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| Founded | 1986 | ||||||
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| Headquarters | Zürich, Switzerland | ||||||
| Website | http://www.lionsair.ch | ||||||
Lions Air is a charter airline based in Zürich, Switzerland. It operates air charter and business services, using fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. [1]
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| Headquarters | Zürich, Switzerland | ||||||
| Website | http://www.lionsair.ch | ||||||
Lions Air is a charter airline based in Zürich, Switzerland. It operates air charter and business services, using fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. [1]
The airline was established in 1986 by Jürg Fleischmann. [1] In June 2005 Lions Air planned to lease a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 to start charter flights from Zurich and Geneva to Pristina, Sarajevo and Skopje, but abandoned the plan later in the year. [2]
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