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Avanti Air GmbH & Co. KG, styled as avantiair, is a small German
Avanti Air (named after the Italian word for ''ahead'') started operations on 1 July 1994. It was founded by former pilots Markus Baumann (now Managing Director) and Stefan Kissinger (now Chief Executive) as an aircraft management company. It entered the charter market in 1996 with two Raytheon Beech 1900C aircraft.
As of 2007, the company was owned by Gerhard Mahler (33,33%), Markus Baumann (33,33%) and Stefan Kissinger (33,33%) and had 73 employees.
In autumn 2014, Avanti Air introduced the
Avanti Air Beechcraft landing incident at the Aviation Safety Network
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Official website
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airline
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based in Burbach with a maintenance
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base at Siegerland Airport, operating ad hoc charter and aircraft wet-lease services.
History
Avanti Air (named after the Italian word for ''ahead'') started operations on 1 July 1994. It was founded by former pilots Markus Baumann (now Managing Director) and Stefan Kissinger (now Chief Executive) as an aircraft management company. It entered the charter market in 1996 with two Raytheon Beech 1900C aircraft.
As of 2007, the company was owned by Gerhard Mahler (33,33%), Markus Baumann (33,33%) and Stefan Kissinger (33,33%) and had 73 employees.
In autumn 2014, Avanti Air introduced the Fokker 100
The Fokker 100 is a regional jet produced by Fokker in the Netherlands.
The Fokker 100 is based on the Fokker F28 with a fuselage stretched by to seat up to 109 passengers, up from 85.
It is powered by two newer Rolls-Royce Tay turbofans, ...
to its charter fleet alongside a new corporate design. In November 2015, the airline phased out their last ATR72
The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop, short-haul regional airliner developed and produced in France and Italy by aircraft manufacturer ATR (french: Avions de transport régional or it, Aerei da Trasporto Regionale), a joint venture formed by ...
aircraft in favour of a second Fokker 100 and therefore becoming an all-jet operator. However, in October 2021 the airline exchanged their Fokker 100s for a sole De Havilland Canada Dash 8
The De Havilland Canada DHC-8, commonly known as the Dash 8, is a series of turboprop-powered regional airliners, introduced by de Havilland Canada (DHC) in 1984. DHC was later bought by Boeing in 1988, then by Bombardier in 1992; then by ...
.
Destinations
Avanti Air offers charter and wetlease operations on long- and short-term basis to other airlines and tour operators as well as ad hoc charter services, e. g. for VIPs.Fleet
The Avanti Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2022):Accidents and incidents
* On 19 February 1999 on 21:48 local time, an Avanti Air Beechcraft 1900D on a ferry flight fromDüsseldorf
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to Frankfurt
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without any passengers on board was substantially damaged when the two pilots attempted to land at Frankfurt Airport
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even though the landing gear
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was still retracted by accident./ref>
References
External links
Official website
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