What happened with these guys? Airlines said to start up...

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What happened with these guys?
Airlines said to start up...
Do they fly or did they die?*
Fill us in on the latest news about:

Air Scotland Airways
Air Scotland Airways plans a 29 March 2003 low-cost startup from Glasgow and Edinburgh with two Boeing 757-200 wet-leased from Electra Airlines, Greece.
Air Florida Airways
Air Florida Airways plans a 01 June 2003 start form MidAmerica Airport using a fleet of 3 x MD80's 1 x Boeing 757 and 1 x Boeing 767.
Styrian Airways GmbH
New Austrian carrier Styrian Airways GmbH will commence services on 24/03/2003 using three Canadair regional Jets. Services will be operated from Graz and Linz to the German destinations. Graz to Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich and Linz to Dusseldorf and Frankfurt.
Arc Air
Arc Air intends to start low cost flights from Budapest to the neighboring countries, including Slovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia (Serbia). The management of the former Carpathian Air Transport wants to start with 4 ATR-42 and every second month another ATR's will be added to the fleet (total of 12 ATR-42s). The company has already signed a contract with Budapest Airport for using the old "Ferihegy 1" terminal (now only used for cargo and GAT).
Berlinjet
Berlinjet recommenced operations using a wet-leased MD83 from Nordic East. Based at Berlin Schönefeld flights are operated to Munich, Paris Beauvais and Milan Malpensa.
Here I know....
Berlinjet ceased operations again after only 10 days of operation due non payment of wet-leased MD83 from Nordic East landing and parking fees.
Air Bourdon
Air Bourdon is planning to start long haul operation from Reunion to Paris Orly using Airbus A340-200. It also plans to serve Lyons, France.
Alpsteinair
Swiss charter startup Alpsteinair is planning to start operations using one ex British Airways Boeing 737-400 (HB-IIM)
There was a website but it does not longer work: http://www.alpsteinair.com/
Air Mayotte International
Air Mayotte International plans mid 2003 startup using an Airbus A319 for services around the Indian Ocean.
Now
Now is a new Low Cost start up carrier based at London Luton airport. Operations are planned to start mid 2003 using two Boeing 737-300 serving Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Ibiza, Jersey, Lisbon, Manchester, Rome, Tenerife and Valencia. Now will use a simple zonal fare system and sell all seats on each flight at the same price.
FreshAer
FreshAer is Ireland latest low cost airline. Which says it prides itself on being different right from the word go. They offer a number of unique services:- Seat Allocation: On all of our flights, you can pre-select your seat number from the online map that appears as you progress through your booking. Ticketless Travel: Who needs tickets? It's just extra paperwork to deal with. Just turn up and fly! Excellent Fares: We believe our "Fare's fair" policy is a winner. Executive Lounge: With a click of a button you can enjoy the hospitality of the Executive Lounge at any airport you fly from. FreshAer's first priority is to customer service. We take pride in serving and meeting our customer needs. FreshAer plans to operate 4 Boeing 757-200 on routes from Dublin to Birmingham, London Gatwick and Stansted and Manchester, Cork and Birmingham and Manchester and Kerry and Birmingham and London Gatwick starting 01 July 2003.
Gulf Traveller
Gulf Air plans a 01 June 2003 startup for its all-enconomy class subsidiary Gulf Traveller. The new airline will have a fleet of six Boeing 767-300ER's. The new airline will take over routes currently served by Gulf Air.
Air Southwest
Cornwall is to get its own airline - Air Southwest - which intends to step into the breach following British Airways' controversial withdrawal from the West Country. Air Southwest is in "advanced discussion" about taking on BA's slots at Gatwick. It intends to lease at least two 50-seater aircraft and hopes to carve a niche in flying smaller planes to regional airports. Sutton Harbour has admitted that without flights to London, its airport in Plymouth would not be viable. It hopes Air Southwest will add further routes, possibly to Manchester and the Midlands. Plymouth airport's owner, Sutton Harbour Holdings, yesterday revealed it was planning to set up the new carrier to preserve an "essential" air link with London. It intends to replace BA CitiExpress's services from Plymouth and Newquay to Gatwick, which are to end in October as part of the national flag carrier's cost-cutting drive. Malcolm Naylor, Air Southwest's managing director, said: "There's still a very good market down here for both business and tourist traffic. The link is absolutely essential for west Devon, the city of Plymouth and south-west Cornwall." Air Southwest is in "advanced discussion" about taking on BA's slots at Gatwick. It intends to lease at least two 50-seater aircraft and hopes to carve a niche in flying smaller planes to regional airports.
Baboo Airways
Swiss start-up Baboo Airways is to launch with Geneva-Lugano services from the end of October 2003, at the same time, former Crossair founder Moritz Suter is to launch Hello on the same route.
V Bird Airlines
New Netherlands based V Bird Airlines, has leased three Airbus A320-200 from ILFC. The aircraft will be delivered by the end of September 2003 and will be operated by DutchBird (Netherlands). The carrier has based its operations in Niederrhein (Dusseldorf), Germany and will flight to Berlin (Schonefeld), Munich, Maastricht, Vienna, Nica and Helsinki. The Airline has also taken options with ILFC for up to six further A320s for delivery through 2006.

*Remember the song: I lie and I cheat? We use to sing: I fly and I'm cheap...

[liebensd]

Air Scotland Airways:http://www.air-scotland.com/
They also use Air Holland Aircrafts.

Air Bourdon:
Is operating an Ex Air Thaiti Nui Aircraft

Gulf Traveller:
They are using all of Gulf's B767's in a full enonomy class and in inverse collors.

That is all I know about them.

Greets,

Dave