Flybaboo Dash 8

Flybaboo is a regional airline based in Geneva, Switzerland. It operates services to destinations in Europe and seasonal summer flights to St Tropez and Ibiza. Its main bases are Geneva Cointrin International Airport and Lugano Airport. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... An Airbus A380 of Emirates Airline An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... Hunters a cool hobo For other uses, see Geneva (disambiguation). ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... Saint-Tropez is a commune of the Var département in southern France, located on the French Riviera. ... Ibiza (Eivissa) is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea (), belonging to Balearic Islands (Spain). ... Geneva Cointrin International Airport (IATA: GVA, ICAO: LSGG) is an airport in Geneva, Switzerland. ... Lugano Airport lies closer to the village of Agno than to Lugano itself. ...

Code Data

• IATA Code: F7
• ICAO Code: BBO
• Callsign: Baboo ^[1]

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History

The airline was established in 2003 and started operations on 3 November 2003. Its first flight took off from Geneva to Lugano in October 2003. Julian Cook, son of Neville Cook, chairman at Anglo Irish Bank Geneva Branch, is the 33 year old founder and CEO of Flybaboo. November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lugano is a city in southeast Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy. ... Anglo Irish Bank Corporation plc (ISEQ: ANGL), (LSE: ANGL), (Xetra: CKL), is a bank based in Ireland, listed on both the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange, and headquartered in Dublin. ...

Services

Flybaboo operates the following services to international scheduled destinations (at September 2006): Florence,Nice, Prague,Valencia and Venice. Look up September in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Florence (Italian: ) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: City of a Hundred Spires Motto: Praga Caput Rei publicae Location within the Czech Republic Coordinates: Country Czech Republic Region Capital City of Prague Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Pavel Bém Area  - City 496 km²  (191. ... Location Coordinates : 39°29′ N 0°22′ W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name València (Catalan) Spanish name Valencia Founded 137 BC Postal code 46000-46080 Website http://www. ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia) is the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,663 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ...

Fleet

The Flybaboo fleet includes the following aircraft(April 2007) ^[2]:

• 2 Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
• 1 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400

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In November 2006, the airline's parent company M1 Travel Ltd, placed firm orders for two Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft, with options on four more. The first new aircraft will enter service in 2007^[4]. Dash 8 is also a series of diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives The de Havilland Canada DHC-8, popularly known as the Dash 8, is a series of twin-turboprop airliners designed by de Havilland Canada in the early 1980s. ...

In February 2007, M1 Travel Ltd placed firm orders for five Embraer 190s, plus five options for either E-190s or E-195s. Deliveries are scheduled to begin of 2008. The airline will lease the first three aircraft from M1, which selected the Steep Approach option that will enable it to operate the aircraft into London City, Sion, Lugano and Florence^[5]. The EMBRAER 190 initial flight The EMBRAER E-Jets are a series of twin-engine jet airliners, produced in Brazil. ... London City may refer to: the City of London, in London, United Kingdom London City Airport, in London, United Kingdom London City Council, the governing body for London, Ontario, Canada London City (soccer team) in London, Ontario This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same... Sion may be: Sion, Czech Republic  a castle in the Czech Republic, near Kutná Hora Sion, France  a municipality in the Gers départment, France. ... Lugano is a city in southeast Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy. ... Florence (Italian: ) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. ...

External links

• Flybaboo

References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Flybaboo.htm
3. ^ Flybaboo Fleet Age
4. ^ Airliner World, February 2007
5. ^ ATW OnLine, February 2007