A major airline operating flights out of the UK has plunged into liquidation and ceased operations. Ascend Airways, which operated for just three years under its current name, supplied aircraft to carriers including Oman Air, Air Sierra Leone and TUI Airways before stopping flights with immediate effect on April 27.
Crew were informed of the shutdown the same day and issued letters confirming the company had entered liquidation. A public announcement was delayed until a flight from Muscat landed safely at London Stansted Airport (YD187).
Speaking to the Sun, an insider said: “It’s gone bust today, we got the news this afternoon. We’ve all been given the letters that it’s all going into liquidation.” In an internal email, the…