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| Founded | 1977[1] | |||
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| Operating bases | Frankfurt Airport (Lufthansa) Geneva Cointrin International Airport (Swiss) Zürich Airport (Swiss) Bahrain International Airport (Gulf Air) |
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| Fleet size | 7 | |||
| Destinations | 14 | |||
| Headquarters | Meyrin, Switzerland | |||
| Website | www.privatair.com | |||
PrivatAir is a private airline business, headquartered at Geneva International Airport in Meyrin, Switzerland. It operates a fleet of Boeings. Its clients are businesses and celebrities.[2][3]
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The airline was established in 1977 as a subsidiary of the Latsis Group. In 1995 it received its Swiss air operator's certificate. PrivatAir Group was formed in 2001. In May 2003 PrivatAir and Swissport created the joint company PrivatPort, which is an executive jet handling business.[1]
PrivatAir specializes in scheduled and charter flights using mid-sized, long-range jets. One of the services it provides, is operating exclusively business class flights which include transatlantic operations for Gulf Air, Lufthansa, Swiss International Air Lines, KLM and, until March 2008, corporate shuttles for Airbus. It has main bases at Geneva Cointrin International Airport (GVA), Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Munich International Airport (MUC), Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) and Zürich Airport (ZRH).[4]
In Summer 2011 PrivatAir introduced a new livery which has been applied to their 757 [5].
The following scheduled destinations are served by PrivatAir (as of November 2011):[6]
Operated for = x Equatorial Congo Airlines, ^ Gulf Air, * Lufthansa, o Swiss International Airlines
Privatair fleet consists of the following aircraft:[7]