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References
- 1 2 3 airliners.de - "Leipzig receives connections to Brussels and Prague" (German) 27 October 2010
- ↑ A new airline, Air Lipsia, is established in East Germany (German)
- ↑ airliners.de - "CCA terminates Leipzig-Prag" (German) 1 June 2011
- ↑ leipzig-halle-airport.de/en – Destinations and timetables
- ↑ Saab 340 by Central Connect Airlines will be used Archived 4 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine (German)
- ↑ ch-aviation.ch – Central Connect Airlines Aircraft
