Air Lipsia Explained

Airline:Air Lipsia
Iata:W2
Icao:-
Callsign:-
Founded:2010
Headquarters:Schkeuditz, Germany
Key People:Günter Karch (CEO)
Bases:Leipzig/Halle Airport

Air Lipsia was a German virtual airline headquartered and based at Leipzig/Halle Airport.

History

The airline commenced operations on 31 October 2010 with flights to Brussels and Prague operated by contractor Central Connect Airlines.[1] The name Air Lipsia came from the old Latin and Italian name for Leipzig. As of October 2010, services to other destinations such as London were planned with a leased Boeing 737-500.[2]

The route to Prague was terminated less than a year later, by 10 June 2011, due to low passenger numbers while the service to Brussels was sent into hiatus.[3] According to the schedule of Leipzig/Halle Airport, Air Lipsia didn't provide scheduled traffic anymore as of November 2013[4] with no other established sources regarding the whereabouts of the airline to be found.

Destinations

Air Lipsia marketed the following scheduled destinations operated by Central Connect Airlines on their behalf:[1]

Fleet

As of November 2010 the Air Lipsia fleet consisted of one Saab 340 aircraft operated by Central Connect Airlines, with 33 seats.[5] As of December 2013, Central Connect Airlines didn't operate for Air Lipsia anymore.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.airliners.de/leipzig-erhalt-anschluss-an-prag-und-brussel/22502 airliners.de - "Leipzig receives connections to Brussels and Prague"
  2. http://www.mz-web.de/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=ksta/page&atype=ksArtikel&aid=1286541148908 A new airline, Air Lipsia, is established in East Germany
  3. https://www.airliners.de/cca-streicht-verbindung-leipzig-prag/24289 airliners.de - "CCA terminates Leipzig-Prag"
  4. https://www.leipzig-halle-airport.de/en/destinations-and-timetables-21.html#44.655,10.773/5//////D/all//l/t leipzig-halle-airport.de/en – Destinations and timetables
  5. http://www.nur-flug-tours.de/news/airlinenews-10751.htm Saab 340 by Central Connect Airlines will be used
  6. http://ch-aviation.ch/portal/aircraft/search?search=1&cha=CCO ch-aviation.ch – Central Connect Airlines Aircraft