Aviation Friesland Harle
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| Founding: | 1983 |
| Operation stopped: | 2014 |
| Merged with: | FLN Frisia Air Transport |
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Harlesiel , Germany
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| Home airport : | Harle Airfield |
| Company form: | Limited partnership |
| Passenger volume: | 30,000 |
| Fleet size: | 7th |
| Aims: | East Frisian Islands |
| Website: | inselflieger.de |
| Luftverkehr Friesland Harle merged with FLN Frisia-Luftverkehr in 2014 . The information in italics relates to the last status before the takeover. | |
The LFH Luftverkehr Friesland Harle Brunzema and Partner KG was a German regional airline based in Wangerland and based on the local airfield Harle . With over 30,000 flight movements annually, it maintained the most extensive flight route network along the German North Sea coast and also appeared under the name Inselflieger , which has been used by FLN Frisia-Luftverkehr since 2014 as Die Inselflieger .
history
The company was founded in 1983. It had a subsidiary for the maintenance and repair of aircraft called Flugzeug-Service-Friesland GmbH - FSF for short - also based at Harle Airfield, which was operated by the affiliated Harle Airfield Company (FFH) .
Since 2002, the company has been using the name Die Inselflieger in its external appearance , which, together with the logo, was registered as protected and quickly became known to customers and the general public .
On April 1, 2011, FLN Frisia-Luftverkehr in Norddeich (a 100% subsidiary of the Norden-Frisia shipping company ) joined LFH as a liable partner. However, flight operations were initially continued independently. In October 2014 LFH was fully integrated into FLN and - like the FFH - went out in November 2014 as an independent company; it will continue to operate as an FLN branch. The name "Die Inselflieger" has been used by the entire FLN ever since. The shipyard (FSF) in Harle remained as an independent subsidiary.
Destinations
The LFH connected the mainland with the island of Wangerooge all year round and almost every hour from Harlesiel . Flights on demand were also offered to Langeoog , Baltrum , Norderney , Juist , Borkum , Helgoland , Büsum , Sankt Peter-Ording , Pellworm , Wyk auf Föhr , Westerland and Fehmarn .
Since November 15, 2006, the LFH had stationed two Britten-Norman with a professional pilot in the Estonian city of Pärnu during the winter months . Until 2014, the routes from Pärnu to Ruhnu Island and from Kuressaare to Ruhnu were flown between October and April. The state contract for the only winter supply for around 60 islanders was carried out on weekdays. In 2019, these routes were re-tendered, but FLN lost them to the Estonian airline Diamond-Sky OÜ. The second Britten Norman flew daily from December to April from Pärnu to the island of Kihnu with around 500 inhabitants and back since 2010 . This route was discontinued after a new (more powerful) ferry was used, which can manage the route even when the Baltic Sea is moderately iced.
Europe-wide charter and cargo flights as well as sightseeing flights over the East Frisian Islands were also part of the LFH's business area. Especially in winter, aircraft are the only supply option for the islands when the ferry ports are frozen . In addition, ambulance transports and, since 2001, environmental flights such as flights for counting porpoises and seals as well as for mapping and inspection flights for wind farms have been carried out.
fleet
When operations ceased, the LFH fleet consisted of seven aircraft:
Incidents
- On March 3, 2007, the Islander with the registration D-ILFB collided with several trees after a flight from Pärnu before landing at Ruhnu airfield and crashed. The pilot and both passengers were uninjured.
- On June 29, 2009 the Islander with the registration D-ILFC was badly damaged after a flight from Harle in a hard landing at Wangerooge airfield, but was later repaired. The pilot and five passengers were uninjured.
Trivia
- The LFH was known for its film flights . Every movie changed the island three times a week and came back to the first island in the third week. Every island cinema was able to offer its constantly changing guests an extensive and up-to-date cinema program. The route led from Borkum along the East Frisian and North Frisian Islands to Sylt and beyond to Fehmarn in the Baltic Sea .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Trademark entry for "Inselflieger"
- ↑ Melannie Hanz: Inselflieger under one roof ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( NWZ -Online from April 2, 2011, viewed August 4, 2011)
- ↑ Final report on aviation-safety.net (English) accessed on January 5, 2016.
- ^ Accident investigation report of the Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation , accessed on October 14, 2013.
- ↑ Manuela Ellmers: "I bring culture to the islands" ( Spiegel Online from August 20, 2011, viewed August 22, 2011)
