Ratioflug Luftfahrtunternehmen
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| Founded | November 1981 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1982 | ||||||
Ceased operations | January 1998 | ||||||
| Hubs | Frankfurt Airport | ||||||
| Parent company | Ratioflug Holding from 1 November 1990 | ||||||
| Key people | Werner Netek Managing Director - Sonja Netek Finance and marketing | ||||||
Ratioflug Luftfahrtunternehmen was a German airline based in Cologne
History
[edit source]Ratioflug was founded in 1981 by Sonja and Werner Netek. In the following year it started operating ad-hoc charter flights from Frankfurt to Brussels, Nuremberg, Munich, Stuttgart, Bern, Zurich, Hamburg and Berlin. The fleet consisted of twin-engine Beechcraft and Cessna aircraft, as well as a few Lear Jets executive jets. Tourist destinations such as Mallorca were also reached.[1] In the late 1980s, it began an all-cargo flight between Munich and Brussels with Fokker 27Fs on Federal Express behalf.[2]
At the beginning of the 1990s, some of the busiest routes became scheduled, namely those from Cologne-Bonn to Basel, Bergamo and Paris.[3] In 1997, an attempt was made to expand operations to include passenger charter flights, for which an Airbus A300 was leased. The initiative was unsuccessful and hastened the demise of the company, which ceased all operations in January of the following year.
Fleet
[edit source]Ratioflug operated the following aircraft:[4]
References
[edit source]- ↑ "Ratioflug". www.airlines-airliners.de. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
- ↑ Williams, George (1 April 1989). "World Airline Directory". Flight International. London (Pmlico): 114.
- ↑ Hamill, Tom (24 March 1993). "World Airlines Directory". Flight International. London (Piccadilly): 117.
- ↑ www.aerotransport.org https://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&where=22042&luck=. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
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