Comtel Air Explained

Airline:	Comtel Air
Fleet Size:	2
Destinations:	4
Iata:	-
Icao:	COE
Callsign:	COMTEL AIR
Parent:	Comtel Air Luftverkehrs GmbH
Founded:	1989
Ceased:	2011
Headquarters:	Vienna, Austria
Hubs:	Vienna International Airport
Website:	comtelair.at

Comtel Air was an Austrian company executive aviation and commercial airline service based at Vienna.

History

Financial concerns were raised in November 2011, when a Comtel Air flight, from Amritsar in India, to Birmingham in the UK, was delayed in Vienna, Austria, for refueling the aircraft, and passengers were required to pay the approximately GB£20,000 bill.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Destinations

As of November 2011, Comtel Air served six cities in five countries:^[4]

Austria

• Vienna - Vienna Airport (base)

India

• Amritsar - Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport (charter)

Italy

• Bergamo - Bergamo Airport

United Kingdom

• Birmingham - Birmingham International Airport
• London - London Stansted Airport

Fleet

Comtel Air operated the following:^[5]

• 1 Boeing 757-200 (operated by Mint Airways)
• 1 Dassault Falcon 2000

External links

• • BBC News; Passenger films 'ransomed' Comtel flight to Birmingham

Notes and References

1. News: Staff writers . Airline denies demanding £20k from passengers for fuel . BBC News. 16 November 2011 . 16 November 2011.
2. News: The Press Association . Air passengers 'held to ransom' . Virgin Media . 16 November 2011 . 16 November 2011 .
3. News: Holidaymakers 'held to ransom' after airline refuses to complete flight . The Telegraph . 16 November 2011 . 16 November 2011.
4. Web site: Comtel destinations . Comtel Air . 15 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111110065227/http://www.flycomtelair.com/Static/Information_Comtel.asp . November 10, 2011 .
5. News: Comtel fleet . Comtel Air . 15 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080331020010/http://www.comtelair.at/Fleet.4.0.html?&L=1 . 31 March 2008.