Seagle Air is a charter airline based in Trenčín

Trencín

Trenčín is a city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a population of more than 56,000, which makes it the ninth largest municipality of the country and is the seat of the Trenčín Region and the Trenčín District...

, Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

. It had its operations out of M. R. Štefánik Airport

M. R. Štefánik Airport

-Cargo airlines:-Charter airlines:winter 2011/12 list-VIP and other operators:*ABS Jets – base*Tatra Jet – focus city*OPERA JET – base*VR Jet – base...

 in Bratislava

Bratislava

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

, with a second base in Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

. The airline operated non-scheduled air services, including passenger, cargo and mail charter flights to domestic and international destinations.

Established in 1995 as private flying school Seagle Air later added cargo and mail flights, in 2006 VIP transport and in 2007 charter flights. In 2007 it also took over large portion of employees and offices from the bankrupted Slovak Airlines

Slovak Airlines

Slovak Airlines was an airline based in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was the flag carrier of the Slovak Republic operating a scheduled service to Moscow, Brussels and international charter flights to Russia, Spain, Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Tunisia and Italy. The company also ran wet-lease...

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The company also operated a flight training organization, where future pilots were could receive their Airline Transport Pilot License flying on Katana Diamond DA20

Diamond DA20

The Diamond DA20 is a two-seat tricycle gear general aviation aircraft designed for flight training. In addition to its role as a civil and military training aircraft, it is also used for personal flying by pilot-owners.-Development:...

, DA40

Diamond DA40

The Diamond DA40 Diamond Star is an Austrian four-seat, single engine, light aircraft constructed from composite materials. Built in both Austria and Canada, it was developed as a four-seat version of the earlier DA20 by Diamond Aircraft Industries....

 and DA42 Twin Star

Diamond DA42

The Diamond DA42 Twin Star is a four seat, twin engine, propeller-driven airplane manufactured by Diamond Aircraft Industries. Its airframe is molded largely of composite materials.-Development:...

 aircraft. The flight school was located in a bed and breakfast style accommodation facility at Trenčín Airport

Trenčín Airport

Trenčín Airport is an airport serving Trenčín, a city in the Trenčín Region of Slovakia....

. Seagle Air-FTO continues to operate normally.

Financial performance

On 31 December 2008, Seagle Air had an overdue debt of 230,000 Euro

Euro

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s on social insurance

Social insurance

Social insurance is any government-sponsored program with the following four characteristics:* the benefits, eligibility requirements and other aspects of the program are defined by statute;...

 of its employees. This overdue debt increased to 333,000 Euros at the end of March 2009. At the end of June 2009, Seagle Air has no more debts towards social insurance. Nevertheless, on 23 October 2009, Seagle Air ceased all its services due to finance problems. All passenger aircraft were returned to their lessors. On January 25, 2010 the media announced bankruptcy of the company.

Fleet

The Seagle Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft when it was shut down:

Seagle Air Fleet

Aircraft	Total	Notes
Airbus A320-200	2
Boeing 737-300	4
Total	6

Seagle Air FTO Fleet - this airline is still operational

Aircraft	Total
Diamond DA20 Diamond DA20 The Diamond DA20 is a two-seat tricycle gear general aviation aircraft designed for flight training. In addition to its role as a civil and military training aircraft, it is also used for personal flying by pilot-owners.-Development:...	5
Diamond DA40 Diamond Star	1
Diamond DA42 Twin Star	1
Total	7

The airline previously also owned Seagle Jet.

In October 2008, the average age of the Seagle Air Boeing 737 fleet was 18.7 years.