Challenge Air
| Challenge Air Luftverkehrs GmbH | |
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| IATA code : | - |
| ICAO code : | CLS |
| Call sign : | AIRISTO |
| Founding: | 1994 |
| Operation stopped: | 2018 (loss of AOC) |
| Seat: |
Troisdorf , Germany
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| Turnstile : | |
| Home airport : | Cologne / Bonn |
| Management: | Otto Hubrig ( CEO ) |
| Fleet size: | 4th |
| Aims: | individually |
| Website: | www.challenge-air.de |
| Challenge Air Luftverkehrs GmbH ceased operations in 2018 (loss of the AOC). The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Challenge Air was a German charter airline based in Troisdorf and based at Cologne / Bonn Airport .
Until 2010, Josef Esch owned the charter airline with three planes in Cologne and one plane in Paderborn , which he operated together with Matthias Graf von Krockow . One of the airline's most important customers was Thomas Middelhoff , who in 2006 alone, privately and as Arcandor boss, caused travel costs of around 1.5 million euros.
In June 2018, it became known that Challenge Air had lost its Air Operator Certificate (AOC), according to data from the Federal Aviation Office.
fleet
As of February 2017, the Challenge Air fleet consisted of four business jets :
| Aircraft type | Aircraft registration | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Bombardier Challenger 600 | D-AEUK | |
| Bombardier Challenger 600S | D-BSNA | |
| Bombardier Challenger 604 | D-AKUE | |
| D-AUKE |
- Former fleet
In the past IAI 1125 were also served.
See also
Web link
Challenge Air website (German, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Challenge Air loses AOC , airliners.de, accessed on June 28, 2018
- ↑ airframes.org - CLS Fleet , accessed on February 23, 2017
