Nightexpress
| Nightexpress Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH | |
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| IATA code : | - |
| ICAO code : | EXT |
| Call sign : | EXECUTIVE |
| Founding: | 1984 |
| Operation stopped: | 2017 |
| Seat: |
Frankfurt am Main , Germany
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| Home airport : | Frankfurt am Main airport |
| Company form: | GmbH |
| IATA prefix code : | 499 |
| Number of employees: | 27 (2007) |
| Fleet size: | 2 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.bdaviation.com |
| Nightexpress Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH ceased operations in 2017. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Nightexpress was a German cargo airline based in Frankfurt am Main and based at Frankfurt am Main Airport .
history
Nightexpress was founded in 1984. In 2013 it was bought by the British logistics company Bespoke Distribution Aviation (BDA). After that Nightexpress flew as a subsidiary in their network and corporate design . In 2017, after the sale of the last Short 360 , Nightexpress revoked its registration and ceased operations.
Destinations
Nightexpress mostly transported automobile or machine parts, dangerous goods and valuables as well as printed matter in Europe-wide cargo air traffic as part of night flights .
fleet
As of April 2017, the fleet of the Night Express consisted of two short 360-300 - cargo aircraft .
The aircraft were serviced at Siegerland Airport.
Incidents
- On June 30, 1999, a Beechcraft Model 99 ( aircraft registration D-IBEX ) crashed after both engines failed on a cargo flight from London-Luton to Frankfurt. The crew tried to make an emergency landing at Liege Airport . The aircraft did not reach the runway and hit a forest near Seraing ( Belgium ). Both pilots were killed (see also Nightexpress flight 114 ) .
See also
Web links
- Website of the Bespoke Distribution Aviation (English)
- Photos of the Nightexpress on airliners.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ aircargoweek.com - BDA buys nightexpess, June 10, 2013 ( Memento of May 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Aero International October 2017, p. 30, News - Cargo - Marginal Notes
- ↑ airframes.org - EXT Fleet , accessed April 4, 2017
- ↑ D-IBEX flight accident data and report on June 30, 1999 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
