{"id":23132,"date":"2025-04-15T22:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T22:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/23132\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T22:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T22:24:08","slug":"scotlands-loch-lomond-seaplanes-ceases-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/23132\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland&#8217;s Loch Lomond Seaplanes ceases operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch-aviation.com\/airlines\/LLS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loch Lomond Seaplanes<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch-aviation.com\/airports\/1876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glasgow International<\/a>)  suddenly ceased trading on April 11, 2025, with no explanation or notice. The leisure charter specialist left passengers stranded and is in talks about the future with unnamed advisors. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please be advised that Loch Lomond Seaplanes has ceased trading. If you have tickets or a flight booked, then someone will be in touch in the near future,&#8221; the operator said on its website. <\/p>\n<p>The airline&#8217;s only aircraft, floats-equipped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch-aviation.com\/aircraft-data\/CNC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cessna (single turboprop)<\/a> C208 G-LAUD (msn 20800582), is not tracked by ADS-B data websites and its current whereabouts are unknown. <\/p>\n<p>Daily Business, a local online news platform, reported that the airline&#8217;s founder and chief executive, David West, was due to begin talks with advisers regarding Loch Lomond Seaplanes&#8217; future. The operator faces the risk of liquidation. <\/p>\n<p>West did not respond to ch-aviation&#8217;s request for comment. <\/p>\n<p>Loch Lomond Seaplanes launched in 2003. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch-aviation.com\/news\/101429-uks-loch-lomond-seaplanes-adjusts-ops-amid-lockdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspended operations<\/a> and its Operating Licence in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but subsequently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch-aviation.com\/news\/115749-uks-loch-lomond-seaplanes-regains-ol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">relaunched in 2022<\/a>. It had planned to add <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch-aviation.com\/news\/151618-uks-loch-lomond-seaplanes-eyes-elfly-electric-seaplanes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at least two electric seaplanes<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch-aviation.com\/airlines\/XWB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fremont Group Management<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Loch Lomond Seaplanes (Glasgow International) suddenly ceased trading on April 11, 2025, with no explanation or notice. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5009],"tags":[14627,14635,748,4884,14623,14633,14631,14630,14626,14632,14620,14634,14621,14628,14629,14624,14622,712,14625,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-23132","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scotland","8":"tag-aircraft-orders","9":"tag-alliances","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-new-routes","13":"tag-operator-acquisition","14":"tag-operator-bankruptcies","15":"tag-operator-bankruptcy","16":"tag-operator-fleet-news","17":"tag-operator-merger","18":"tag-operator-news","19":"tag-operator-partnership","20":"tag-operator-route-network","21":"tag-operator-start-up","22":"tag-operator-start-ups","23":"tag-route-cancellations","24":"tag-route-network-changes","25":"tag-scotland","26":"tag-strategic-fleet-developments","27":"tag-uk","28":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114344326831898816","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}