Barra Airport (1999) Template:ISBN
  • Iain Hutchison, Air Ambulance: sixty years of the Scottish Air Ambulance Service (1996) Template:ISBN
  • Tony Merton-Jones, British Independent Airlines 1946-1976 (2000) The Aviation Hobby Shop, West Drayton, Middlesex. Template:ISBN
  • Guy Warner, Orkney by Air (2005) Template:ISBN
  • Captain Alan Whitfield, Island Pilot (2007) Template:ISBN

External linksEdit

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