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Loganair Limited is a Scottish regional airline founded in 1962, with its registered office on the grounds of Glasgow International Airport in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Contacts: Statutory Information )〕 Its tag line is ''Scotland's Airline''. Loganair operates scheduled services under a Flybe franchise in mainland Scotland and Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles. It also provides services for the Scottish Air Ambulance Service and night mail services on behalf of Royal Mail. In addition to its main base at Glasgow, the airline has hubs at Edinburgh Airport, Inverness Airport, Dundee Airport and Aberdeen Airport. The company holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence. It is permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Type A Operating Licence Holders )〕 == History == Loganair was established on 1 February 1962 by the Logan Construction Company Ltd, operating as its air charter arm with a Piper PA-23 Aztec based at Edinburgh. In 1967 Loganair began flights between the Orkney islands, and started operating in Shetland in 1970. In 1966, after Renfrew Airport closed, the airline established its head office at Glasgow Airport.〔Hutchison, Iain. ''The Story of Loganair''. Kea Publishing, 1987. (82 ). Retrieved from Google Books on 30 June 2010. ISBN 0-906437-14-8, ISBN 978-0-906437-14-8.〕 This aspect of Loganair's operations ceased on 31 March 2006 when the new contract for air ambulance work was awarded to Gama Aviation. Between 1968 and 1983 the company was owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland. Loganair bought Shorts 360 and Fokker F27 aircraft. The company brought jets into the fleet with two British Aerospace 146es. In December 1983 it became a subsidiary of the Airlines of Britain Group. Further aircraft were added to the fleet: BAe Jetstream 31, BAe Jetstream 41, and BAe ATP aircraft. In the late 1980s Loganair was the fastest growing scheduled operator at Manchester airport, and, in terms of number of flights, was the airport's second busiest carrier. After a restructure of British Midland Group in 1994, Loganair's routes outside Scotland and the aircraft used operate them were transferred to Manx Airlines. This consolidation of services led to the formation of a new airline, British Regional Airline (BRA Ltd). In 1997, with Loganair now consisting of six aircraft (one de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter and five Britten Norman Islanders) and 44 staff, a management buy-out occurred. In June 2005, Loganair was awarded a contract from the Irish Government to operate a daily return service from Knock, County Mayo to Dublin. This public service obligation (PSO) route operated for a period of three years as British Airways, with effect from 22 July 2005. The operation ceased in July 2008, the contract having been lost to Aer Arann. The airline bought routes from Citiexpress in March 2004.〔 It flew BA's BAe ATPs on them until 28 May 2005, when further Saab 340 aircraft were purchased to replace them. There were also services to Belfast City Airport and to Birmingham, England from Dundee, which ended on 2 December 2012. On 8 July 2011, it was announced that Loganair had agreed to purchase Cambridge based ScotAirways. ScotAirways continued to trade as a separate entity (using its original name of Suckling Airways) and holding its own licences and approvals until April 2013. After CityJet had terminated its services between Dundee and London City Airport in January 2014, Loganair took over the route, operating From Dundee to London Stansted Airport, with the support of a PSO agreement. In August 2015 the airline became part of a new regional airline group, Airline Investments Limited (AIL),〔()〕 along with East Midlands-based airline bmi regional〔.()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Loganair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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