Cretan Airlines
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| IATA code : | C5 |
| ICAO code : | KRT |
| Call sign : | CRETAN |
| Founding: | 1991 |
| Operation stopped: | 1995 |
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Heraklion , Greece
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| Home airport : | Heraklion Airport |
| Passenger volume: | 88,717 (1993) |
| Fleet size: | 2 |
| Aims: | international and national |
| Cretan Airlines ceased operations in 1995. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Cretan Airlines (externally cretan airlines ) was a Greek airline based in Heraklion .
history
It was founded in 1991 by private investors with the intention of promoting local tourism on the island of Crete . Flight operations began on April 2, 1993 with IT charter flights . A fleet of two Airbus A320s was used for this. While Cretan Airlines had to rent additional aircraft due to the high number of passengers in the summer months, it was not possible in the long term to use the aircraft to capacity over the winter months.
The plan to operate domestic flights between the Greek islands with a specially ordered Dornier 328-100 from 1995 could no longer be realized because the company filed for bankruptcy in June 1995 and returned the two Airbus A320s to the lessor.
Destinations
Cretan Airlines mainly operated charter flights from German airports to Greek destinations. In addition, a line connection between Athens Airport and Thessaloniki Airport had been established.
fleet
In March 1995 the Cretan Airlines fleet consisted of two Airbus A320s .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Vomhof: Leisure Airlines of Europe . SCOVAL Publishing Ltd, 2001, ISBN 1-902236-09-2 .
- ↑ a b B.I. Hengi: past, forgotten, over . Former airlines worldwide - bankruptcies, mergers and sales since 1970. NARA-Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-925671-27-7 .
- ↑ planespotters.net: Cretan Airlines Fleet Details and History , accessed on July 21, 2015
