Cobalt Air
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| IATA code : | CO |
| ICAO code : | FCB |
| Call sign : | APOLLO |
| Founding: | 2015 |
| Operation stopped: | 17th October 2018 |
| Seat: |
Nicosia , Cyprus
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| Home airport : | Larnaca Airport |
| Management: | Andre Pyne ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees: | 280 |
| Fleet size: | 6th |
| Aims: | international |
| Website: | www.cobalt.aero |
| Cobalt Air ceased operations October 17, 2018. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Cobalt Air was a Cypriot airline with headquarters in Nicosia and based on the Larnaca Airport .
history
The former state-owned airline Cyprus Airways had to cease operations on January 9, 2015 after the EU Commission ruled that it had received unlawful state aid. As a result, the Cypriot government decided in January 2015 to set up a new company.
On June 1, 2016, Cobalt Air's first flight from Larnaka to Athens took place. On June 17, Cyprus Mail announced that Swiss board member Urs Meisterhans had been charged with suspected money laundering and securities fraud. Due to an EU directive, the airline's license could therefore be withdrawn. Urs Meisterhans is involved in Florian Homm's investment fraud .
On the evening of October 17, 2018, Cobalt Air ceased operations. The airline was previously largely financed by Chinese investors.
Destinations
From Larnaka , Cobalt Air offered flights to destinations in Europe . In 2017, long-haul flights with the Airbus A330 to China , South Africa and America should take place. However, the plans were never implemented. To this end, the route network outside of Europe was expanded to include Moscow , Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi .
fleet
As of July 2017, the Cobalt Air fleet consisted of six aircraft with an average age of 12.9 years:
| Aircraft type | number | Ordered | Remarks |
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| Airbus A319-100 | 2 | leased from ACG and Jet Midwest | |
| Airbus A320-200 | 4th | leased from GECAS | |
| total | 6th |
See also
Web links
- Cobalt Air website (Greek, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Designators for Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services . Doc 8585, 180th edition. International Civil Aviation Organization, 2017, ISBN 978-92-9258-209-8 , ISSN 1014-0123 , 1-33 (English, French, Spanish, Russian).
- ↑ aerotelegraph.com - Cyprus Airways ceases operations. Accessed May 27, 2016
- ↑ austrianwings.info - Cyprus Airways to be revived.Retrieved May 27, 2016
- ↑ Tages-Anzeiger - Board of Directors with the past accessed on June 26, 2016
- ^ Cobalt Aero. Retrieved October 17, 2018 .
- ↑ cobalt.aero - Destinations (English), accessed on November 12, 2016
- ↑ aerotelegraph.com - money for new Cypriot cheap airline accessed on May 27, 2016
- ↑ - Cobalt Air destination list , accessed on October 1, 2018.
- ↑ airfleets.net - Cobalt fleet details (English), accessed on July 18, 2017
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