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LAUSA AIR Regional Service City Flyer Introduces the ATR 72-50 into Fleet

editor — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:14:51 +0000

LAUSA AIR’s Executive Chairman Daniel Harvey has today official announced a lease to buy deal with Indian operator King Fisher for (5) ATR 72-500 aircraft. This deal has been negotiated to include code sharing agreement with King Fisher as LAUSA AIR’s City Flyer division expands into Middle East & Asia following the best performance this Division has seen in months. The first of the five is currently in the Australians hangars of Stormy Design, contracted to LAUSA for all the companies’ aircraft designs. www.stormydesigns.org

The ATR 72 is a twin-turboprop short-haul regional airliner built by the French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR(Avions de Transport Régional). It seats up to 74 passengers in a single-class configuration and is operated by a two-pilot crew.

Visit LAUSA Air at: www.lausa.co.uk

LAUSA AIR City Flyer Division launches European Hub at London City Airport EGLC

editor — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:33:31 +0000

City Flyer is the entry point into LAUSA AIR and requires all pilots who join LAUSA AIR to spend the first 50 hours of their virtual career on regional hops between cities. After 25 our pilots are eligible for promotion to First Officer and transfer from the Dash 8 onto the CRJ 700. Pilots are only allowed to fly routes from KMCO which is the hub for City Flyer. With the launch of London City, City Flyer will be flying to all major European cities and City Flyers’ CEO Anthony Tester is currently negotiating code sharing terms for City Flyer Europe with LAUSA AIR’s European alliance partner FLOCK AIR.President of LAUSA, Daniel Harvey recently appointed Anthony Tester as CEO of CITY FLYER to oversee the induction and pilot training for all City Flyer Aircrew. Anthony is a real world pilot operating the Dash 8 for Austrian Airlines and is based in Vienna.

This restructure has benefited LAUSA AIR/City Flyer as a whole with pilot retention currently at 90%. Pilots join LAUSA Air as fully trained pilots able to fly IFR and read instrument approach charts in a competent and professional manner expected of all LAUSA AIR pilots.

For more information visit LAUSA Air at: http://www.lausa.co.uk

City Flyer Launches Lausa Air Regional Service

editor — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:04:35 +0000

Following a major reorganization of its main division, London Aviators USA’s virtual airline, Lausa Air, announced the establishment of a regional feeder service intended to supplement its domestic and international long-haul service. From its Orlando, Florida hub, and utilizing the DeHavilland Dash-8 and Canadair CRJ-700 aircraft, City Flyer is now the entry point for new pilots to integrate into the existing Lausa Air system. After completing 20 hours with City Flyer, pilots will have the option to transfer into Lausa Air but City Flyer management hopes some pilots will want to remain with the regional operation. Newly appointed City Flyer C.E.O. Chris Hattaway will run the new division. Interested pilots should check out Lausa Air’s website at: londonaviatorusa.page.tl for more information.