Robin Hood Aviation
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| Founded | 2007 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2011 | ||||||
| Hubs | Graz Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
| Destinations | 2 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Graz, Austria | ||||||
| Key people | Helmut Stärker (Managing Director)[1] | ||||||
| Website | robinhood.aero[dead link] | ||||||
Robin Hood Aviation was an Austrian airline, operating from its homebase Graz and from Linz to Zurich. It operated also charter flights.[2] Majority owners were the Austrian entrepreneurs Dr. Helmut Rieder and Dr. Raimund Pammer (founders of Efkon Group).[3]
History
[edit]In 2005 Robin Hood Aviation GmbH was founded by Dr. Helmut Rieder, Dr. Raimund Pammer (both 2/3 owner) and 1/3 owner Georg Pommer[4] The airline got its AOC on 11. April 2007 (Air Operators Certificate)[5] and started the first flight in May 2007 from Graz to Zurich with Saab 340A[6]
- In October 2008 the route Graz to Stuttgart was opened[6]
- Flights from Linz to Zurich stopped after some months operations[6]
- In the summer of 2009 Robin Hood operated also from Klagenfurt (Carinthia) to Zurich [7]
- After financial troubles Robin Hood Aviation went into receivership in March 2010 - it had 24 employees at that time. The airlines was able to continue its activities.[8]
- On 23. August 2011 Robin Hood Aviation filed for insolvency and ceased operations the following day.[9]
Destinations
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- Austria
- Graz - Graz Airport (GRZ)
- Linz - Linz Airport (LNZ)
- Switzerland
- Zürich - Zürich Airport (ZRH)
Former destinations:
- Stuttgart - Stuttgart Airport (STR)
- Klagenfurt - Klagenfurt Airport (KLU)
Fleet
[edit]As of August 2011 the Robin Hood Aviation fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[10]
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.tip-online.at 31. Januar 2011
- ^ Robin Hood Aviation website fleet page Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 1. August 2011.
- ^ http://www.kleinezeitung.at 27. July 2011
- ^ http://www.kleine.at 27. Juli 2011
- ^ "Home". robinhood.aero.
- ^ http://www.airlines.de 15. March 2011
- ^ tip-online.at 15. March 2010
- ^ airliners.de – Robin Hood erneut insolvent (german) Accessdate: 25. Aug. 2011
- ^ Robin Hood Aviation website fleet page Archived 2008-09-18 at robinhood.aero (Error: unknown archive URL) retrieved 31 December 2009.
