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headquartered in Maribor and based at Maribor Airport with a

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branch, ''Express Airways GmbH'', located in

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. It mainly operated seasonal leisure flights from

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History

Express Airways was founded in 1999, operating

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, Short 360 and Airbus A300 aircraft configured as freighters on behalf of FedEx. In 2012, Express Airways also founded a flight training school in Slovenia.express-airways.com - About us
retrieved 10 January 2016 Since then, the airline has also offered passenger flights. Panoramic flights over Slovenia are also available. In March 2016, the Slovenian aviation authority revoked the airline's operations license.

Destinations

As of March 2016, Express Airways served the following airports:express-airways.com - Flightplan
retrieved 5 May 2016 ;

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* Split, Croatia, Split - Split Airport ''seasonal'' ;

- Düsseldorf Airport ''seasonal'' ; Slovenia * Maribor - Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport ''seasonal'' As of January 2016, Express Airways had announced several more routes between Germany, Spain and Croatia, which however where cancelled in the meantime.

Fleet

The Express Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of August 2016:

References

External links

Official website
{{Portalbar, Slovenia, Companies, Aviation Defunct airlines of Slovenia Airlines established in 1999 Airlines disestablished in 2016 Slovenian companies established in 1999