Avanti Air Explained

Airline:Avanti Air
Fleet Size:2
Iata:
Icao:ATV
Callsign:AVANTI AIR
Founded:1994
Headquarters:Burbach, Germany
Key People:Markus Baumann
Stefan Kissinger
Hubs:Siegerland Airport
Website:avantiair.com

Avanti Air GmbH & Co. KG, styled as avantiair, is a small German airline based in Burbach with a maintenance base at Siegerland Airport, operating ad hoc charter and aircraft wet-lease services.[1]

History

Avanti Air (named after the Italian word for ahead) started operations on 1 July 1994. It was founded by former pilots Markus Baumann (now managing director) and Stefan Kissinger (now chief executive) as an aircraft management company. It entered the charter market in 1996 with two Raytheon Beech 1900C aircraft.

As of 2007, the company was owned by Gerhard Mahler (33,33%), Markus Baumann (33,33%) and Stefan Kissinger (33,33%) and had 73 employees.[1]

In autumn 2014, Avanti Air introduced the Fokker 100 to its charter fleet alongside a new corporate design. In November 2015, the airline phased out their last ATR72 aircraft in favour of a second Fokker 100 and therefore becoming an all-jet operator.[2] However, in October 2021 the airline exchanged their Fokker 100s for a sole De Havilland Canada Dash 8.[3]

Operations

Avanti Air offers charter and wetlease operations on long- and short-term basis to other airlines and tour operators as well as ad hoc charter services, e. g. for VIPs.[4]

Fleet

As of January 2024, the Avanti Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:[5]

Accidents and incidents

External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: Directory: World Airlines . . 81 . 27 March 2007.
  2. http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/41992-germanys-avanti-air-to-shift-to-jet-operations ch-aviation.com – Germany's Avanti Air to shift to jet operations
  3. https://www.avantiair.com/news avantiair.com – News October 2021
  4. https://www.avantiair.com/activities avantiair.com - Activities
  5. https://www.avantiair.com/fleet avantiair.com – Fleet
  6. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19990219-0 Avanti Air Beechcraft landing incident at the Aviation Safety Network