Odyssey Airlines

Odyssey Airlines is a British startup airline headquartered in London with a planned base at London City Airport. It was founded in 2010 and is preparing to launch operations in late 2020 / early 2021.

This article is about the British startup airline. For the defunct Canadian charter airline, see Odyssey International.

Odyssey Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
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FoundedSeptember 2010
Operating basesLondon City Airport
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Key people
  • Adam D. Scott (CEO)
  • John Bavister (CFO)
Websiteflyody.com

History

The airline incorporated in September 2010 and is headquartered at a business property at Spital Square in London. 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, now the Airbus A220-100.[1] During the 2013 Paris Air Show, Bombardier and Odyssey officially revealed the identity of the airline to the public, with an original launch year stated as 2016.[2]

In April 2014, it started to raise $5 million through crowdfunding.[3] Since 2016, the launch date has been pushed back several times.[4]

Odyssey Airlines plans to operate as a premium carrier, offering an all-business class service onboard its aircraft.[5] The planned service from London-City to New York was previously 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,[6] such as New York City and Toronto. A detailed plan of further future destinations has not been revealed yet.[6]

Fleet
Odyssey Airlines fleet
Aircraft In Service On Order Passengers Notes
Airbus A220-100 – 10[7] 40[8] Delivery from 2020[9]
Total – 10

See also

References
  1. Peter Myers and Tim Hepher (19 December 2011). "New airline plans London City-NY link". Reuters. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  2. Ghim-Lay Yeo (18 June 2013). "Odyssey confirmed as CSeries customer". Flightglobal. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  3. Dron, Alan (1 May 2014). "UK startup Odyssey Airlines to raise funds via crowdfunding".
  4. Oliver Clark (4 May 2016). "UK's Odyssey Airlines pushes back planned start date". Flightglobal. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  5. Edward Russell (19 June 2013). "Odyssey distances itself from previous all-premium attempts". Flightglobal. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  6. "Odyssey Airlines hints at network strategy with CSeries deal". routesonline.com. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  7. Bombardier Inc. (17 June 2013). "Bombardier Discloses Odyssey as European Customer for 10 CSeries Aircraft". Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  8. "CSeries". Odyssey Airlines. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  9. "Odyssey Airlines Ltd. Accounts to 31 March 2018".
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