Air Lipsia
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| Founded | 2010 | ||||||
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| Operating bases | Leipzig/Halle Airport | ||||||
| Headquarters | Schkeuditz, Germany | ||||||
| Key people | Günter Karch (CEO) | ||||||
Air Lipsia was a German virtual airline headquartered and based at Leipzig/Halle Airport.[1]
History
[edit]The airline commenced operations on 31 October 2010 with flights to Brussels and Prague operated by contractor Central Connect Airlines.[1] The name Air Lipsia came from the old Latin and Italian name for Leipzig. As of October 2010, services to other destinations such as London were planned with a leased Boeing 737-500.[2]
The route to Prague was terminated less than a year later, by 10 June 2011, due to low passenger numbers while the service to Brussels was sent into hiatus.[3] According to the schedule of Leipzig/Halle Airport, Air Lipsia didn't provide scheduled traffic anymore as of November 2013[4] with no other established sources regarding the whereabouts of the airline to be found.
Destinations
[edit]Air Lipsia marketed the following scheduled destinations operated by Central Connect Airlines on their behalf:[1]
- Brussels - Brussels Airport
- Leipzig/Halle (Saale) - Leipzig/Halle Airport base
- Prague - Prague Airport
Fleet
[edit]As of November 2010 the Air Lipsia fleet consisted of one Saab 340 aircraft operated by Central Connect Airlines, with 33 seats.[5] As of December 2013, Central Connect Airlines didn't operate for Air Lipsia anymore.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c airliners.de - "Leipzig receives connections to Brussels and Prague" (German) 27 October 2010
- ^ A new airline, Air Lipsia, is established in East Germany (German)
- ^ airliners.de - "CCA terminates Leipzig-Prag" (German) 1 June 2011
- ^ leipzig-halle-airport.de/en – Destinations and timetables
- ^ Saab 340 by Central Connect Airlines will be used Archived 4 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine (German)
- ^ ch-aviation.ch – Central Connect Airlines Aircraft
