Tempelhof Airways
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| IATA code : | CL |
| ICAO code : | TEH |
| Call sign : | TEMPLE COURT |
| Founding: | 1981 |
| Operation stopped: | 1991 |
| Seat: | Fort Lauderdale , USA |
| Home airport : | Berlin-Tempelhof |
| Fleet size: | 6th |
| Aims: | West Germany, Brussels |
| Tempelhof Airways ceased operations in 1991. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Tempelhof Airways (officially Tempelhof Airways USA) was an American airline that was founded in Fort Lauderdale (Florida) at the end of 1981 by its future President Knut Kramer . However, the basis was Berlin-Tempelhof .
history
Like Air Berlin , Berlin European UK , Berlin Air or Pan Am Express, its creation is linked to the city of Berlin's allied status until 1990. The company flew from the old city airport Berlin-Tempelhof since the beginning of 1982 .
Initially limited to charter flights from some Berlin tour operators, in 1985 the company entered regular service and served flight destinations and the like. a. to Paderborn ( Paderborn / Lippstadt Airport ) or Dortmund , later also to Hamburg or Brussels . Hamburg and Brussels served as feeders for aircraft taking off there into the route network of American Airlines . The company's most successful year was 1989 with 100 employees and 100,000 passengers. The abruptly changing market situation with reunification led to the bankruptcy of Tempelhof Airways in 1991. Unlike Air Berlin , they did not manage to transform themselves into an airline under German law in time. Due to the uncertain route rights as a US company, important investors were lost in order to continue operating as a regional company from Tempelhof Airport.
fleet
Tempelhof Airways operated the following types of aircraft:
See also
literature
- Rolf Wurster: By plane to the provinces… . 2001, ISBN 978-3-8311-1637-9 , p. 103.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Matthias Kilian. In: jetstream. 10/02, pp. 32-37.
- ↑ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher and others: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1983 to 1991.
