Robin Hood Aviation
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Robin Hood Aviation was an Austrian
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 airline, operating from its homebase Graz
Graz
The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...

 and from Linz to Zurich. It operated also charter flights.Majority owners are the Austrian entrepreneurs Dr. Helmut Rieder and Dr. Raimund Pammer (founders of Efkon Group).

History

In 2005 Robin Hood Aviation GmbH was founded by by Dr. Helmut Rieder, Dr. Raimund Pammer (both 2/3 owner) and 1/3 owner Georg Pommer
The airline got its AOC on 11. April 2007 (Air Operators Certificate) and started the first flight in May 2007 from Graz to Zurich with Saab 340A
  • In October 2008 the route Graz to Stuttgart was opened
  • Flights from Linz to Zurich stopped after some months operations
  • In the summer of 2009 Robin Hood operated also from Klagenfurt (Carinthia) to Zurich
  • 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.
  • On 23. August 2011 Robin Hood Aviation filed for insolvency and ceased operations the following day.

Destinations

  • Austria
    Austria
    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

    • Graz
      Graz
      The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...

       - Graz Airport
      Graz Airport
      Graz Airport , also known as Thalerhof, serves Graz, Austria. It is located in the municipalities of Feldkirchen and Kalsdorf, south of Graz city centre.-Transportation:...

       (GRZ)
    • Linz
      Linz
      Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...

       - Linz Airport
      Linz Airport
      Linz Airport , also known as Blue Danube Airport , is an airport near Linz, Austria.-Airlines and destinations:-Cargo airlines:-Accidents and incidents:...

       (LNZ)
  • Switzerland
    Switzerland
    Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

    • Zürich
      Zürich
      Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

       - Zürich Airport (ZRH)


Former destintations:
    • Stuttgart
      Stuttgart
      Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

       - Stuttgart Airport
      Stuttgart Airport
      Stuttgart Airport is an international airport located approximately south of Stuttgart, Germany....

       (STR)
    • Klagenfurt
      Klagenfurt
      -Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters...

       - Klagenfurt Airport
      Klagenfurt Airport
      Klagenfurt Airport is a small international airport in the state of Carinthia, Austria. It is located in the borough of Annabichl, only north northeast from the city centre of Klagenfurt. The airport is accessible by shuttle bus or city bus from Klagenfurt central station.- History :In 1905,...

       (KLU)

Fleet

As of August 2011 the Robin Hood Aviation fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
  • 2 Saab 340A
    Saab 340
    The Saab 340 is a discontinued Swedish two-engine turboprop aircraft designed and initially produced by a partnership between Saab and Fairchild Aircraft in a 65:35 ratio...

    (OE-GIR, OE-GOD)
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