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Chair Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
GM[1] GSW EIGER[2]
FoundedAugust 2014; 10 years ago (2014-08)
(as Germania Flug)
Commenced operations11 June 2019; 5 years ago (2019-06-11)
(as Chair Airlines)
AOC #CH.AOC.1052[3]
HubsZurich Airport
Fleet size3
Destinations20
Parent companyAlbex Aviation[4]
HeadquartersGlattbrugg, Switzerland
Key peopleShpend Ibrahimi (CEO)[5] born in Chair Municipality, Macedonia
Employees150
Websitewww.chair.ch

Chair Airlines AG, branded as chair and formerly named Germania Flug, is a Swiss airline headquartered in Glattbrugg in Greater Zurich[6] and based at Zurich Airport.

History

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Germania Flug Airbus A319-100 in HolidayJet livery
A former Germania Flug Airbus A319-100

Germania Flug

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The airline was founded in August 2014, in cooperation with the German airline Germania[7] (which also lent its corporate design) and Swiss leisure company Hotelplan, with the aim to operate leisure charter flights using the brand HolidayJet.[8] Following the inaugural flight on 26 March 2015, for the summer of 2015, Germania Flug operated from Zürich to 17 leisure destinations in Europe and North Africa. It was planned to continue operating the same for the winter of 2015/2016.

However, from November 2015, Germania Flug stopped its collaboration with HolidayJet and has operated solely under its own brand name since then. In summer 2016, Germania Flug operated scheduled flights around Europe, Turkey, Lebanon, and North Africa. In addition to this, it served Pristina and Skopje on behalf of virtual airline Air Prishtina.[4]

Chair Airlines

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Germania Flug was not affected by the bankruptcy of its then German shareholder Germania in February 2019, and continued its operations under this name.[9] Shortly after that, it was announced that all shares formerly held by the German Germania branch had been sold to Albex Aviation, which also owns Air Prishtina.[4] On 11 June 2019, the airline was rebranded Chair Airlines.[10]

Destinations

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As of May 2024, Chair Airlines flies to the following destinations:[11]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Cyprus Larnaca Larnaca International Airport Seasonal
Egypt Hurghada Hurghada International Airport
Marsa Alam Marsa Alam International Airport
Greece Heraklion Heraklion International Airport Seasonal
Kos Kos International Airport Seasonal
Rhodes Rhodes International Airport Seasonal
Kosovo Pristina Pristina International Airport Adem Jashari
North Macedonia Ohrid Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport
Skopje Skopje International Airport
Spain Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Airport
Switzerland Zürich Zurich Airport Hub
Switzerland
France
Germany
Basel
Mulhouse
Freiburg
EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg

Fleet

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Chair Airbus A319-100

As of October 2023, Chair Airlines operates the following aircraft:[12]

Chair Airlines fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers[13] Notes
Airbus A319-100 1 150
Airbus A320-200 3 180
Total 4

Historic fleet

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References

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  1. ^ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ^ Germania Flug AG Homepage: Company | Germania Flug AG Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 20 April 2015
  3. ^ "List of AOC Holders with Complex Airplanes" (PDF). Federal Office of Civil Aviation. 28 March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b c aerotelegraph.com - "New owner: Air Prishtina CEO behind Germania Flug buyout" (German) 23 February 2019
  5. ^ "About us - Company". Chair Airlines. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Imprint Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine." Germania Flug. Retrieved on May 19, 2016. "Germania Flug AG Flughofstrasse 57 8152 Glattbrugg Switzerland "
  7. ^ "Unternehmen | Germania Flug AG". Archived from the original on 2015-10-24. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  8. ^ "Günstige Flüge weltweit mit Hotelplan ab Zürich, Bern, Basel + Genf".
  9. ^ "Germania: German airline declarces insolvency and ceases flights" 5 Januar 2019
  10. ^ 20min.ch (11 June 2019). "Germania heisst jetzt Chair". 20 Minuten (in German). Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  11. ^ [1] Flight Schedule
  12. ^ "Login required". 16 July 2024.
  13. ^ flygermania.com/de-ch - Flotte und Technik Archived 2019-02-13 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 12 February 2019
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