- Air Adriatic
Infobox_Airline
airline=Air Adriatic| logo_size=100| IATA=n/a
ICAO=AHR
callsign=ADRIATIC
parent=
founded=2001
headquarters=Rijeka ,Croatia
key_people=Marijan Tuskan
hubs=Dubrovnik Airport Pula Airport
focus_cities=
frequent_flyer=
lounge=
alliance=n/a
fleet_size=4
destinations=unscheduled charters
website= http://www.airadriatic.comAir Adriatic was a
charter airline based inRijeka ,Croatia and was the first private Croatian airline. It operated charter services from northernEurope to Croatian holiday destinations. Its main bases werePula Airport andDubrovnik Airport Flight International 27 March 2007] . It ceased operations in March2007 after it had lost its air operator certificate [ [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/airlinepage.php?code1=AHR CH-Aviation - Air Adriatic] 18 March 2007] .History
The airline was established in October
2001 and started operations in March2002 . It began flying charter services fromIreland andIsrael to Croatian destinations. It has also conducted ad hoc services for theUnited Nations in theBalkans .It had its headquarters at Rijeka and technical operations based at Pula Airport. In
2004 charters were largely flown betweenSweden and Croatia. In2005 the company bought three additional used McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft fromAlitalia .Fact|date=April 2007 In September 2006 the airline was planning to launch scheduled services and was considering adding Boeing 757-200s to its fleet [ [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/airlinepage.php?code1=AHR CH-Aviation - Air Adriatic] 9 September 2006] .Air Adriatic announced plans for
2007 to launch schedule services fromZagreb toBerlin ,Düsseldorf ,Malmö ,Moscow ,Priština ,Skopje and Zürich and to replace its McDonnell Douglas MD-82s with Boeing 737-700 aircraft. It also wet-leased one of its MD-82s toMyAir [ [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/airlinepage.php?code1=AHR CH-Aviation - Air Adriatic] 10 December 2006] . Air Adriatic ceased operations in March 2007.Fact|date=September 2008Adria Wings has been established by former Air Adriatic employees and is expected to resume charter operations with a single McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft [ [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/airlinepage.php?code1=AWI CH-Aviation - Adria Wings] 19 March 2007] .Fleet
The Air Adriatic fleet included the following aircraft (at
March 2007 ) :*4 McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Previously operated
At August
2006 the airline also operated [Flight International , 3-9 October 2006] :*1 McDonnell Douglas MD-83
As of
3 June 2008 , the average age of the Air Adriatic fleet is 21.6 years ( [http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/Air%20Adriatic.htm] ).External links
* [http://www.airadriatic.com/ Air Adriatic]
* [http://www.partircharter.com/air%20adriatic.html Descrptif compagnie Air Adriatic]References
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