Chair Airlines

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Chair Airlines
Chair Airlines.svg
IATA ICAO Call sign
GM [1] GSWEIGER [2]
FoundedAugust 2014;10 years ago (2014-08)
(as Germania Flug)
Commenced operations11 June 2019;5 years ago (2019-06-11)
(as Chair Airlines)
AOC # CH.AOC.1052 [3]
Hubs Zurich Airport
Fleet size4
Destinations20
Parent company Albex Aviation [4]
Headquarters Glattbrugg, Switzerland
Key peopleShpend Ibrahimi (CEO) [5] born in Chair Municipality, Macedonia
Employees150
Website www.chair.ch

Chair Airlines AG , branded as chair and formerly named Germania Flug, is a Swiss airline headquartered in Glattbrugg in Greater Zurich [6] and based at Zurich Airport.

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History

Germania Flug Airbus A319-100 in HolidayJet livery Holiday Jet Airbus A319-112 on final approach at Antalya Airport.jpg
Germania Flug Airbus A319-100 in HolidayJet livery
A former Germania Flug Airbus A319-100 Holiday Jet Airbus A319-112 operated by Germania - HB-JOG (ZRH) (21166922911).jpg
A former Germania Flug Airbus A319-100

Germania Flug

The airline was founded in August 2014, in cooperation with the German airline Germania [7] (which also lent its corporate design) and Swiss leisure company Hotelplan, with the aim to operate leisure charter flights using the brand HolidayJet. [8] Following the inaugural flight on 26 March 2015, for the summer of 2015, Germania Flug operated from Zürich to 17 leisure destinations in Europe and North Africa. It was planned to continue operating the same for the winter of 2015/2016.

However, from November 2015, Germania Flug stopped its collaboration with HolidayJet and has operated solely under its own brand name since then. In summer 2016, Germania Flug operated scheduled flights around Europe, Turkey, Lebanon, and North Africa. In addition to this, it served Pristina and Skopje on behalf of virtual airline Air Prishtina. [4]

Chair Airlines

Germania Flug was not affected by the bankruptcy of its then German shareholder Germania in February 2019, and continued its operations under this name. [9] Shortly after that, it was announced that all shares formerly held by the German Germania branch had been sold to Albex Aviation, which also owns Air Prishtina. [4] On 11 June 2019, the airline was rebranded Chair Airlines. [10]

Destinations

As of May 2024, Chair Airlines flies to the following destinations: [11]

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
Cyprus Larnaca Larnaca International Airport Seasonal
Egypt Hurghada Hurghada International Airport
Marsa Alam Marsa Alam International Airport
Greece Heraklion Heraklion International Airport Seasonal
Kos Kos International Airport Seasonal
Rhodes Rhodes International Airport Seasonal
Kosovo Pristina Pristina International Airport Adem Jashari
North Macedonia Ohrid Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport
Skopje Skopje International Airport
Spain Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Airport
Switzerland Zürich Zurich Airport Hub
Switzerland
France
Germany
Basel
Mulhouse
Freiburg
EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg

Stuttgart

Turkey Istanbul Istanbul Airport Future

Fleet

Chair Airbus A319-100 ChairAirlines-Plane.jpg
Chair Airbus A319-100

As of October 2023, Chair Airlines operates the following aircraft: [12]

Chair Airlines fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengers [13] Notes
Airbus A319-100 1150
Airbus A320-200 3180
Total4

Historic fleet

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