Express Airways

Express Airways
IATA ICAO Call sign
— EPR EMPEROR
Founded1999
Ceased operations2016
Operating basesMaribor Airport[1]
Fleet size1
Destinations3
HeadquartersMaribor, Slovenia
Key peopleKaan Tuncer, CEO
Websiteexpress-airways.com

Express Airways d.o.o. was a Slovenian airline headquartered in Maribor and based at Maribor Airport[1] with a German branch, Express Airways GmbH, located in Düsseldorf.[2] It mainly operated seasonal leisure flights from Germany to Croatia, Spain and Italy.[3]

History

Express Airways was founded in 1999, operating Fokker F27 Friendship, Short 360 and Airbus A300 aircraft configured as freighters on behalf of FedEx.[1] In 2012, Express Airways also founded a flight training school in Slovenia.[1] 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.[4]

Destinations

As of March 2016, Express Airways served the following airports:[3]

Croatia Croatia
Germany Germany
Slovenia Slovenia

As of January 2016, Express Airways had announced several more routes between Germany, Spain and Croatia,[3] which however where cancelled in the meantime.

Fleet

The Express Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of August 2016:[5]

Express Airways Fleet
Aircraft In
Service 		Orders Passengers Notes
Boeing 737-300 1 —
Tecnam P2006T 1 — For flight training
Total 2

References

  1. ^ a b c d express-airways.com - About us retrieved 10 January 2016
  2. ^ express-airways.com - Contact Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 10 January 2016
  3. ^ a b c express-airways.com - Flightplan Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 5 May 2016
  4. ^ austrianaviation.net - "AOCs gone for Express Airways and Sea Air" (German) 1 August 2016
  5. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 31.