Sky Express (Greece)
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| IATA G3 |
ICAO SEH |
Callsign AIR CRETE |
| Founded | 2005 | |
| Hubs | Heraklion International Airport | |
| Focus cities | Rhodes, Thessaloniki, Santorini | |
| Fleet size | 4 | |
| Destinations | 11 | |
| Headquarters |  Heraklion, Greece |
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| Key people | Miltiadis Tsagkarakis (Chairman, CEO), George Mavrantonakis (EVP, Technical Operations) | |
| Website: http://www.skyexpress.gr/ | ||
Sky Express is a regional airline based in Heraklion, Greece, primarily focused on scheduled flights between Crete and several smaller Aegean islands, avoiding transiting through Athens. Its main base is Heraklion International Airport. Sky Express also had a cargo division named Sky Express Aircargo and based in Athens International Airport, which ceased operations in early 2007.
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[edit] History
The airline was established in early 2005 by Cpt. Miltiadis Tsagkarakis, a former Olympic Airlines director-general and pilot as well as George Mavrantonakis former Chief Operating Officer and Accountable Manager of Olympic Airlines and former Advisor to the President of Olympic Airways. Operations commenced in July 2005, including scheduled, charter and cargo flights, air-taxi, emergency medical services, excursions and sight-seeing. Sky Express Aircargo was later established in a joint effort with the Finaval Group, focusing on cargo transport between Europe and the Far East.
[edit] Services
Sky Express operates the following scheduled services[1]:
- Heraklion to/from Rhodes, Kalamata, Santorini, Mykonos, Mytilene, Kos, Samos, Ikaria and Araxos.
- Rhodes to/from Santorini and Chania.
- Thessaloniki to/from Mytilene and Sofia.
- Santorini to/from Mykonos.
[edit] Fleet
As of March 2008, the fleet of Sky Express consists of the following aircraft:
- 1 BAe Jetstream 3102 turboprop. (SX-SKY)
- 1 BAe Jetstream 3201 turboprop. (SX-IDI)
- 2 BAe Jetstream 41 turboprops (on delivery)
Sky Express Aircargo used to operate a Boeing B747-283B(F) registered SX-FIN.
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