Air Lipsia

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Air Lipsia
IATA ICAO Callsign
W2--
Founded2010
Operating bases Leipzig/Halle Airport
Headquarters Schkeuditz, Germany
Key peopleGünter Karch (CEO)

Air Lipsia was a German virtual airline headquartered and based at Leipzig/Halle Airport. [1]

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History

The airline commenced operations on 31 October 2010 with flights to Brussels and Prague operated by contractor Central Connect Airlines. [1] The name Air Lipsia came from the old Latin and Italian name for Leipzig. As of October 2010, services to other destinations such as London were planned with a leased Boeing 737-500. [2]

The route to Prague was terminated less than a year later, by 10 June 2011, due to low passenger numbers while the service to Brussels was sent into hiatus. [3] According to the schedule of Leipzig/Halle Airport, Air Lipsia didn't provide scheduled traffic anymore as of November 2013 [4] with no other established sources regarding the whereabouts of the airline to be found.

Destinations

Air Lipsia marketed the following scheduled destinations operated by Central Connect Airlines on their behalf: [1]

Fleet

As of November 2010 the Air Lipsia fleet consisted of one Saab 340 aircraft operated by Central Connect Airlines, with 33 seats. [5] As of December 2013, Central Connect Airlines didn't operate for Air Lipsia anymore. [6]

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