Seagle Air was a

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based in

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. It had its operations out of

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, with a second base in

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. The airline operated non-scheduled air services, including passenger, cargo and mail charter flights to domestic and international destinations. Established in 1995 as private flying school Seagle Air later added cargo and mail flights, in 2006 VIP transport and in 2007 charter flights. In 2007 it also took over a large portion of employees and offices from the bankrupted Slovak Airlines. The company also operated a flight training organization, where future pilots could receive their

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flying on Katana Diamond DA20,

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and DA42 Twin Star aircraft. The flight school was located in a bed and breakfast style accommodation facility at

Trenčín Airport Trenčín (, also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a population of more than 55,000, which makes it the eighth largest municip ...

. Seagle Air-FTO continues to operate normally.

Financial performance

On 31 December 2008, Seagle Air had an overdue debt of 230,000

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s on

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of its employees.Sociálna poisťovňa
Overdue insurance payments
exactly SKK 6 930 985 at the end of December 2008 and €332,983.38 at the end of March 2009 This overdue debt increased to 333,000 Euros at the end of March 2009. At the end of June 2009, Seagle Air has no more debts towards social insurance. Nevertheless, on 23 October 2009, Seagle Air ceased all its services due to finance problems. All passenger aircraft were returned to their lessors. On January 25, 2010, the media announced bankruptcy of the company.

Fleet

The Seagle Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft when it was shut down:http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=CGL&al_op=1 Seagle Air Fleet list at ch-aviation.ch. The airline previously also owned Seagle Jet. In October 2008, the average age of the Seagle Air Boeing 737 fleet was 18.7 years.

References

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{{Airlines of Slovakia Defunct airlines of Slovakia Airlines established in 1995 Airlines disestablished in 2009 Slovakian companies established in 1995