Police investigate airline that planned Durham Tees – London City
14.10.09
The man behind Excelsis Airways - the airline that planned to launch flights between Durham Tees Valley and London City airports - faces a police investigation after the entire management team resigned, the Northern Echo reports. Cleveland Police investigators have been called in by the businessmen employed to get the airline off the ground.
In a statement issued today, the 12 staff employed by the airline said: ‘Despite constant assurances and guarantees from the owner Victor Bassey about capital funding for the company, stretching back over the last three months, no money has been forthcoming. Throughout that time, and still to this day, no member of the Excelsis team has been paid a single penny, and no funds have been made available to meet the demands of an ever increasing number of creditors.'
‘In early September, as our concerns for the viability of the company continued to rise, and as the number of financial victims continued to escalate, members of the Excelsis team reported their concerns to Cleveland Police, and the Companies Investigation Branch. They have both subsequently launched investigations into Victor Bassey and have now agreed that the following statement can be released today. Their enquires into Victor Bassey are continuing.’
The entire management team - who all quit today - featured: chief executive Andreas Blass; chief commercial officer Keith Watson, who is a former head of sales and marketing at Eastern Airways; and flight operations director Andrew Bray, who was with the RAF for more than 20 years and has worked as operations director for Middle East charter service Royal Jet.
Mr Bassey has declined to comment on the matter. Cleveland Police said they were investigating a complaint of fraud against the firm.
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