European Air Express was a regional

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based in

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History

The airline was established in 1999 and started operations in February 1999. It was wholly owned by Vibro Beteiligungs and had 80 employees (at March 2007). On 14 June 2007 the airline announced that it would end operations on 30 September 2007. All services were suspended in June and July 2007 ahead of the planned closure.

Destinations

EAE operated scheduled passenger services from and within Germany. Its main base was Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach Airport, with hubs at

Cologne Bonn Airport Cologne Bonn Airport (german: Flughafen Köln/Bonn 'Konrad Adenauer') is the international airport of Germany's fourth-largest city Cologne, and also serves Bonn, former capital of West Germany. With around 12.4 million passengers passing thr ...

, Münster Osnabrück Airport and Stuttgart Airport.

Fleet

The European Air Express fleet included the following aircraft (at March 2007): *5

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References

External links

European Air Express Fleet
{{Airlines of Germany Defunct airlines of Germany Airlines established in 1999 Airlines disestablished in 2007 German companies established in 1999 German companies disestablished in 2007