Contact Air
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History
The airline was founded in 1974 as a tax-break by Gunter Eheim, a German World War II test pilot and later manufacturer of aquarium filters, initially operating chartered passenger services using a small fleet of Dassault Falcon 20 and LearjetScript error: No such module "Unsubst". aircraft.[1] In 1981, Contact Air became one of the launch customers for the British Aerospace Jetstream, along with US carrier Mall Airways.[2] Its first aircraft of that type was delivered in the following year.[2]
In 1984, Contact Air was subcontracted by DLT to operate one of its Jetstreams on scheduled regional flights on behalf of Lufthansa.[1] Subsequently, DLT acquired 24.8 percent of the Contact Air shares.[1]
Having waged the alternative of ordering the ATR 42, Contact Air announced in 1986 that it had chosen the de Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 for a fleet enlargement, thus becoming the second European airline to operate that type, after Tyrolean Airways.[3][4] Two years later, Contact Air became the first non-Canadian buyer of the stretched Dash 8-300 version, ordering three aircraft worth $35 million.[4]
In April 1996, Contact Air became a founding member of Team Lufthansa.[5] In 2004, this airline association was reorganized as Lufthansa Regional, a Star Alliance affiliate. Henceforth, all Contact Air flights were operated using the Lufthansas branding and flight numbers.
On 29 November 2011, it was reported that Lufthansa would terminate its contract with Contact Air effective 1 October 2012. At that time, the Contact Air fleet consisted of eight Fokker 100, six of which were operated on behalf of Lufthansa out of Stuttgart Airport, with another two being based at Zurich Airport and operated for Swiss International Air Lines.[6] In May 2012, Contact Air agreed to be taken over by OLT Express Germany, a step which was finalized in September of that year following its approval by the Federal Cartel Office.[7]
Corporate affairs
Prior to acquisition the headquarters were in Filderstadt.[8] Previously they were in Stuttgart.[9]
Destinations
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The scheduled destinations that were served by Contact Air on behalf of Lufthansa included:[5][10][11]
Fleet
Over the years of its existence, Contact Air operated the following aircraft types:Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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| ATR 42-500 | 2003 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| ATR 72-212 | 2005 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| British Aerospace Jetstream | 1982[2] Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 | 1986 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 | 1990 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| Fokker 50 | 1996 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| Fokker 100 | 2008 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Incidents and accidents
- On 6 January 1993, Lufthansa Flight 5634 from Bremen to Paris, which was carried out under the Lufthansa CityLine brand using a Contact Air Dash 8-300 (registered D-BEAT), crashed Script error: No such module "convert". short of the runway of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. Four out of the 23 passengers on board died; the four crew members survived. The accident happened as a result of a failed go-around, which had become necessary because the aircraft ahead, a Boeing 747 of Korean Air, had suffered a blown tyre upon landing and the runway had subsequently been closed.[12]
- On 14 September 2009, Lufthansa Flight 288 from Berlin to Stuttgart, which was operated by a Contact Air Fokker 100 registered D-AFKE, made an emergency landing at Stuttgart Airport at 10:47 local time due to undercarriage failure. There were no injuries amongst the five crew members and 73 passengers on board.[13] In the media coverage following the accident, Contact Air was criticised for operating ageing Fokker 100 aircraft, some of which previously had belonged to an airline that had been banned from European airspace over safety concerns.[14]
References
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- ↑ "Impressum." Contact Air. 17 July 2012. Retrieved on 7 January 2015. "Contact Air Flugdienst GmbH + Co. Gottlieb-Manz-Straße 2 70794 Filderstadt"
- ↑ "Impressum." Contact Air. 13 April 2008. Retrieved on 7 January 2015. "Contact Air Flugdienst GmbH + Co. Echterdinger Str. 30 D-70599 Stuttgart (Plieningen)"
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External links
- Contact Air (Archive)
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- Defunct airlines of Germany
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- Airlines established in 1974
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- Lufthansa
- Companies based in Stuttgart
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