Avanti Air

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]

Avanti Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
– ATV AVANTI AIR
Founded1994
HubsSiegerland Airport
Fleet size2
HeadquartersBurbach, Germany
Key peopleMarkus Baumann
Stefan Kissinger
Websiteavantiair.com

History
A former Avanti Air ATR 72-202
A former Avanti Air Fokker 100

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]

Destinations

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.

Fleet

The Avanti Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2022):[4]

Avanti Air fleet
Aircraft In service Passengers Notes
De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 2 78
Total 2

Accidents and incidents

References
  1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 27 March 2007. p. 81.
  2. ch-aviation.com – Germany's Avanti Air to shift to jet operations 23 November 2015
  3. avantiair.com – News October 2021 retrieved 8 May 2022
  4. avantiair.com – Fleet retrieved 8 May 2022
  5. Avanti Air Beechcraft landing incident at the Aviation Safety Network

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