Princess Air Explained

Airline:Princess Air
Fleet Size:2
Iata:8Q
Icao:PRN
Callsign:WHISPERJET
Founded:1989
Commenced:1990
Ceased:1991
Headquarters:Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Hubs:Southend Airport
Secondary Hubs:Bournemouth Airport

Princess Air was a British charter airline between 1989 and 1991 with headquarters at Southend-on-Sea in Essex and an operating base at Southend Airport.[1]

History

Formed by a local tour operator Burstin Travel, the company started operations in 1990 using a quick change (passenger/freighter) variant of the BAe 146-200. It operated charter flights from Southend and Bournemouth Airport to holiday destinations in Europe. At night the aircraft operated freight flights between Cologne and Brussels.

Due to the economic situation the airline ceased operation in February 1991.[2]

One of the fleet is shown landing and taxiing in episode 5 of series 6 of the TV series Howards' Way.

Fleet

See also

Notes and References

  1. 1990 . World Airline Directory. Flight International. 119 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120304220548/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1990/1990%20-%200771.html . 2012-03-04.
  2. 25 March 1992. World Airline Directory. Flight International. 112. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131224222535/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1992/1992%20-%200189.html. 24 December 2013. dmy-all.
  3. http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=ZAPK UK CAA Registration Document for G-PRIN