Odyssey Airlines is a Bit of a Mystery

A start-up airline is being touted as one of the undisclosed customers for the Bombardier CSeries but efforts to find someone to confirm the story seem to be impossible. The venture, Odyssey Airlines, will, according a Reuters ‘exclusive’, launch Business Class-only operations from London City Airport including a non-stop route to New York in direct competition with British Airways (BA). However, details of the company remain vague and all staff said to be working for the start-up have distanced themselves from the venture.

The Reuters report earlier this week claims that the carrier was incorporated in September 2010 and two Internet domains have already been reserved to the company - www.odysseyairlines.com and www.odyair.com. It is said to be the unidentified European buyer that placed an order for ten Bombardier CSeries 100 aircraft at the Paris Air Show this year, according to the article, and will likely take delivery of the 110-seat aircraft from 2014 or 2015.

Attempts to clarify the report have failed to bring any credence to the story and both London City and Bombardier Aerospace have declined to comment on the report. Even Reuters, which quoted “aviation industry sources,” could not find anybody to confirm if this was a serious business project.