Avanti Air will start operation with Fokker 100

Avanti Air GmbH & Co. KG based at Siegerland-Flughafen in Germany will start operations with one Fokker 100 aircraft in January 2015. In the last 5 to 6 years the aircraft has been operated by OLT Express and will be used by Avanti Air for wet-lease and charter flights. Sinah Gotthardt, Manager Sales, Marketing, PR: “We are delighted to announce our Fokker 100 acquisition, with planned entry into service in January 2015. We see a market for the hundred seated aircraft segment within Europe. The main focus is in operating new potential charter and wet-lease operations. We will continue to offer tailor made services to our client requirements and be sure to make them suitable with the Fokker 100, our first large jet aircraft in fleet. In Fokker we have gained another aircraft type that entirely expands our portfolio. The aircraft adds to our existing ATR fleet and allows us to offer aircraft from 60 to 100 seats to our customers for their requirements. With positive market acceptance we consider to add a second Fokker to our fleet.”