Loganair Awarded Scottish Public Service Obligation Contract
As expected, Loganair has now been officially awarded the Scottish Government's Public Service Obligation contract for the next four years. Coinciding with the contract, additional services have been added with an increase of flights to Tiree and Barra, and an improvement to the schedule for Campbeltown.
Loganair currently operates two DHC-6-400's (G-HIAL and G-SGTS) leased from Highlands & Islands Airports Ltd., and one DHC-6-300 (G-BVVK). One other DHC-6-300 is parked at Glasgow awaiting return to the lessor.
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| MSN 917 - DHC-6-400 G-HIAL Highlands & Islands Airports Ltd. (Loganair) Barra, Scotland STV Photo |
Chukotavia's RA-67281 is seen below in the fine company of Douglas DC-3 N12BA owned by Yesterday's Wings of Port Charlotte, FL. It, along with DC-3 N400MF are tracing the historic Alaska-Siberia route which originated in Great Falls, MT. Both DC-3's will eventually reach Moscow to participate in the MAKS 2015 Air & Space Show.
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| MSN 860 - DHC-6-400 RA-67281 Chukotavia Anadyr, Russia 27-Jul-2015 Mikhail Mardamshin Photo |
223 - DHC-6-200 N223AL Win Win Aviation, Wake Forest, NC
27-Jul-2015
- Gimli, MB (CYGM/YGM) - Saskatoon, SK (CYXE/YXE)
- Saskatoon, SK (CYXE/YXE) - Westlock, AB (CES4)
As I had suspected when writing yesterday's entry for N223AL, it is heading towards the Edmonton Skydive facility, located at Westlock, AB. The Canadian CSPA National Championships are underway there beginning today.
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| MSN 223 - DHC-6-200 N223AL Win Win Aviation Val d'Or, QC 26-Jul-2015 Jean-Philippe Richard Photo |
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| Maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper - copyright © Karl L. Swartz |
620 - DHC-6-300 N888PV Montecito New York LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (CAAMS Leasing)
27-Jul-2015
- McMinnville, OR (KMMV/MMV) - Honolulu, HI (PHNL/HNL)
In a replay of yesterday's flight plan, which did not actually depart from McMinnville, N888PV is again expected to depart this morning for Honolulu.
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| Maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper - copyright © Karl L. Swartz |
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Over the last weekend I built Dash8Spotter, which you are welcome to check out by clicking on the banner below. Keeping in mind the beginning days of TwinOtterSpotter in 2012, I hope that there will be a similar amount of growth as Dash8Spotter progresses as well. Although I spent 20+ years around the DHC-8, building the information will be a learning experience for me as well, as I just don't know as much off the top of my head as with the Twin Otter. In any event, I think that there is good potential to develop the new blog in the same way as this one has grown.
