Overview
The company started as a flight school and then expanded into the airline business.
The airline aquirred two British Aerospace Jetstream 32 turboprop aircraft, PH-CCI and PH-DCI (former Tamir Airlines 4X-CII and 4X-CIJ). Upon receiving the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) in 2012, AIS Airlines started wet lease operations for Manx2, Airlink, Krohn Air and Direktflyg.
First routes under own commercial responsibility were started between Munster Osnabruck and Stuttgart. An expansion of scheduled routes, within Germany, in 2014, included Bremen to Zurich (both direct and via Munster), some of which were formerly served by the now-defunct OLT Express Germany.
A Jetstream 31, registered G-OAKI flew for a short period for the airline before being decommissioned, this aircraft was never added to the Dutch aircraft register. Later two former Krohn air aircraft were added to the fleet, PH-BCI and PH-HCI (former LN-FAN and LN-FAQ).
Flights from Bremen to Luxembourg, Malmö and Nuremberg were announced for autumn 2014, but these plans were later cancelled. [2] Bremen - Zurich was cancelled a year later, only Munster - Stuttgart remained.
By January 2015, AIS Airlines additionally took over some Swedish domestic routes under its own brand, that it formerly operated on behalf of Direktflyg. [3] . These routes included:
- Borlange - Gotenborg
- Borlange via Orebro to Malmo
- Sveg - Mora - Stockholm Arlanda
- Torsby - Hagfors - Stockholm Arlanda
- Ostersund - Umea (later also Lulea)
Four former Direktflyg aircraft were added to the fleet: PH-NCI, PH-OCI (partly in AIS colours), PH-RCI and much later PH-FCI (still wearing Direktflyg livery). PH-ICI never made it into the fleet, in 2021 the aircraft was transported by road from Sweden to the AIS Airlines head quarter to be converted into an electric aircraft prototype.
Starting from 2016, AIS Airlines operated a domestic route network within Croatia with one BAe Jetstream 32, stationed in Osijek on behalf of Trade Air, routes included:
- Osijek - Zagreb
- Osijek - Rijeka - Split - Dubrovnik
- Osijek - Pula - Split
The contract was canceled in 2018 in favor of Vanair.
In 2018 flights from Borlange (flown under own commercial responsibility) were cancelled by the airline. Not long after that, AIS Airlines / Direktflyg lost the Swedish PSO routes to Jonair.
In 2019 AIS Airlines started cooperation with Groningen Airport Eelde to operate flights from Eelde to Copenhagen (flights previously operated by Estonian flag carrier Nordica), the network was later connected to the airlines already existing network in Munster.
On February 27, 2020, AIS Airlines discontinued the Münster-Osnabrück route to Copenhagen (via Groningen). [4] Also the long existing Munster to Stuttgart route ceased to exist post COVID.
As of October 2021, AIS Airlines only operated the Torsby route to Stockholm Arlanda via Hagfors on behalf of Amapola Flyg.
In 2023 Amapola Flyg lost these routes. Instead AIS Airlines won contracts in Denmark between 2023 until cooperation was ended in September 2025.
At it's peak, the AIS Airlines route network and fleet peaked at 8 operational aircraft and 7 routes. From 2018, the fleet and route network entered a gradual decline:
- Starting with PH-CCI, gradually more aircraft are observed being cannibalized for parts and therefore no longer airworthy.
- First routes in Sweden, flown under own commercial responsibility out of Borlange were canceled by the airline.
- The cooperation with Trade Air fell through in 2018.
- AIS Airlines / Direktflyg lost the Swedish PSO (Public Service Obligation) network in favor of Jonair.
- PH-RCI suffered a runway excursion and never returned to an airworthy state.
- Own routes from Munster via Groningen to Copenhagen ceased in 2020. Also the long running Munster - Stuttgart route ceased to exist post COVID.
- The Amapola wetlease for the last Swedish PSO route ceased in 2023.
- Finally, Karup airport ended cooperation with AIS Airlines in September 2025.
- As of December 2025, only 3 of the original 8 Jetstream 32 aircraft have a valid Airworthiness Review Certificate (PH-DCI, PH-FCI, PH-NCI), none have been observed operating since September 2025.
As of September 2025, AIS Airlines does not operate any scheduled services. The current status of the airline is unknown.
