La storica compagnia charter inglese European AirCharter ha sospeso ieri tutte le operazioni di volo per bancarotta.
I voli operati per Palmair da Bournemouth saranno rilevati da Jet2.
EUROPEAN AVIATION: WE'VE RUN OUT OF MONEY
7:00am Monday 1st December 2008
By Julie Magee »
BOURNEMOUTH-based charter carrier European Aviation became the latest casualty of the economic crisis yesterday after it called in the administrators.
Stunned staff were called into a meeting at the Bournemouth Airport headquarters over the weekend to be told by boss Paul Stoddart that the firm was in trouble.
Operations Director Richard Woollam confirmed to the Daily Echo last night that the company, launched in 1989, was set to be wound up.
He said: “Unfortunately it is true. We have run out of funds. It has been a bleak summer for most of us and the winter has not improved our fortunes.
“Administrators are coming to the company tomorrow; we are not actually wound up yet.
“We are in the process of telling our staff, including pilots and cabin crew, not to report for work tomorrow.”
Mr Woollam, who has been involved with the company since 1994, added: “We have had our ups and downs but have always ridden them.
“This time the financial situation has caught us out. Having survived until the end of the summer we thought we were in for a better New Year.”
European was launched in 1989 after Australian businessman Mr Stoddart saw a gap in the market for an ad-hoc charter airline.
He was boss of the Formula One Minardi team for five years until 2005 when he sold it on to Red Bull.
European employed around 270 workers in March last year, based at Bournemouth Airport, operating ad hoc charter services, VIP flights and inclusive-tour and sub-charter flights.
It bought a large number of BAC-111s from British Airways and well as Boeing 747s which are no longer in service.
Ironically, European recently came to the rescue of stranded passengers following the collapse of the airline XL.
The company was chartered to fly stranded passengers from Porto Santo, near Madeira and from Greece back to Gatwick Airport during the summer.
(Bournemouth Echo)
I voli operati per Palmair da Bournemouth saranno rilevati da Jet2.
EUROPEAN AVIATION: WE'VE RUN OUT OF MONEY
7:00am Monday 1st December 2008
By Julie Magee »
BOURNEMOUTH-based charter carrier European Aviation became the latest casualty of the economic crisis yesterday after it called in the administrators.
Stunned staff were called into a meeting at the Bournemouth Airport headquarters over the weekend to be told by boss Paul Stoddart that the firm was in trouble.
Operations Director Richard Woollam confirmed to the Daily Echo last night that the company, launched in 1989, was set to be wound up.
He said: “Unfortunately it is true. We have run out of funds. It has been a bleak summer for most of us and the winter has not improved our fortunes.
“Administrators are coming to the company tomorrow; we are not actually wound up yet.
“We are in the process of telling our staff, including pilots and cabin crew, not to report for work tomorrow.”
Mr Woollam, who has been involved with the company since 1994, added: “We have had our ups and downs but have always ridden them.
“This time the financial situation has caught us out. Having survived until the end of the summer we thought we were in for a better New Year.”
European was launched in 1989 after Australian businessman Mr Stoddart saw a gap in the market for an ad-hoc charter airline.
He was boss of the Formula One Minardi team for five years until 2005 when he sold it on to Red Bull.
European employed around 270 workers in March last year, based at Bournemouth Airport, operating ad hoc charter services, VIP flights and inclusive-tour and sub-charter flights.
It bought a large number of BAC-111s from British Airways and well as Boeing 747s which are no longer in service.
Ironically, European recently came to the rescue of stranded passengers following the collapse of the airline XL.
The company was chartered to fly stranded passengers from Porto Santo, near Madeira and from Greece back to Gatwick Airport during the summer.
(Bournemouth Echo)
