Holiday Express (Airline)
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| Founded | 1983 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 1987 | ||||||
| Operating bases | Hamburg Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | 9+charters | ||||||
| Employees | 38 | ||||||
Holiday Express was a German based regional carrier that existed from 1983 to 1987.[1]
History
Holiday Express was founded in 1983 but can be traced back to HADAG Air.[2] In 1987, operations ceased and the successor company was renamed Hanse Express[3].
Fleet
When operations ceased in 1987 and the subsequent transfer to Hanse Express, the fleet of Holiday Express consisted of four aircraft, two of which were Dornier DO 228 variants[4].
At closing
- 1 Cessna 402B
- 1 Swearingen SA226TC Metro
- 1 Dornier 228-100
- 1 Dornier 228-200.
Historic
- 1x Cessna 340
- 2x Britten-Norman BN-2 Islanders ,
- 2x de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otters ,
- 2x Dornier 228-200s.[5][6]
See also
List of defunct airlines of Germany
Sources
- ^ Wölfer, Jan (2024). "Femur [CTImageSeries] [CT]". MorphoSource Media. Retrieved 2026-02-14.
- ^ Klee, Ulrich & Bucher, Frank et al.: jp airline-fleets international 1984/85. Zurich Airport 1983, p. 376
- ^ "Airport/airline scheduler". Knowledge-Based Systems. 1 (5): 313. December 1988. doi:10.1016/0950-7051(88)90094-9. ISSN 0950-7051.
- ^ Klee, Ulrich & Bucher, Frank et al.: jp airline-fleets international 1987/88 . Zurich Airport 1987, p. 98
- ^ Seifert, pp. 367–368
- ^ Klee, Ulrich & Bucher, Frank et al.: jp airline-fleets international 1985/86. Zürich-Airport 1987, S. 88