Cimber Sterling
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| IATA code : | QI |
| ICAO code : | CIM |
| Call sign : | CIMBER |
| Founding: | 1950 |
| Operation stopped: | 2012 |
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Sønderborg , Denmark
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| Home airport : | Sønderborg |
| Management: | Tony Hauboff ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees: | 384 (2003) |
| Sales: | 600 million crowns (2003) |
| Passenger volume: | 773,850 (2003) |
| Fleet size: | 22nd |
| Aims: | National and continental |
| Cimber Sterling ceased operations in 2012. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Cimber Sterling , until 2008 Cimber Air (named after the Cimbrian Peninsula ), was a Danish airline based in Sønderborg .
history
In 1950, the flight captain Ingolf Lorenz Nielsen took over the airline Sonderjyllands Flyveselskab. Initially only small SAI KZ III and SAI KZ VII were used. In the course of the 1950s and 1960s, however, Piper Apache , King Air 90 and De Havilland DH.114 Heron were also used. There was no scheduled service at that time.
That changed when in 1966 the approval for a liner service between Sønderborg and Copenhagen was granted. In order to be able to operate the route, Nord 262 turboprop aircraft were purchased. In 1971 Cimber entered into a cooperation with Danair.
To mark the company's 25th anniversary, the first jet passenger aircraft, a VFW 614 , was added to the fleet in 1975. But already in 1978 it was decided to buy two Fokker F28 Mk.3000s to replace the VFW-614. In 1985 the first three ATR 42s were purchased. In 1987 the German subsidiary, Cimber Air GmbH, was founded in Kiel and scheduled flight operations from Kiel to Frankfurt began. In 1989, scheduled flight operations to Montpellier in France began. In 1990 a cooperation agreement was signed with Lufthansa. Three more ATR 42s were used. In 1992 the aged Fokker F28s were sold to Australia and another ATR 42 was purchased. In 1994 the company moved into a new administration building directly at Sønderborg Airport. Since that year Jørgen Nielsen has also been in charge of the company.
In 1995 the cooperation with Danair was terminated and a contract was concluded with the SAS. Three new lines have been set up, from Copenhagen to Aalborg, Karup and Aarhus . The company's founder, Ingolf L. Nielsen, died at the age of 69. In 1996 three new ATR 42-500s were ordered. In 1997, Cimber Air took over the Copenhagen - Newcastle route from SAS .
In 1998, the Copenhagen - Berlin route was set up in cooperation with Lufthansa . SAS took over 23 percent of the shares in Cimber Air. Again two new aircraft were ordered, this time ATR 72-500. A third machine was reordered in 1999. Also that year, Cimber had five ATR 42s fly under the Team Lufthansa brand .
The first Bombardier CRJ200s arrived in 2000 . They were mainly stationed in Berlin and flew from there to Brussels, Dublin, Hamburg, Nice and between Hamburg and Helsinki.
Due to the events of September 11, 2001 and the falling number of passengers, the routes Copenhagen - Luxembourg and Berlin - Bremen were discontinued. Two ATR 42s could be leased to Oman Air . In 2002, the Copenhagen - Bornholm route was taken over by Maersk Air . SAS took over the route from Copenhagen to Wroclaw. At the end of 2003, the route from Copenhagen to Basel was added to the flight plan. At the beginning of 2007 the routes Copenhagen - Hanover / Geneva were taken over by SAS.
On December 3, 2008, Cimber Air took over parts of the insolvent airline Sterling and has since operated under the name Cimber Sterling.
As a result of unsatisfactory financial results, Cimber Sterling announced a conceptual realignment in late 2011. The route network should primarily be concentrated on domestic connections in Denmark and Sweden, so the Boeing 737s used for European connections should be retired in 2012. On May 3, 2012, the company filed for bankruptcy because the restructuring had not brought the desired results. The company's own flight operations were discontinued and the website was shut down.
The flights operated for SAS Scandinavian Airlines with four Bombardier CRJ200s were taken over by the successor company Cimber , which was founded for this purpose . In February 2015, SAS bought the successor company.
aims
Within Denmark, there were flights from Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport from Aalborg and Aarhus as well as Billund , Bornholm , Karup and Sønderborg as the sole operator . Another direct connection existed between Bornholm and Billund . From its aviation hubs in Copenhagen and Billund, Cimber Sterling flew to a number of destinations in the rest of Europe, including primarily large cities and popular holiday destinations in Spain , Italy , Split in Croatia and Burgas in Bulgaria . In addition, Cimber Sterling worked as a feeder with Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines and chartered out aircraft in addition to the scheduled service.
fleet
As of May 2012, the Cimber Sterling fleet consisted of 22 aircraft:
- 2 ATR 42-500
- 3 ATR 72-200
- 3 ATR 72-500
- 5 Boeing 737-700
- 9 Bombardier CRJ200s (4 operated for SAS Scandinavian Airlines )
See also
Web links
- Former website of Cimber Air ( Memento from October 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Danish airline Cimber Sterling files for bankruptcy . In Wallstreet-online.de on May 3, 2012, accessed on May 4, 2012.
- ↑ Danish traditional airline Cimber Sterling insolvent . In aero.de on May 3, 2012, accessed on May 4, 2012.
- ↑ Cimber: Little Viking fully fledged again. ( Memento of December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at: austrianaviation.net , May 28, 2012.
- ↑ Pernille Holbøll: Cimber-passager stranded on Bornholm: - Det er så surt . In: DR Nyheder. May 3, 2012, accessed May 4, 2012 (Danish)
- ↑ Route map Denmark. Archived from the original on July 16, 2010 ; Retrieved July 12, 2010 (Danish).
- ↑ Route map Europe. Archived from the original on June 24, 2010 ; Retrieved July 12, 2010 (Danish).
- ↑ ch-aviation.ch - Cimber Sterling ( memento of October 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English) accessed on May 1, 2012.
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