Robin Hood Aviation

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Robin Hood Aviation
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IATA ICAO Callsign
RHRHASHERWOOD
Founded2007
Ceased operations2011
Hubs Graz Airport
Fleet size2
Destinations2
Headquarters Graz, Austria
Key peopleHelmut Stärker (Managing Director) [1]
Website robinhood.aero [ dead link ]

Robin Hood Aviation was an Austrian airline, operating from its homebase Graz and from Linz to Zurich. It operated also charter flights. [2] Majority owners were the Austrian entrepreneurs Dr. Helmut Rieder and Dr. Raimund Pammer (founders of Efkon Group). [3]

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History

In 2005 Robin Hood Aviation GmbH was founded by Dr. Helmut Rieder, Dr. Raimund Pammer (both 2/3 owner) and 1/3 owner Georg Pommer [4] The airline got its AOC on 11. April 2007 (Air Operators Certificate) [5] and started the first flight in May 2007 from Graz to Zurich with Saab 340A [6]

Destinations

Robin Hood Saab 340A Saab 340A, Robin Hood Aviation JP6899212.jpg
Robin Hood Saab 340A

Former destinations:

Fleet

As of August 2011 the Robin Hood Aviation fleet consisted of the following aircraft: [10]

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References

  1. http://www.tip-online.at 31. Januar 2011
  2. Robin Hood Aviation website fleet page Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 1. August 2011.
  3. http://www.kleinezeitung.at 27. July 2011
  4. http://www.kleine.at 27. Juli 2011
  5. "Home". robinhood.aero.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Home". austrianaviation.net.
  7. http://www.airlines.de 15. March 2011
  8. tip-online.at 15. March 2010
  9. airliners.de – Robin Hood erneut insolvent (german) Accessdate: 25. Aug. 2011
  10. Robin Hood Aviation website fleet page Archived 2008-09-18 at robinhood.aero (Error: unknown archive URL) retrieved 31 December 2009.