Cimber Air

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Cimber Air is an airline based in Sønderborg, Denmark, operating scheduled domestic flights in co-operation with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), with regional connections to mainland Europe. A separate network is flown in Germany in co-operation with Lufthansa. Its main bases are Copenhagen Airport and Sønderborg Airport, with a hub at Billund Airport.

1 Code Data
2 History
3 Services
4 Fleet
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Code Data

IATA Code: QI
ICAO Code: CIM
Callsign: Cimber <ref>Airline Codes</ref>

[edit] History

The airline was established on 1 August 1950 and started operations in 1950. It was founded by Captain Ingolf Nielsen. Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) purchased 26% of Cimber Air in May 1998 and expanded its codeshare agreement. In March 2003, SAS sold the stake back to Cimber Air Holding. Cimber Air Germany is a handling company based in Kiel. Cimber Air is wholly owned by Cimber Air Holding (Nielsen family).

[edit] Services

Cimber Air operates the following services (at July 2006):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Aalborg, Billund, Bornholm, Copenhagen, Karup and Sønderborg.

International scheduled destinations:

Finland

Tampere

Germany

Munich

Norway

Poland

Wrocław

Romania

Bucharest (Henri Coandă International Airport)

Sweden

Switzerland

Basel

[edit] Fleet

The Cimber Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) <ref>Flight International, 3-9 October 2006</ref> :

The Cimber Air average fleet age is 8 years in July 2006.

[edit] External links

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[edit] References

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