Intercity Airways

[Plane mad 134]

I see Intercity doesn't have a thread yet and there has been talk about them at Blackpool so I made a thread to keep updated on them.

[Plane mad 134]

Seems like the airline wont be starting anytime soon if at all.

[sixchannel]

It was originally carried via the Blackpool thread.
Just the wild ramblings of a 19yr old kid with time on his hands - and a vivid imagination.
Bit like Unsworth's Atmosphere.

[EGPO]

This is worse than the 'fix' on the Apprentice Airline task, Neither team won.
Because for one thing they made no attempt to show they had researched other airlines ( Anyway that was slightly off topic ).
But point being is ' Intercity : If memory serves the name is , if my memory serves owned By either The Department of Transport.
Or one of the train operating countries ,bI had heard ' Cross Country ' but cannot be certain .
In any case it is too Similar the the Abelio Scotrail ' Inter7City ' name .
It may land this lad at the very least a very strong letter from somewhere .
Either way it will never happen.

[sixchannel]

Indeed it was a rail service. British Rail brand from 1966 to 1997. Used the excellent, if often filthy dirty, HST's.
Back in the day, spent far to much of my life on the Wolverhampton - London but it was so much faster and safer than Suicide Alley, the M6/M1 alternative.

[VentureGo]

It is registered as Inter City Airways Ltd - Details as link:
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/11281646/officers

[flybar]

Has also registered 6 other aviation companies over recent years - non seem to be flying

[Barling Magna]

Bad news for young Mr Gosney:

https://tinyurl.com/ycggqtr3

[SWBKCB]

Inter city was also used by Alidair for some of their Viscount passenger operations in the early 80's (?)

[Hotel Tango]

They most certainly were. I flew non-rev on an Inter City Airlines Viscount 700 (G-ARGR) positioning from EDI to ABZ in September 1981. It was in Alidair colours with Inter City Airlines titles. I even have a photo.

[Hotel Tango]

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/923/rN7GAc.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnrN7GAcj)

[sixchannel]

So is Atmosphere Intercontinental. Doesn't mean it's "Real".

[sixchannel]

Lovely Viscount! Taken some time around 1981?
Sadly WFU in 1984.

[Border Reiver]

Lovely photo. o lot of hours in the back of GR and her sister IR(?) positioning to Sumburgh in the summer of 83 on the Shell contract.

[Hotel Tango]

sixchannel: taken at Aberdeen 27/Sep/81 having just flown in on it from Edinburgh.

[sixchannel]

I know Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder, but weren't they gorgeous to look at.
Same for the Dove probably for same daft reason. When I worked for JCB many years back, I was told that Mr JCB's Dove was dismantled c1960 and placed in the rafters of the 'Experimental Shop'. Whether that was true ir not I have no idea but last I heard it was stored outside at Little Rissington.

[Gurnard]

As well as Viscounts, Inter City Airlines also operated SD330s in the 1980s. G-BITV was used by Inter City Airlines (NB - not "Airways") and also by related company Guernsey Airlines and often flew from Manchester.

[sealo0]

Hi.

JCB Dove
Don't know what made me look this up but back in the '80 I had to visit the JCB factory in Uttoxeter and to my amazement 'parked' on the roof of the office I was in was a plane quite unnerving really but a whole deH Dove was just there.. Still had the engines in I think.

[Flying Hi]

Long time retired from JCB now but yes, I thought it an unusual storage when I saw it. Lol.
Last I heard, post demise of Mr JCB G-ARJB had been 'stored' at Little Rissington - purpose unknown.
Is it scrapped now?

[N707ZS]

Is Devonair still operating.