Bavaria Fluggesellschaft

Bavaria
BAC 1-11
IATA ICAO Call sign
BV - BAVARIA
Founded1957
Commenced operations
January 1958 (1958-01)
Ceased operations
March 1, 1977 (1977-03-01) merged to form Bavaria-Germanair
HubsMunich-Riem Airport
Fleet size6
HeadquartersMunich, Germany

Bavaria Fluggesellschaft (German: [ˈfluːkɡəˌzɛlʃaft]) was a West German airline founded in 1957 and was merged with Germanair to become Bavaria Germanair in March 1977.[1]

History

This airline was founded in 1957 as Bavaria Fluggesellschaft Schwabe & Co. In January 1958 the first aircraft, a Piper PA-23 Apache, was used for air taxi work. In 1959 the Twin Beech was added. Three Douglas DC-3s were acquired in 1960 and flown until disposal in 1967[2] and by this time the main business was carrying freight on behalf of Lufthansa.[3]

Handley Page Dart Herald in May 1964

With increased passenger traffic, the first Handley Page Dart Herald was added in 1964 and by 1966 three were in service and about 800,000 passengers were carried that year including on seasonal holiday flights to the United Kingdom.[4] In order to expand further, the BAC 1-11 jet airliner was added to the fleet in 1968[5] after an aircraft had been leased for a few months in 1967. In 1969, a Handley Page Jetstream small turboprop aircraft was added to the regional schedules. The latter aircraft was involved in a fatal accident on 6 March 1970 (see below).

In 1974, a close cooperation was established with fellow airline Germanair which culminated in the merger of both airlines to become Bavaria Germanair on 1 March 1977.[6][7]

Fleet

BAC 1-11s at Liverpool Airport in 1969

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. ↑ Vomhof, K. (2001). Leisure Airlines of Europe. Ponteland (Newcastle - U.K.): Scoval Publishing Ltd.
  2. ↑ Gradidge, 2006, p. 185
  3. ↑ Vomhof, K. (2001). Leisure Airlines of Europe. Ponteland (Newcastle - U.K.): Scoval Publishing Ltd.
  4. ↑ Vomhof, K. (2001). Leisure Airlines of Europe. Ponteland (Newcastle - U.K.): Scoval Publishing Ltd.
  5. ↑ Vomhof, K. (2001). Leisure Airlines of Europe. Ponteland (Newcastle - U.K.): Scoval Publishing Ltd.
  6. ↑ Vomhof, K. (2001). Leisure Airlines of Europe. Ponteland (Newcastle - U.K.): Scoval Publishing Ltd.
  7. ↑ Flug-Revue 1977 Archived August 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Cowell, Graham (1980). Handley Page Herald. London (U.K.): Jane's Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 94. ISBN 0 7106 0045 3.
  9. ↑ Church, Richard J. (1994). The One-Elevan Story. Tonbridge (Kent - U.K.): Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p. 68. ISBN 0 85130 221 1.
  10. ↑ Pardoe, Alan J. (1979). Jetstream. Glasgow (U.K.): Central Scotland Aviation Group. pp. 92–93. ISBN 0 9503891 4 5.
  11. ↑ ASN Aircraft accident Handley Page HP-137 Jetstream 1 D-INAH St. Moritz-Samedan Airport (SMV)

Bibliography

  • Gradidge, Jennifer M, The DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 - The First Seventy Years, Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, 2006, ISBN 978-0851303321
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