Interesting! I think of Euroair once in a while and then out of the blue I realise that other people knew of it - like now! I started Euroair in July '77. With one Islander (G-BDWG). By the summer of '79 we made the decision to purchase a couple of Bandeirantes, then added two more. by 1981 the fleet consisted of 4 EMB110's, 6 C404's, 2 Islanders, 1 PA31 and 1 PA23(F).
I sold my interest in it in 1983 and it acquired 1 or 2 Viscount 800's but it wasn't very successful. One of the Bandy's crashed at 1800' in the mountains around Inverness one night in 1984. That was sad for all of us.
Although I had secured a full working relationship with Dan Air in '79 and operated one or two of their routes with smaller aircraft - since their HS748's were being under utilised. I did start a Cardiff-Harwarden service. I think there was a route out of Dundee but that was after my departure.
One of Euroair's claims to fame was that it pioneered the carriage of newspapers when I secured the first contract with Higgs Air Agency. The first route was LGW-DUS. Many many more followed, as well as mail and setting up a hub for Emery Worldwide at LGW and Maastrict.
I employed 38 pilots at one time, 6 of them were Hamble trained, the very best training around then. They went back to BA and most of the others still fly with BA, one with Virgin. Some in senior positions. Hey, maybe one of them will give me a ride one day.
Euroair's name still exists but the main business changed to aircraft leasing. That's aviation for you. One minute you are there, the next you are not.
[This message has been edited by InFinRetirement (edited 04 November 2000).]