4YOU Airlines
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Founded2014
Defunct2014
Headquarters
Poland

4YOU Airlines was a Polish virtual airline owned by tour operator Alfa Star.[1][2] It operated charter services and was prepared to transition into a low-cost carrier, however, it declared bankruptcy in October 2014.

History

4YOU Airlines started operations in the spring of 2014 by offering leisure charter flights mainly to the Mediterranean.[3]

In September 2014, 4YOU Airlines temporarily suspended their charter operations to prepare their planned rebranding into a scheduled carrier.[4] They were expected to resume service with their new route network in November 2014 despite issues with ticketing and the Civil Aviation Office.[5] It has been claimed that 4YOU Airlines sold tickets before actually having the necessary licenses to operate their routes on offer.[6]

However, on 24 October 2014 the airline declared bankruptcy. Additionally, a circuit prosecutor's office in Warsaw launched an investigation because 4YOU Airlines started to sell tickets without a concession and other documents so at that time it wasn't considered an air carrier.[2]

Destinations

After their rebranding 4YOU Airlines planned to establish bases at Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport and Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport to offer flights from there mainly to European metropolitan destinations.[3] The route network – which never came into being – had been announced as follows:[7]

Belgium
France
Germany
Israel
Italy
Poland
Spain
United Kingdom

Fleet

As 4YOU Airlines was a virtual carrier without its own AOC, it used aircraft from other airlines such as Grand Cru Airlines and YanAir.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Poland's 4YOU Airlines to lease two Lithuanian B737s". ch-aviation. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Prokuratura wszczęła śledztwo ws. 4You Airlines". TVN24 Biznes i Świat. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 "4 You Airlines am Boden: Noch ein Grounding in Polen – aeroTELEGRAPH". aeroTELEGRAPH. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Poland's 4YOU Airlines temporarily suspends operations". ch-aviation. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "4You Airlines flies away". Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Polish watchdog claims 4 You Airlines acting 'fraudulently'". ch-aviation. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "4youairlines.com". 4youairlines.com.
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