Avanti Air

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Avanti Air
IATA -	ICAO ATV	Callsign AVANTI AIR
Founded		1994
Hubs		Siegerland Airport
Fleet size		7
Destinations
Headquarters		Burbach, Germany
Key people
Website: http://www.avantiair.com/

Avanti Air is an airline based in Burbach, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Germany. It operates ad hoc charter services and wet-leases worldwide and aircraft and fleet management services. Its main base is Siegerland Airport (SGE).^[1]

1 History
2 Services
3 Fleet
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1994 and 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. The company is owned by Gerhard Mahler (50%), Markus Baumann (25%) and Stefan Kissinger (25%) and has 72 employees.^[1]

[edit] Services

Avanti Air, on behalf of Meridiana operate services between Sicily and Lampedusa and Pantelleria. The contract has been extended to March 2007.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Fleet

The Avanti Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007)^[1] :

[edit] External links

Avanti Air

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 81.

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