Hamburg Airways

Hamburg Airways
Airbus A320-200
IATA ICAO Call sign
HK HAY HAMBURG AIRWAYS
FoundedDecember 2010
Commenced operations
March 2011
Ceased operations
December 2014
Operating bases
Focus cities
HeadquartersHamburg, Germany
Key peopleSergej Fieger[1]
Websitehamburgairways.com

Hamburg Airways (legally HHA Hamburg Airways Luftverkehrsgesellschaft GmbH) was a small charter airline which operating between 2010 and 2014.[2] It was based in Hamburg airport[3] and carried out flights on behalf of tour operators and travel agencies. The airline operated out of several German airports, but its maintenance base was located at Hamburg Airport. Flights were operated throughout Europe, Eurasia, the Middle East and Africa.

History

Airbus A319-100

The airline was founded in December 2010 following the demise of Hamburg International in late 2010, which had left a void in the German holiday flights market. The first Hamburg Airways revenue flights were carried out in late March 2011. During this year summer season an Airbus A319 was additionally operated on behalf of Condor.

In December 2014 the airline's Air Operator Certificate was suspended by German aviation authorities and ceased flying. Aircraft were returned to lessors, but the airline said it hoped to resume operations in 2015.[4] The last available financial figures show losses of 10,8 million Euros in 2012. The airlines' three aircraft have been transferred to and stored at Düsseldorf Airport.[2] As of May 2015, all three former Hamburg Airways aircraft were at the PEMCO hangar located at Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Florida, USA to be overhauled and put into service for a US airline.

Destinations

Hamburg Airways served the following destinations as of 15 September 2014:

Africa

Asia

Europe

Fleet

As of October 2014, the Hamburg Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[5]

Aircraft type Total Passengers
Airbus A320-200
3
180[5]
Total 3

References

  1. ↑ "Flight Scan | Cheap Flights, Hotels, Car Rental and Travel".
  2. 1 2 "Hamburg Airways stellt Betrieb ein". 24 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Imprint Archived 2012-04-04 at the Wayback Machine." Hamburg Airways. Retrieved on 6 Januar 2011. "HHA Hamburg Airways Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH Hindenburgstraße 171 D-22297 Hamburg Germany " and "Registered Office: Hamburg, Germany "
  4. ↑ "The end of Hamburg Airways?". Airliner World: 8. March 2015.
  5. 1 2 Hamburg Airways official fleet page, retrieved Mar. 12, 2012.

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