Jetair Lufttransport AG was a German

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headquartered in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

and based at Munich-Riem Airport.

History

The Company was established as Jetair Luftverwaltung GmbH on 26 February 1982. On 12 December 1983 the company formed a shareholder company with a capital of 30 million

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, of which 2 million came from the employees of the company - the organization of the airline was the same as that of

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. It subsequently started operations from its base at Munich-Riem Airport in July 1984. The airline however began to run into financial problems in February 1985, and collapsed by the end of that year.

Destinations

Jetair operated services from its main base in Munich to

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Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

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and

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Fleet

The airline's fleet consisted of the following aircraft:rzjets.net - Jetair
retrieved 5 March 2023 * 1 Boeing 727-81

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{{Airlines of Germany Airlines established in 1982 Defunct airlines of Germany Airlines disestablished in 1985 1982 establishments in West Germany German companies established in 1982 1985 disestablishments in West Germany