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A subsidiary of the Air Bristol Group, AB Shannon was formed to operate a twice daily scheduled service between Shannon and Gatwick. Service commenced on 7th December 1995 and was increased to thrice daily from March 1996 with one of the parent company’s leased Series 510EDs. From 1st May 1997 this company and Air Bristol were both marketed as AB Airlines Ltd.

This company ordered four Series 208ALs on 3rd May 1963 in a 74 seat single class configuration. They were delivered between May and September 1965 and were introduced into service on 6th June 1965. Over the years they were used on an extensive network from Dublin, Cork and Shannon to destinations which included Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Jersey, Liverpool, London (Gatwick and Heathrow) and Manchester in the United Kingdom and to Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Lourdes, Málaga, Madrid, Munich, Paris, Rome and Zürich in Europe. One aircraft was leased to LANICA of Nicaragua from October 1966 to April 1967. The type was finally withdrawn from service on 3rd March 1991 after operating nearly twenty-six years of continuous accident free service on both scheduled and charter flights. From 28th October 1996 to 28th March 1997 aircraft drawn from the British World Series 500 fleet were used to operate a daily schedule between Stansted and Dublin while from 22nd May 1998 to 14th February 1999 AB Airlines Ltd operated jointly marketed services from Shannon to Birmingham and Stansted.

Registration	c/n	Type	Delivery	Withdrawn	Notes
EI-ANE	049	208AL	14May65	04Jan91	To 5N-HTC
EI-ANF	050	208AL	12Jun65	02Dec90	To 5N-HTD
EI-ANG	051	208AL	31Jul65	03Mar91	To 5N-HTA
EI-ANH	052	208AL	09Sep65	22Feb91	To 5N-HTB

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CityJet leased European Aircharter Ltd One-Elevens from late March to 7th April 1997 for use on the company’s Dublin to Paris schedule. A British World Airlines Ltd Series 518FG was later used to operate from Dublin to Faro and Málaga and on behalf of Air France from Dublin to Paris with effect from March 1999.

This company introduced the type into service with a Series 561RC leased from TAROM on the Luton to Dublin route on 1st December 1986. Two Series 525FTs were added in March and April 1987 from the same source. Further expansion came in 1988 with the addition of two Series 525FTs and a Series 561RC also leased from TAROM. Two Series 525FTs were returned to TAROM in November 1989. In June 1990 a Series 561RC was transferred from Ryanair Europe until it was returned to TAROM in October of the same year. In December 1990 a Series 531FS and a Series 523FJ were transferred from Ryanair Europe after another Series 561RC was returned to TAROM a month earlier. A Series 509EW, previously operated by Dan-Air Services, was taken on strength in April 1991 followed by Ryanair Europe’s last Series 518FG One-Eleven in May 1991. A previously used Series 561RC and a Series 525FT were once again leased from TAROM in April 1992 for the summer season. For summer 1993 the company initially leased an earlier used Series 561RC from TAROM from April to June before leasing four Series 501EXs from British Airways from early June 1993 after signing an agreement on 28th May 1993. The last of the leased Romanian aircraft was returned to TAROM in October 1993. With the arrival of a fleet of Boeing 737-200s in the spring of 1994, the One-Elevens were withdrawn from most scheduled services and the four leased British Airways aircraft were returned to them between January and March 1994. This was quickly followed by the withdrawal from service of two of the remaining One-Elevens in April 1994 leaving just two One-Elevens to cover the Connaught/Knock and Cork schedules, a few off peak schedules and ad hoc charter work. Once configured with 119 passenger seats, all aircraft were later fitted with either 104 or 109 seats. Over the years the One-Elevens were used on the company’s scheduled routes from Dublin to Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, Luton, Munich both direct and via Stansted, Paris-Charles De Gaulle, Prestwick and Stansted, from Connaught/Knock to Birmingham, Coventry, Gatwick, Luton, Manchester and Stansted and from Cork and Shannon to both Luton and Stansted. The last new route to be inaugurated by the One-Eleven fleet was a twice daily schedule between Dublin and Birmingham on 8th November 1993. The last revenue service was flown with the type on 2nd October 1994. The aircraft also carried out extensive charter work throughout Europe. The company also controlled a UK based subsidiary airline which also operated One-Elevens which was initially called London European Airways and later traded as Ryanair Europe.

Registration	c/n	Type	Delivery	Withdrawn	Notes
EI-BSS	402	561RC	29Nov86	13Nov89	Lsd from TAROM
			18Dec89	02Nov90	Lsd from TAROM
			01Apr92	01Oct92	Lsd from TAROM
			02Apr93	Jun93	Lsd from TAROM
EI-BSY	266	525FT	14Mar87	02Nov89	Lsd from TAROM
EI-BSZ	272	525FT	29Apr87	05Nov89	Lsd from TAROM
EI-BUO	255	525FT	---	---	ntu
EI-BUQ	406	561RC	---	---	ntu
EI-BVG	255	525FT	27Mar88	06Mar91	Lsd from TAROM
			30Apr92	02Nov92	Lsd from TAROM
EI-BVH	407	561RC	01Apr88	25Sep93	Lsd from TAROM
EI-BVI	256	525FT	04Jun88	27Sep93	Lsd from TAROM
EI-CAS	406	561RC	01Jun90	02Oct90	Lsd from TAROM
EI-CCU	237	531FS	21Dec90	12Sep94	To ZS-NUG
EI-CCW	186	509EW	12Apr91	10Apr94	To ZS-NMS
EI-CCX	211	523FJ	19Dec90	02Oct94	To 5N-EYI
EI-CDO	201	518FG	03May91	25Apr94	To ZS-NMT
EI-CIB	191	501EX	10Jun93	18Feb94	Lsd from British A/W
EI-CIC	177	501EX	10Jun93	17Mar94	Lsd from British A/W
EI-CID	174	501EX	04Jun93	24Mar94	Lsd from British A/W
EI-CIE	176	501EX	04Jun93	15Jan94	Lsd from British A/W
YR-BCI	252	525FT	29Apr88	26May88	Lsd from TAROM

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