Jump to content

Robin Hood Aviation

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robin Hood Aviation
IATA ICAO Call sign
RH RHA SHERWOOD
Founded2007
Ceased operations2011
HubsGraz Airport
Fleet size2
Destinations2
HeadquartersGraz, Austria
Key peopleHelmut Stärker (Managing Director)[1]
Websiterobinhood.aero[dead link‍]

Robin Hood Aviation was an Austrian airline, operating from its homebase Graz and from Linz to Zurich. It operated also charter flights.[2] Majority owners were the Austrian entrepreneurs Dr. Helmut Rieder and Dr. Raimund Pammer (founders of Efkon Group).[3]

History

[edit]

In 2005 Robin Hood Aviation GmbH was founded by Dr. Helmut Rieder, Dr. Raimund Pammer (both 2/3 owner) and 1/3 owner Georg Pommer[4] The airline got its AOC on 11. April 2007 (Air Operators Certificate)[5] and started the first flight in May 2007 from Graz to Zurich with Saab 340A[6]

  • In October 2008 the route Graz to Stuttgart was opened[6]
  • Flights from Linz to Zurich stopped after some months operations[6]
  • In the summer of 2009 Robin Hood operated also from Klagenfurt (Carinthia) to Zurich [7]
  • After financial troubles Robin Hood Aviation went into receivership in March 2010 - it had 24 employees at that time. The airlines was able to continue its activities.[8]
  • On 23. August 2011 Robin Hood Aviation filed for insolvency and ceased operations the following day.[9]

Destinations

[edit]
Robin Hood Saab 340A

Former destinations:

Fleet

[edit]

As of August 2011 the Robin Hood Aviation fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[10]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ http://www.tip-online.at 31. Januar 2011
  2. ^ Robin Hood Aviation website fleet page Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 1. August 2011.
  3. ^ http://www.kleinezeitung.at 27. July 2011
  4. ^ http://www.kleine.at 27. Juli 2011
  5. ^ "Home". robinhood.aero.
  6. ^ a b c d "Home". austrianaviation.net.
  7. ^ http://www.airlines.de 15. March 2011
  8. ^ tip-online.at 15. March 2010
  9. ^ airliners.de – Robin Hood erneut insolvent (german) Accessdate: 25. Aug. 2011
  10. ^ Robin Hood Aviation website fleet page Archived 2008-09-18 at robinhood.aero (Error: unknown archive URL) retrieved 31 December 2009.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robin_Hood_Aviation&oldid=1156989512"