ASL Airlines Switzerland
AG was
a
Swiss
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* Swiss people
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passenger charter and freight
airline
An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines for ...
. The airline operated package delivery services from its base at
EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg
EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg IATA airport 3-letter codes for the French area, the Swiss area, and the metropolitan area, french: Aéroport de Bâle-Mulhouse-Fribourg, it, Aeroporto di Basilea-Mulhouse-Friburgo, rm, Eroport da Basilea-Mu ...
throughout Europe, in addition to transport for the
Swiss Armed Forces
The Swiss Armed Forces (german: Schweizer Armee, french: Armée suisse, it, Esercito svizzero, rm, Armada svizra; ) operates on land and in the air, serving as the primary armed forces of Switzerland. Under the country's militia system, re ...
, humanitarian organizations, and the oil industry.
[ ] Its head office was in
Bottmingen
Bottmingen (Swiss German: ''Bottmige'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland.
History
Bottmingen is first mentioned in 1246 as ''Bothmingen''.
Geography
Bottmingen has an area, , of . Of this ...
,
Basel-Landschaft
Basel-Landschaft or Basel-Country informally known as Baselland or Baselbiet (; german: Kanton Basel-Landschaft ; rm, Chantun Basilea-Champagna; french: Canton de Bâle-Campagne; it, Canton Basilea Campagna), is one of the 26 cantons forming ...
.
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1984.
In December 2014 the Farnair Group was acquired by Ireland-based
ASL Aviation Group
ASL Airlines Ireland (ASLI), formerly Air Contractors, is a cargo airline with an extensive operations network. It operates scheduled freight services throughout Europe on behalf of major parcel integrators such as Amazon, FedEx Feeder and DHL ...
. On 4 June 2015, ASL Aviation Group announced that Farnair Switzerland will be rebranded as ASL Airlines Switzerland.
The airline's head office moved to
Bottmingen
Bottmingen (Swiss German: ''Bottmige'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland.
History
Bottmingen is first mentioned in 1246 as ''Bothmingen''.
Geography
Bottmingen has an area, , of . Of this ...
,
Basel-Landschaft
Basel-Landschaft or Basel-Country informally known as Baselland or Baselbiet (; german: Kanton Basel-Landschaft ; rm, Chantun Basilea-Champagna; french: Canton de Bâle-Campagne; it, Canton Basilea Campagna), is one of the 26 cantons forming ...
, in proximity to
EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg
EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg IATA airport 3-letter codes for the French area, the Swiss area, and the metropolitan area, french: Aéroport de Bâle-Mulhouse-Fribourg, it, Aeroporto di Basilea-Mulhouse-Friburgo, rm, Eroport da Basilea-Mu ...
, in August 2015. The airline's head office used to be on the Swiss side of EuroAirport Basel
[Contacts]
" Farnair Europe. Retrieved on 8 December 2010. then in
Allschwil
, neighboring_municipalities= Baselland (BL), Binningen, Buschwiller (FR-68), Hégenheim (FR-68), Neuwiller (FR-68), Oberwil, Saint-Louis (FR-68), Schönenbuch
, twintowns = Pfullendorf (Germany), Blaj (Romania)
}
Allschwil () is a town a ...
,
Basel-Landschaft
Basel-Landschaft or Basel-Country informally known as Baselland or Baselbiet (; german: Kanton Basel-Landschaft ; rm, Chantun Basilea-Champagna; french: Canton de Bâle-Campagne; it, Canton Basilea Campagna), is one of the 26 cantons forming ...
.
ASL Airlines Switzerland ceased all operations on 1 February 2018.
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2 February 2018
Fleet
As of October 2016, the ASL Airlines Switzerland fleet comprised the following aircraft:
References
External links
Official website* Article on the 30-year history of the FARNAIR Grou
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Defunct airlines of Switzerland
Airlines established in 1984
Airlines disestablished in 2018
Defunct cargo airlines
Swiss companies established in 1984
Swiss companies disestablished in 2018