PrivatAir
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| Founded | 1977 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Geneva Cointrin International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 8 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland | ||||||
| Website | http://www.privatair.com/ | ||||||
PrivatAir is an airline based in Geneva, Switzerland, specializing in scheduled and charter flights using mid-sized, long-range, all premium class jets. One of the services it provides, is operating exclusively business class flights which include transatlantic operations for Lufthansa, Swiss International Air Lines, KLM and, until March 2008, corporate shuttles for Airbus. It has main bases at Geneva Cointrin International Airport (GVA), Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS), Munich International Airport (MUC), Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) and Zurich International Airport (ZRH). [1]
History
The airline was established and began operations in 1977 under the name of Petrolair S. A. It received its Swiss air operators certificate in June 1995. In August 2000, PrivatAir acquired Flight Services Group in the USA, which was sold to Gama Aviation in February 2008 [2]. PrivatAir Group was formed. In May 2003 PrivatAir and Swissport created the joint company PrivatPort dealing in an executive jet handling business, initially in Geneva. PrivatAir S.A. holds a 49% holding in PrivatPort. [3]
Destinations
The following scheduled destinations are served by PrivatAir as of July 2008:[4]
- India
- Pune (Lohegaon Airport) served from Frankfurt, for Lufthansa
- United Arab Emirates
- Dubai (Dubai Airport) served from Munich, for Lufthansa
- Germany
- Munich (Munich Airport) served seasonally from Dubai and Boston, for Lufthansa
- Frankfurt (Frankfurt am Main Airport) served from Newark and Pune, for Lufthansa
- Netherlands
- Amsterdam (Schiphol Airport) served from Houston, for KLM
- Switzerland
- Zürich (Kloten Airport) served from Newark, for Swiss
- United States
- Houston (George Bush Intercontinental Airport) served from Amsterdam, for KLM
- Newark (Newark Liberty Airport) served from Frankfurt and Zürich, for Lufthansa and Swiss
- Boston (Logan International Airport} served seasonally from Munich for Lufthansa
Fleet
The PrivatAir fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 13 October 2008) [1]:
| Type | Number | Seats | Orders/Options |
| Airbus A319-132 | 2 | 48 | 0/0 |
| Boeing 737-BBJ1 | 2 | 44 | 0/0 |
| Boeing 737-BBJ2 | 2 | 56 | 0/0 |
| Boeing 757-200 | 1 | 49 | 0/0 |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 1 | 50 | 0/0 |
| Boeing 787-8 | 0 | 2/1 |
+Business jets
PrivatAir has ordered two Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to replace its Boeing 767 early in the next decade. It will be the first commercial aviation business specialist to operate the aircraft. Boeing Receives Follow-on order for 787 from PrivatAir January 17, 2008].
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