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Latest fleets and bases for featured airlines, updated 2008.
Please contact us if you encounter any errors or omissions. Note that changes are made frequently to basing, therefore check the company website for full details.

Aer Arann

ATR 42 (3), ATR72 (9), more orders in 2008 and 2009.
Dublin, Cork, Galway, Isle of Man and Luton

Aer Lingus

9 x A330, 6 x A321, 27 x A320, 6 x A330 are due for delivery from
2009. 6 x A350XWB are due for delivery from 2014.
Dublin, Cork, Shannon and Belfast

Air Southwest

DHC8-300 (5). Plymouth and Newquay

Astraeus Flystar

B737-700(1),B757-200(4). Gatwick, and Manchester.

Atlantic Airlines

L188(7), ATP(7 with fleet growing to possibly 10 by 2010). Coventry

Aurigny Air

TRIS(8),ATR-72(3)2 x ATR72-500 to be delivered 2010
Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Southend

bmi/bmibaby

bmi: A319(11),A320(13),A321(7 with 5 on order),A330(3)
bmibaby: B737-300/500(20)
Heathrow, Belfast, E Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow,
Leeds, Teeside, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester.

bmi Regional

E135(3),E145(14). Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Nottingham East Midlands, Leeds Bradford, Glasgow, Manchester.

British Airways

B747(60), B777(42), B767(21), B757(13),
B737-300/400/500/800(34), A319/320/321(68).12 x A380 and 24 x B787 are on order. Heathrow & Gatwick

Cathay Pacific

B747-400(24), A340(18), A330(31), B777(25),
B747-400F(13), B747-200F(6)Further aircraft on order.
Hong Kong (Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
and USA available for Captains and F/O’s)

Cathay Pacific Freight

B747/200F(6),B747/400F(13) Further aircraft on order.
Hong Kong,Heathrow, Sydney/Melbourne, N America (various), Frankfurt, Paris, Manchester

CityJet

Avro RJ85 (18), BAe 146 (8). Dublin, London City, Paris

DHL Air

B757(22). East Midlands Airport

Dragonair

9 x A320, 6 x A321, 16 x A330, 4 x B747, 5 x B747F. Hong Kong, Manchester.

Eastern Airways

JS32 (1), JS 41 (23), SAAB 2000 (6). Aberdeen, Durham Tees Valley, Humberside, Inverness, Isle of Man, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham East Midlands, Norwich.

easyJet

B737-300/700 and A319 Fleet size 165 aircraft expected to expand
with a possibility of a further 120 Airbus aircraft being delivered by 2012
B737 being phased out over 2009. Current B737 bases - Luton, Belfast,
Newcastle. A319/A320 bases - Gatwick, Stansted, Edinburgh, Bristol,
East Midlands, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester. Berlin (Schonefeld),
Paris (Orly), Madrid, Milan (Malpensa). Swiss registered aircraft operate from Geneva, Basel.

Emirates

B777-200/300(53), A340(18), A330-200(29), A310F(3), B747-
400F(6) Orders for 58 x A380, 70 x A350 and 8 x B777F. Dubai

First Choice (TUI)

A320(6),A321(3), B757(16), B767(6). Manchester, Gatwick (A320 & B757), Birmingham, (757), Glasgow (757), Bristol, East Midlands, Belfast, Stansted. (Dublin and Exeter – Seasonal bases).

Flightline

BA46(7), AVRORJ(1), MD83(4). Southend, Aberdeen, Manchester, Milan, Dublin

Flybe

BA46(6), E195 (9) (with 5 on order to replace BA46), Bombardier
Q3/400 (Formerly Dash 8 ) (36) (Further orders for 24, E145 (25).
Exeter, Jersey, Guernsey, Birmingham, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow,
Southampton, Norwich, Isle of Man, Inverness, Manchester.

Flyglobespan

B737-300/600/700/800(11), B767 (3), B757 (1)
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Durham Tees

Gulf Air

A320(10),330(6),340(9), B737-800(2), B767(4)
Muscat Seeb International (Oman), Bahrain International.

Highland Airways

JS31(5), JS41(2), F406(3), BN2P(1). Inverness, Warton, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Oban

Jet2.com

B737/300 (21), B757(9). Stansted, Leeds/Bradford, Edinburgh, Manchester, Belfast, Exeter, Newcastle, Blackpool

Loganair

BN2P(2),DHC6(2),SF34(14). Glasgow, Kirkwall(BN2P), Aberdeen (SAAB340B only), Edinburgh (SAAB 340 only)

Monarch

B757-200(7), B767-300(1), A320-200(6), A321(11), A300-600R(4),
A330-200(2). Planned 6 x B787 from 2010 replacing current wide body
aircraft. Gatwick, Luton, Manchester, Birmingham

Qatar Airways

3 x A300, 2 x A300F, 2 x A319, 12 x A320, 5 x A321, 29 x A330,
4 x A340, 2 x B777. (Orders include 80 x A350, 5 x A380, 20 x B777
5 x B777F and 30 x B787). Doha

Ryanair

163 x B737-800 with orders to increaset to 262 aircraft by 2012.
Dublin, Shannon, Cork, Luton, Glasgow-Prestwick, Stansted, Liverpool, East Midlands, Brussels-Charleroi, Frankfurt-Hahn, Stockholm-Skavsta, Barcelona-Girona, Rome-Ciampino, Milan-Bergamo, Pisa, Bremen, Marseilles, Madrid.

ScotAirways

DO328-100(7). Cambridge, London City, Edinburgh and Dundee

Singapore Airlines

5 x A340, 2 x A380, 18 x B747-400, 69 x B777 , Cargo 14 x B747-400F. Singapore

SkyEurope

14 x B737-700. Bratislava and Prague

Thomas Cook

A330 (7), A320 (11), A321 (4), B757 (18), B767 (2). Gatwick Manchester,Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle, East Midlands, and Stansted.

Thomsonfly (TUI)

B757(16),B767(10), B737-300/800(24). Gatwick, Manchester, Luton, Glasgow, Bournmouth, E Midlands, Cardiff, Newcastle, Coventry, Doncaster.

Titan Airways

B757(2),B737/3(4),BA46(4),B350(1). Stansted , Bristol,Bournemouth, & Edinburgh

TNT Airways

BA146(13), A300B4(4), B737-300(10), B747-400(2), Tu204(1). Liege

Virgin Atlantic

B747/400(13), A340/300(6), A340/600(19). Heathrow, Gatwick

VLM

F50 (19) BAe 46 (1). Antwerp, London City (Hub), Manchester

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