Germania Flug, the Zurich, Switzerland-based subsidiary of the now defunct Germania airline, is now fully operational under all-Swiss ownership. While details of the transaction are yet to be disclosed, principally because the carrier’s operational aspects have yet to be fully resolved. Various procedures are currently in progress and services which until now have been provided from Berlin will be integrated into the Swiss company’s own structures, or outsourced to selected providers, at some point in the future.
It is understood that all shares previously owned by Germania have been sold to Albex Aviation, owner of the virtual airline Air Prishtina.
Germania Flug has been swift to point out that it remains on course for its current winter flight program and 2019 summer schedule. The airline will also be expanding its charter operations by taking over Air Prishtina flights from Basel to Pristina [DD1] on a full charter basis.
Germania Flug CEO, Tobias Somandin said: “We have taken an important step. And we have kept our promise to ensure that our flight operations will continue as planned. We remain on course and are delighted with the confidence and trust our airline continues to enjoy among Swiss tour operators, travel agents and passengers.”
Germania Flug was formed in August 2014 as a joint venture between Germania and Hotelplan, a Swiss leisure company with the intention of operating under the brand name HolidayJet and serving 17 leisure destinations in Europe and North Africa. In November 2015 the collaboration with Hotelplan ceased and Germania Flug operated thereafter under its own brand name.
[DD1]Note that Pristina is the European name for Prishtina, Air Prishtina is the Albanian name for the airline, so that is why they are spelled differently.
