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Hebridean Air Services

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Hebridean Air Services
IATA ICAO Call sign
- HBR HEBRIDEAN
Founded1995
HubsOban Airport
Fleet size1
Destinations7
Parent companyAirtask Group Limited
HeadquartersInverness Airport
Websitewww.hebrideanair.co.uk

Hebridean Air Services is a small Scottish airline based in northern Scotland owned by Airtask Group Ltd.[1] The airline flies charter, scenic, aerial photography and scheduled flights.[2]

It is the only airline to operate a service between Oban and Islay, Coll, Tiree and Colonsay islands; routes subsidised by Argyll and Bute Council.[3][4] Since April 2024 they have also operated flights between Benbecula and Stornoway subsidised by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.

Destinations

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Country Destination Airport Notes
 Scotland Benbecula Benbecula Airport [5]
Coll Coll Airport
Colonsay Colonsay Airport
Islay Islay Airport Charters
Oban Oban Airport Base
Stornoway Stornoway Airport [6]
Tiree Tiree Airport

While the airline's primary base is Oban Airport, where scheduled flights are operated from, it offers charter services to over 40 airports and airfields within Scotland.

Fleet

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Hebridean Air Services Islander, registration G-HEBS, at Glasgow in 2010

As of 2024 the Hebridean Air Services fleet consists of the following aircraft:[7]

Hebridean Air Services Fleet
Aircraft In service Passengers
Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander 2 9
Total 2

Previously operated

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References

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  1. ^ "Hebridean Air Services | Airtask".
  2. ^ "Company website". Hebridean Air Services.
  3. ^ "Council secures restoration of flights from Oban to isles". ForArgyll. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Oban connected by new Hebridean Airservices flights Hebridean Airservices has been helping to reconnect Oban". BBC News (Highlands and Islands). 1 June 2010.
  5. ^ "Charter Flights within Scotland Hebridean Air Services". Hebridean Air. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Charter Flights within Scotland Hebridean Air Services". Hebridean Air. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  7. ^ Civil Aviation Authority List of Hebridean Air Services aircraft on the UK civil aircraft register. Search conducted 29 January 2017
  8. ^ Civil Aviation Authority GINFO Database registration history of Trislander serial number 366. Search conducted 2 May 2014
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