Hamburg International

For the airport, see Hamburg Airport.

Hamburg International

IATA ICAO Call sign 4R HHI HAMBURG JET
Founded	July 1998
Commenced operations	28 April 1999
Ceased operations	20 October 2010
Operating bases	Hamburg Airport Friedrichshafen Airport Munich Airport Saarbrücken Airport
Fleet size	9
Headquarters	Hamburg-Nord, Hamburg, Germany
Employees	215 (2007) [1]
Website	hamburg-international.de

Hamburg International Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH & Co. Betriebs KG was an independent passenger airline based in Hamburg-Nord, Hamburg, Germany, ^[2] operating scheduled charter services for European tour operators, as well as ad hoc charters and subservices. Its main base was Hamburg Airport, with further bases at Friedrichshafen Airport, Munich Airport and Saarbrücken Airport. ^[1]

History

The airline was established in July 1998 and started operations on 28 April 1999. It was wholly owned by its management and local venture capitalists and had 215 employees (at March 2007). ^[1]

After several charter contracts were revoked, Hamburg International went bankrupt on 19 October 2010. All aircraft were returned to their lessors, and all flights were cancelled with immediate effect. ^{[3] [4]}

Fleet

A Hamburg International Airbus A319-100 departing Düsseldorf Airport in 2009

Over the years, Hamburg International operated the following aircraft types:

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Airbus A319-100	10	2008	2010
Boeing 737-300	1	2006	2009
Boeing 737-700	6	2001	2010

See also

• List of defunct airlines of Germany

References

1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-04-03. p. 89.
2. "Contact." Hamburg International. Retrieved on July 7, 2010. Archived October 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Hamburg International am Boden" (in German). airliners.de. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
4. "Official declaration of insolvency" (in German).

External links

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