Air Lipsia

Air Lipsia
IATA ICAO Call sign
W2 - -
Founded2010
Operating basesLeipzig/Halle Airport
HeadquartersSchkeuditz, Germany
Key peopleGünter Karch (CEO)

Air Lipsia was a German virtual airline headquartered and based at Leipzig/Halle Airport.[1]

History

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

Air Lipsia marketed the following scheduled destinations operated by Central Connect Airlines on their behalf:[1]

Fleet

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

  1. ^ a b c airliners.de - "Leipzig receives connections to Brussels and Prague" (German) 27 October 2010
  2. ^ A new airline, Air Lipsia, is established in East Germany (German)
  3. ^ airliners.de - "CCA terminates Leipzig-Prag" (German) 1 June 2011
  4. ^ leipzig-halle-airport.de/en – Destinations and timetables
  5. ^ Saab 340 by Central Connect Airlines will be used Archived 4 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine (German)
  6. ^ ch-aviation.ch – Central Connect Airlines Aircraft