Germania (airline)
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| Germania | ||
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| IATA ST |
ICAO GMI |
Callsign Germania |
| Founded | 1978 | |
| Hubs | none | |
| Fleet size | 8 | |
| Destinations | 3 | |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany | |
| Key people | Edda S. Gauch (CEO) | |
| Website: http://www.germania.aero | ||
Germania (Germania Fluggesellschaft mbH) is an airline based in Berlin, Germany. It operates wet lease flights for other German airlines, most notably TUIfly and also offers a limited number of own flights marketed as Germania Express.
[edit] History
Germania was founded in April 1978 as SAT in Cologne and started operations in September 1978. It was renamed Germania in June 1986. In 1992 the head office was relocated to Berlin-Tegel. In the same year Germania won the bid for flight services from the old German capital (Bonn) to the new one (Berlin) on behalf of the German government, establishing a short-lived "Beamten-Shuttle" (shuttle for civil servants). The airline's main business is now the charter business: Germania flies, amongst others, on behalf of the German travel concern TUI and the German airline TUIfly.
In 1998, the airline pioneered the use of aircrafts for advertising in Germany. From 2003 to March 2005 Germania was acting in the low-cost airline business with its wholly owned affiliate "gexx" (Germania Express), until its operations were absorbed into dba.
[edit] Services
Germania operates charter services from Berlin and Cologne/Bonn to Tbilisi (as of March 2007).
[edit] Fleet
The Germania fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2006) [1] :
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
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