Filder Air Service
| Flugbetrieb Filder Air Service Flugzeugvercharterungsgesellschaft mbH | |
|---|---|
| IATA code : | M3 |
| ICAO code : | NRX |
| Call sign : | NORIS |
| Founding: | 1999 |
| Operation stopped: | 2000 |
| Merged with: | European Air Express |
| Seat: |
Rückersdorf , Germany
|
| Home airport : | Nuremberg Airport |
| Company form: | GmbH |
| Management: | Kai Schröder |
| Fleet size: | 4th |
| Aims: | International and charter |
| Flugbetrieb Filder Air Service Flugzeugvercharterungsgesellschaft mbH merged with European Air Express in 2000 . The information in italics relates to the last status before the takeover. | |
Filder Air Service , actually Flugbetrieb Filder Air Service Flugzeugvercharterungsgesellschaft mbH , was a German airline based in Rückersdorf .
history
Filder Air Service was founded in 1999. In February of the same year, two Jetstream 31 were taken over from the Swedish airline Flying Enterprise in order to operate these flights for the Italian-Swiss company Tell Air , which was also newly founded in 1999 . Although an operation receiving the Tell Air could never be realized, we expanded the fleet in July 1999 to a third Jetstream 31. It was also managed two second-hand ATR 42 , previously in Zambia Airways had been used by BNY lease to purchase.
European Air Express, which was growing rapidly at the time, soon showed interest in taking over Filder Air Service. Up until now it had only used aircraft from other companies, but now Filder Air Service offered the opportunity to have its own fleet and its own Air Operator Certificate . European Air Express took over 65% of all company shares in order to be able to merge Filder Air Service into a joint company in agreement with the previous owner Kai Schröder.
The merger was completed in April 2000 and the two Jetstream 31 were used on the Mönchengladbach - Munich and Mönchengladbach - Luton routes. However, the other two ATR 42s had to wait until January 2001 for use by the European Air Express, as the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt had criticized some ambiguities with regard to the electronic maintenance documentation of the aircraft.
Destinations
Filder Air Service mainly chartered its own aircraft, but also operated scheduled flights from Nuremberg to Düsseldorf, Leipzig and Strasbourg.
fleet
At the time of the merger in April 2000, the Filder Air Service fleet consisted of four aircraft:
- 2 Jetstream 31
- 2 ATR 42
In the meantime, a Fairchild Swearingen Metro was also operated .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ berlin-spotter.de: Airline Portrait - EAE , accessed on November 11, 2015
- ↑ Flightglobal Archive: Flight International April 18-24, 2000 , accessed on November 11, 2015
- ↑ Flightglobal Archive: Flight International March 28 - April 3, 2000 , accessed November 11, 2015
- ↑ planeboys.de: Filder Air Service , accessed on November 11, 2015
