Lions Air

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Not to be confused with Lion Air.

Lions-Air

IATA -	ICAO LEU	Callsign LIONSAIR

Founded

1986

Fleet size

Headquarters

Zürich, Switzerland

Website

http://www.lionsair.ch

Lions Air is a charter airline based in Zürich, Switzerland. It operates air charter and business services, using fixed wing aircraft and helicopters.^[1]

History

The airline was established in 1986 by pilot, Jürg Fleischmann. It has about 30 employees (at July 2007).^[1] In June 2005 Lions Air planned to lease a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 to start charter flights from Zurich and Geneva to Pristina, Sarajevo and Skopje, but abandoned the plan later in the year.^[2]

Fleet

Lions Air IAI Astra at Perth Airport (2000).

The Lions Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2010):^[1]

2 Pilatus PC-12

The PC-12 aircraft are operated under Lions Air's "TimeJet Program", a fractional ownership program on behalf of private companies.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Introducing Lions Air". Lions Air website. Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
↑ "Lions Air". CH-Aviation. 2005-07-17. Retrieved 2007-07-22.

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