Irish airline CityJet began operations between London City Airport and Dublin in January 1994 under a franchise licence with British Airline, Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. Today the airline, based at Dublin Airport, is a 100% owned subsidiary of Air France and employs over 580 staff.
As the Irish partner of Air France, CityJet operates a fleet of 20 BAe 146 series aircraft making CityJet a specialist in short runway regional operations.
In 2005-06 CityJet carried +1.5 million passengers on its 8 franchise routes on behalf of Air France between Paris CDG and Dublin, London City, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Gothenburg, Zurich and Florence, Dublin to London City, and Orly to London City. CityJet also provide an Aircraft and Crew service to Air France and their network Partners in both Paris CDG and Paris ORY across a wide range of medium haul routes. This type of contract is recognition of CityJet's unique characteristic of adaptability and its commitment to provide for our customer and shareholder a consistent service across its medium haul network.



