Gemini Jets GJCYP774 Cyprus Airways Hawker Trident 2E 5B-DAB 1:400 Scale 

1/400 Scale Diecast Model

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• Cyprus Airways Public Ltd, operating as Cyprus Airways (Greek: Κυπριακές Αερογραμμές Kypriakés Aerogrammés), is the national airline of Cyprus, a public limited company with its head offices located in the capital of the island, Nicosia. It operates scheduled services to 22 destinations in Europe and the Middle East, which does not include the airlines codeshare destinations. It flies from its hub Larnaca. The airline has just celebrated its 65th anniversary in 2012. As of 28 October 2012 Cyprus Airways has expanded its internal network within Greece adding to its Athens-Thessaloniki-Athens and Herakleion-Rhodes-Herakleion routes the following routes: Athens-Herakleion-Athens, Athens-Rhodes-Athens, Thessalonki-Herakleion-Thessaloniki and Thessaloniki-Rhodes-Thessaloniki. The major routes are served 2-3 times on a daily basis. The government of newly independent Cyprus became the majority shareholder in 1960 with a 53.2 percent holding, while BEA's stake was reduced to 22.7 percent and private individuals held the rest. Thereafter, Cypriot nationals began to be hired and trained for the flight crews, which had previously been made up of British expatriates from BEA. Cyprus Airways still relied on the U.K. airline for aircraft. BEA began introducing Comet 4B jets on all routes in 1961 via a joint aircraft pool arrangement that included Greece's Olympic Airways. On 5 April 1960, BEA introduced de Havilland Comet 4B aircraft on the Nicosia, Athens, Rome, and London routes. Cyprus Airways with the introduction of the Comets became the first airline in the middle east to have jet airplanes. The Comets flew in the BEA livery, but had the Cyprus Airways logo and title affixed above their doors. In 1965, Cyprus began leasing its own Viscounts from BEA for regional routes. Around this time, a winged mountain goat, the flying mouflon, was adopted for the airline's logo. The Comet and Viscount aircraft were replaced with five Trident jets three of them acquired from BEA. The first Hawker Siddeley Trident jet was introduced in September 1969. Cyprus also leased a BAC 1-11. The faster planes allowed more European trade centres (Frankfurt, Manchester, Brussels, and Paris) to be added to the timetable. The airline introduced a restyled livery, as it embarked on an ambitious fleet renewal programme. Two new Airbus A319s, smaller than its other aircraft, were added in 2002. The next year, two new Airbus A330s replaced the older A310s on long-haul routes. A fleet of four Boeing 737s was chosen for the Eurocypria charter subsidiary, however, with two further similar aircraft added in 2004 and 2005. A feature of the new Eurocypria aircraft was that each had a different colour on its tail. In the meantime, the A320s owned by Cyprus Airways but leased to Eurocypria were returned to the parent company. In 2002, the Cypriot government lowered its ownership stake to 69.62 percent. Cyprus Airways founded Hellas Jet in Athens (Greece) in 2003, never making a profit. It held a 75% share of that carrier until all of the shares were sold to Air Miles (charter broker) Air Miles in 2005. In 2006, the government of Cyprus bought Eurocypria because Cyprus Airways started facing severe financial problems. According to the airline's 2010 financial results the operating loss for 2010 was €4,9 million in comparison to a loss of €5,4 million in 2009. On 28 June 2011 Cyprus Airways issued a profits warning to the Cyprus Stock Exchange, attributing this to "the continuing financial crisis and to the further significant increase in fuel prices." On 31 August 2011 Cyprus Airways issued its results for the first half of 2011 which showed a loss of €29,3 million in comparison to a loss of €25,5 million for the respective period of 2010, recording an increase of €3,8 million. As a result of an extensive restructuring programme to curb the continued losses, most Middle East destinations were cut from the timetable in 2011/2012, including Bahrain, Cairo, Damascus, Dubai and Jeddah. As a result, Cyprus Airways is now represented in that region only with 2 destinations: Beirut, Tel Aviv. Doha in Qatar will be added later this summer..

• The Hawker Siddeley HS 121 Trident (originally the de Havilland D.H.121 and the Airco DH 121) was a British short and medium-range airliner. It was the first T-tail rear-engined three-engined jet airliner designed. It was also the first airliner to make a blind landing in revenue service in 1965. The Trident emerged in response to a call by the state-owned British European Airways Corporation (BEA) for a jet airliner for its premier West European routes. BEA had been induced by government to issue this call despite its unwillingness to buy a large jet fleet. The airline's requirements fluctuated greatly in the 1950s and a decade later evolved radically away from what the Trident could offer. Adherence to BEA's changing specification was widely seen as limiting the Trident's appeal to other airlines and delaying its service entry.
  During its gestation, the Trident was also involved in a government drive to rationalise the British aircraft industry.[3] The resulting corporate moves and government interventions contributed to delays causing it to enter service two months after its major competitor, the Boeing 727, losing further potential sales as a result. By the end of the programme in 1978, 117 Tridents were produced. BEA's successor British Airways withdrew its Tridents by the mid-1980s. Trident services ended in China in the early 1990s

Gemini Jets! These, 1/400 scale die cast metal airliner replicas; represent the world's airlines both past and present. Each model is highly collectible, and all regular releases are limited to production runs of 2500 pieces. Highly collectible, superior quality, as real as it gets features, realistic landing gear, detailed printed graphics.

·  Gemini Jets range of scale die cast metal airliner replicas, represent the world's airlines both past and present. The models are highly collectible and are all limited editions. As with all limited edition collectibles, it is their policy at GeminiJets not to reissue any models that have been sold out.  They have gone to great lengths to provide you a die cast metal airliner that replicates your favorite aircraft, without sacrificing accuracy.

·  They actually use the aircraft manufacturers blueprints and Pantone color charts, to assure accurate duplication.

·  These rare models come in a specially designed box, and include an individually registration number personalizing each aircraft to enhance it's collectible value. 

·   Because of the very limited quantities, we anticipate that these models will sell rather fast. 

·  This scaled aircraft model makes great gifts for airline employees, retirees and aviation enthusiasts of all ages. This detailed airplane model was produced to specifications from the aircraft manufacturer and the airline company. It reflects, as accurately the paint scheme of the airline and has many details that are not usually found on other models in this scale. Each model is meticulously finished for unsurpassed quality. This scaled model was produced is accurately painted and professionally detailed. Detailed display stand, for desktop display available, but not included.

• Collectors item: Not suitable for children under 14