On 8 July 2011, it was announced that Loganair had agreed to purchase Cambridge based ScotAirways. The franchise has been criticised by residents in the Scottish islands for what they perceive to be excessively high fares, and a Facebook campaign set up in June 2015 to highlight the issue attracted over 7400 " likes" over the course of its first weekend. Flights are also operated under a codeshare agreement with British Airways connecting flights from Scotland to London.
Loganair became a franchise airline of Flybe, operating in the Flybe colours. The flights have since been marketed under Loganair's own name, rather than British Airways'. Loganair's inter-island operations between the Orkney and Shetland Islands carried out using Britten-Norman Islanders were removed from the franchise agreement in 2004. Until October 2008, Loganair was a British Airways franchisee, operating flights sold through BA using BA flight codes. The airline also bought routes from Citiexpress in March 2004. The operation ceased in July 2008, the contract having been lost to Aer Arann. This public service obligation (PSO) route operated for a period of three years as British Airways, with effect from 22 July 2005. In June 2005, Loganair was awarded a contract from the Irish Government to operate a daily return service from Knock, County Mayo to Dublin. Operations as Flybe franchise and later developments 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. This consolidation of services led to the formation of a new airline, British Regional Airline (BRA Ltd). Īfter a restructure of British Midland Group in 1994, Loganair's routes outside Scotland and the aircraft used to operate them were transferred to Manx Airlines. This would stand until July 2008, when it became the new franchisee of Flybe. In 1993, the airline became a franchisee of British Airways, operating its Islanders in the British Airways livery. 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. Further aircraft were added to the fleet: British Aerospace Jetstream 31, British Aerospace Jetstream 41, and British Aerospace ATP aircraft.
In December 1983 it became a subsidiary of the Airlines of Britain Group.
The company brought jet aircraft into the fleet with two British Aerospace 146s. This aspect of Loganair's operations ceased on 31 March 2006 when the new contract for air ambulance work was awarded to Gama Aviation.īetween 19, the company was owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland, Towards the end of this period, Loganair bought Short 360 and Fokker F27 Friendship aircraft. In 1966, after Renfrew Airport closed, the airline established its head office at Glasgow Airport. In 1967, Loganair took delivery of three Britten-Norman Islander twin-engine eight-seat light commuter airliners and began regular flights between the Orkney Islands, and started operating in Shetland in 1970. Loganair was established on 1 February 1962 by Willie Logan of the Logan Construction Company Ltd, operating as its air charter arm with a Piper PA-23 Aztec based at Edinburgh. Loganair Saab 340B in its former British Airways livery