Titan Airways Ltd , operating as Titan Airways , is a UK charter airline headquartered at London Stansted Airport , operating primarily in corporate and business travel, leasing its aircraft under operating leases, and also carrying out cargo transportation under a contract with Royal Mail .
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| Established | 1988 | |||
| Base airports | London Stansted Airport | |||
| Hubs | London Stansted Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 7 | |||
| Headquarters |  London Stansted Airport , UK | |||
| Guide | Gene Wilson ( CEO ) | |||
| Website | titan-airways.com | |||
The airline has a certificate of operator A of the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority , which gives the right to transport goods, mail and passengers on aircraft with a capacity of 20 or more seats [1] .
The airline’s home port and its main transit hub ( hub ) is London Stansted Airport .
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Route network
- 3 Fleet
- 4 Literature
- 5 notes
- 6 References
History
Titan Airways was founded in 1988. Currently, it is fully owned by one of its founders, Gene Wilson, who at the end of 2012 completely bought the rest of the property from the British investment company 3i [2] .
Initially, the carrier’s fleet consisted of one Short 330 turboprop aircraft with a passenger cabin for 33 seats.
The main customers of Titan Airways are investment groups, aircraft manufacturers, large automakers, football clubs, travel companies, cruise line operators and corporations working in the entertainment industry [3] .
The airline received several well-known awards, including the Royal Award to the country's best commercial enterprises in 2001 [4] . Since 2000, Titan Airways has been included in the list of the hundred best commercial enterprises of the Sunday Times newspaper four times [5] .
All aircraft of the airline are registered in the UK and are certified by the country's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). [6] .
Routing Network
In addition to working under contracts for the transportation of VIPs, the airline carries out seasonal charter programs for travel operators in the UK. During the summer season, Titan Airways opens routes to Dalaman ( Turkey ), Turbo / Lourdes / Perenei ( France ), Figari and Calvi ( Corsica ). In the winter season, the direction of Chambery ( Alps ) opens [7] .
Fleet
In January 2014, the following aircraft made up the Titan Airways air fleet [8] :
| Type of aircraft | In operation | Ordered | Passenger seats | Notes | ||
| C | Y | Total | ||||
| Airbus A320-200 | one | one | - | 168 | 168 [9] [10] | |
| Boeing 737-300QC | one | - | 44 | - | 44 [11] | |
| - | 130 | 130 [12] | ||||
| Boeing 737-300F | one | - | - | |||
| Boeing 757-200 | 3 | - | 80 | - | 80 [13] | |
| 40 | 108 | 148 [14] | ||||
| - | 202 | 202 [15] | ||||
| Boeing 767-300ER | one | - | - | 265 | 265 [16] | economy class only |
| Total | 7 | one | ||||
Literature
- Eastwood, Tony and Roach, John. Turbo Prop Airliner Production List . The Aviation Hobby Shop, 1998, ISBN 0-907178-69-3 .
Notes
- ↑ Operating License
- ↑ Archived copy (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment July 18, 2013. Archived July 18, 2013.
- ↑ Titan Airways expands airline support role (inaccessible link) . Traveldailynews.com. Date of treatment April 25, 2014. Archived July 18, 2013.
- ↑ Top honor for air charter operator (November 3, 2010). Date of treatment July 16, 2013.
- ↑ Company search results Archived February 22, 2014.
- ↑ IOSA Registry . IATA (April 25, 2013). Date of appeal April 25, 2014.
- ↑ Airlines | Chambéry Savoie Airport (Link unavailable) . Chambery-airport.com. Date of treatment April 25, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.
- ↑ UK Civil Aviation Authority civil aircraft register search, using “Titan Airways” as the search results . Search carried out 18 July 2013
- ↑ Titan Airways adds first Airbus A320 to fleet . Flightglobal.com (June 14, 2010). Date of treatment March 6, 2013.
- ↑ A320 Seat Plan
- ↑ All Business 737-300 (G-POWC) Seat Plan
- ↑ All Economy 737-300 Cabin Seat Plan
- ↑ All Business 757 Seat Plan
- ↑ Two Class 757 Seat Plan
- ↑ All Economy 757 Seat Plan
- ↑ 767 Seat Plan
Links
- titan-airways.com - official website of Titan Airways