Air Greece

Air Greece

Infobox Airline
airline=Air Greece - Aerodromisis
logo=AirGreece_Logo.pnglogo_size=220px
fleet_size=5
destinations=12
IATA=JG
ICAO=AGJ
callsign=Air Greece
parent=
founded=1994
headquarters=Heraklion, Greece
key_people=Kostas Mpantouvas (Chairman, CEO)
hubs=Heraklion International Airport
focus_cities=Athens, Thessaloniki, Rhodes
frequent_flyer=
lounge=
alliance=
website=

Air Greece was an airline based in Heraklion, Greece. It was one of thefirst private airlines to operate scheduled domestic flights in Greece.

Code Data

*IATA Code: JG
*ICAO Code: AGJ
*Callsign: Air Greece

History

Air Greece was established in 1994 by Cretan businessmen and started operations inthe same year using two leased ATR72 turboprops on domestic routes. In April 1997a third ATR72 was added to the fleet, followed by the lease of two Fokker 100's in Mayand June 1999. Delivery of the Fokkers marked the inernational expansion of thecompany and new routes to destinations in Germany were opened.

In 1999, passenger ferry company Minoan Lines acquired a 51% stake in AirGreece. However, at that time Air Greecewas facing strong competition from Aegean Airlines, Cronus Airlines and
Olympic Airlines, forcing it to begin a cooperation with Aegean which endedin a full takeover by Aegean in December, 1999.

Services

Air Greece operated scheduled services from/to the following cities:
*Athens, Thessaloniki, Rhodes, Santorini, Araxos, Kavala, Mytilene, Ioannina and Chania.International destinations:
*Cologne, Stuttgart and Dusseldorf.

Fleet

The fleet of Air Greece consisted of the following aircraft:

*3 ATR-72 turboprops. (SX-BAO/cn 326, SX-BAP/cn 330, SX-BFK/cn 313)
*2 Fokker-100 jets. (SX-BGL/cn 11387, SX-BGM/cn 11476)

External links

* [http://www.airliners.gr/en/airlines.php?id=13 Air Greece history]
* [http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Air%20Greece.htm Air Greece fleet]
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch=Air%20Greece&distinct_entry=true Air Greece aircraft photos from Airliners.net]

References


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