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| Founded | 1999 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2016 | ||||||
Operating bases | Maribor Airport1 | ||||||
| Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
| Destinations | 3 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Maribor, Slovenia | ||||||
| Key people | Kaan Tuncer, CEO | ||||||
| Website | express-airways.com | ||||||
Express Airways d.o.o. was a Slovenian airline headquartered in Maribor and based at Maribor Airport1 with a German branch, Express Airways GmbH, located in Düsseldorf.2 It mainly operated seasonal leisure flights from Germany to Croatia, Spain and Italy.3
History
Express Airways was founded in 1999, operating Fokker F27 Friendship, Short 360 and Airbus A300 aircraft configured as freighters on behalf of FedEx.1 In 2012, Express Airways also founded a flight training school in Slovenia.1 Since then, the airline has also offered passenger flights. Panoramic flights over Slovenia are also available.
In March 2016, the Slovenian aviation authority revoked the airline's operations license.4
Destinations
As of March 2016, Express Airways served the following airports:3
Croatia
- Split - Split Airport seasonal
Germany
- Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf Airport seasonal
Slovenia
- Maribor - Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport seasonal
As of January 2016, Express Airways had announced several more routes between Germany, Spain and Croatia,3 which however where cancelled in the meantime.
Fleet
The Express Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of August 2016:5
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737-300 | 1 | — | ||
| Tecnam P2006T | 1 | — | For flight training | |
| Total | 2 | |||
References
References
- express-airways.com - About us retrieved 10 January 2016
- express-airways.com - Contact Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 10 January 2016
- express-airways.com - Flightplan Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 5 May 2016
- austrianaviation.net - "AOCs gone for Express Airways and Sea Air" (German) 1 August 2016
- "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 31.