Duo Airways

Duo Airways was an airline based in the United Kingdom. Its main bases were Birmingham Airport and Edinburgh Airport. It ceased operations in May 2004.

Duo Airways
IATA ICAO Callsign
VB DUO FLY DUO
FoundedJune 2003
Commenced operationsNovember 2003
Ceased operations1 May 2004
Operating basesBirmingham Airport
Edinburgh Airport
Fleet size9
Destinations16
HeadquartersBirmingham Airport, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Websitewww.duo.com

History

The airline was formed by a management buyout of the former Maersk UK in June 2003. The airline relaunched services in November 2003 but a shortage of funds led to it suspending flights and entering administration on 1 May 2004.

The airline sought to provide a high quality of service at moderate prices, but faced a marketing challenge in explaining that it was not a low cost, no-frills carrier, and load factors took longer than expected to reach budgeted levels. Despite overwhelmingly positive reaction from passengers and an encouraging outlook, the airline had to close down when an investor withdrew support at short notice.

Destinations

A Duo Airways Bombardier CRJ-200LR landing at Bournemouth Airport, England. (2003)
A Duo Airways Bombardier CRJ-700ER at Stuttgart Airport, Germany. (2003)

Duo Airways served the following destinations throughout operations:

[Base]Base
City Country IATA ICAO Airport
BerlinGermanyTXLEDDTBerlin Tegel Airport
BirminghamUnited KingdomBHXEGBBBirmingham Airport [Base]
Cologne/BonnGermanyCGNEDDKCologne Bonn Airport
CopenhagenDenmarkCPHEKCHCopenhagen Airport
EdinburghUnited KingdomEDIEGPHEdinburgh Airport [Base]
GenevaSwitzerlandGVALSGGGeneva International Airport
GothenburgSwedenGOTESGGGöteborg Landvetter Airport
HelsinkiFinlandHELEFHKHelsinki Airport
LyonFranceLYSLFLLLyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
MilanItalyMXPLIMCMilano Malpensa Airport
NiceFranceNCELFMNNice Côte d'Azur Airport
OsloNorwayOSLENGMOslo Airport
StockholmSwedenARNESSAStockholm Arlanda Airport
StuttgartGermanySTREDDSStuttgart Airport
ViennaAustriaVIELOWWVienna International Airport
ZurichSwitzerlandZRHLSZHZurich Airport

Fleet

The Duo Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft through operations:

Duo Airways Fleet
Aircraft Total Passengers
Bombardier CRJ-200LR 4 48
Bombardier CRJ-700 3 68
Bombardier CRJ-700ER 2 68
Total 9
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