LyddAir

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LyddAir
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IATA ICAO Callsign
- LYD LYDDAIR
Founded 1997 (as Sky Trek Airlines)
AOC # 2198
Operating bases
Fleet size 5
Destinations 2
Headquarters Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Website www.lyddair.com

LyddAir is a British airline based at Lydd Airport, Kent, United Kingdom. It operates scheduled charter passenger services, air charter and air freight services, as well as an ACMI or fractional ownership programme. It is based at Lydd Airport and has a Focus City at Le Touquet - Côte d'Opale Airport on the North Coast of France

History

The airline was established and started operations in June 1997. Jonathan Gordon (Managing Director of LyddAir) acquired Lydd Airport in June 1996 and a year later started Sky Trek Airlines as a wholly owned subsidiary of his aviation consultancy, Air Bridge Aviation. It was relaunched as LyddAir in April 2002. The airline is wholly owned by South East Airports and has seven employees (at March 2007).

Destinations

LyddAir serves the following destinations (as of April 2012):

City Country Airport
Le Touquet France Côte d'Opale Airport [Base]
Lydd United Kingdom Lydd Airport [Base]

Fleet

As of April 2016 the LyddAir fleet includes the following light aircraft:[1]

LyddAir Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet
Beechcraft 58 Baron 1
Beechcraft B200 King Air 1
Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain 3
Total 5

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