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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.
Logan bought an air taxi firm with one aircraft in 1962, which he renamed Loganair.Scheduled flights began in 1963. [3] By 1966 Loganair was a public Transport Operator with five aircraft based at Glasgow Airport and continued to provide transportation around numerous work sites for the Logan Group on a pre-booked basis.
As of September 2024, Loganair serves the following destinations: Country City Airport Notes Refs Denmark Esbjerg: Esbjerg Airport [1] Norway Bergen: Bergen Airport ...
Suckling Airways was an airline that focused on ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance) work and ad hoc air charters for business and sporting organisations. It had its head office at Cambridge Airport, Cambridgeshire. [1] [2] In 2013 it was integrated into its parent company Loganair.
In 1953, Britten-Norman was formed for the purpose of converting and operating agricultural aircraft, amongst other vehicles such as the Cushioncraft hovercraft. [2] [3] In 1963, the firm initiated development work upon what would become the Islander, having sensed a demand for a simple and inexpensive twin-piston engine aircraft. [4]
Loganair Flight 6780 was a scheduled domestic flight from Aberdeen Airport to Sumburgh Airport in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. On 15 December 2014, the Saab 2000 operating the flight was struck by lightning during the approach, and then plunged faster than the aircraft's maximum operating speed .
Loganair Flight 670A (LC670A) was a scheduled cargo flight for the Royal Mail from Edinburgh-Turnhouse Airport, Scotland to Belfast International Airport.On 27 February 2001 the Short 360 operating the flight ditched then crashed in the Firth of Forth off Edinburgh at around 17:30 local time; the two crewmembers' bodies were found in the wreckage a few hours after the crash.
In 1967, Loganair began operating air ambulances for Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS). [1] In 2005, they were using three dedicated Britten Norman Islander aircraft, including the accident aircraft, to transport patients from hard-to-reach locations throughout the Scottish Highlands and the surrounding islands, flying roughly 2,000 ambulance flights per year.