European Air Express

European Air Express was a regional airline based in Mönchengladbach, Germany. It operated scheduled passenger services from and within Germany. Its main base was Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach Airport, with hubs at Cologne Bonn Airport, Münster Osnabrück International Airport and Stuttgart Airport.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 79 | date= 2007-04-03]

All services were suspended in June and July 2007 ahead of the planned closure of the airline on 30 September 2007. [cite news | title= European Air Express to close | work=Airliner World | page= 7| date=August 2007]

Code Data

*IATA Code: EA
*ICAO Code: EAL
*Callsign: STAR WING [ [http://www.airlinecodes.co.uk/ Airline Codes] ]

History

The airline was established in 1999 and started operations in February 1999. It was wholly owned by Vibro Beteiligungs and had 80 employees (at March 2007).

On 14 June 2007 the airline announced that it would end operations on 30 September 2007. [ [http://www.eae.aero/index.php?MSG=38&lang=eng&view=&target=informationen,news EAE press statement] ]

Fleet

The European Air Express fleet included the following aircraft (at March 2007) :
*5 ATR 42-300
*1 Fairchild Metro III

References

External links

* [http://www.eae.aero/ European Air Express]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=EA&al_op=1 European Air Express Fleet]