Odyssey Airlines

Odyssey Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
n/a n/a n/a
Founded September 2010
Operating bases London City Airport
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Key people
  • Adam D. Scott (CEO)
  • John Bavister (CFO)
Website flyody.com

Odyssey Airlines is a British startup airline headquartered in London with a planned base at London City Airport. It was founded in 2010 and was set to launch operations in 2018. [1]

History

The airline incorporated in September 2010 and is headquartered at a business property at Borough High Street in London.[2] The airline was first revealed in an article by Reuters in December 2011, citing it as being one of the undisclosed customers of the Bombardier CSeries aircraft.[3] During the 2013 Paris Air Show, Bombardier and Odyssey officially revealed the identity of the airline to the public, with a planned launch date in 2016.[4]

In April 2014, it started to raise $5 million through crowdfunding.[5] During early 2016, the airline pushed its launch date into 2017. After not being able to meet that deadline either it has now been pushed back to 2018. [1]

Odyssey Airlines plans to operate as a premium carrier, offering an all-business class service onboard its aircraft.[6] The planned service from London-City to New York is already operated in a similar way by British Airways on board an Airbus A318-100 in all-business class configuration.

Destinations

The airline plans to be based at London City Airport and will serve mainly medium and long haul destinations,[7] such as New York City and Toronto, the latter possibly in cooperation with Porter Airlines.[8] A detailed plan of further future destinations has not been revealed yet.[7]

Fleet

Odyssey Airlines fleet
Aircraft In Service On Order Passengers Notes
Airbus A220-100 – 10[9] 40[10] Delivery dates TBA
Total – 10

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Oliver Clark (4 May 2016). "UK's Odyssey Airlines pushes back planned start date". Flightglobal. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Odyssey Says Customer For CSeries". AirWise. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Peter Myers and Tim Hepher (19 December 2011). "New airline plans London City-NY link". Reuters. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Ghim-Lay Yeo (18 June 2013). "Odyssey confirmed as CSeries customer". Flightglobal. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  5. ↑ Dron, Alan (2014-05-01). "UK startup Odyssey Airlines to raise funds via crowdfunding".
  6. ↑ Edward Russell (19 June 2013). "Odyssey distances itself from previous all-premium attempts". Flightglobal. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Odyssey Airlines hints at network strategy with CSeries deal". routesonline.com. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Odyssey hints at Toronto-London City route". Flightglobal. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  9. ↑ Bombardier Inc. (17 June 2013). "Bombardier Discloses Odyssey as European Customer for 10 CSeries Aircraft". Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  10. ↑ "CSeries". Odyssey Airlines. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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