Germania Airline

Acquisition of S.A.T. by Dr Hinrich Bischoff. Holiday flights with three Caravelle SE-210 aeroplanes. Cologne/Bonn airport is the operational location.

Founding of Germania Fluggesellschaft mbH. The operating licence for S. A. T. is transferred to Germania, and the S.A.T. operational area and management is leased to Germania. S.A.T. remains the asset-owning company.

Beginning of operations with the first Boeing 737-300 under the company name Germania. Ten years later, the company has a total of 13 such aircraft.

Cooperation with Deutsche Lufthansa AG. Wet lease agreement for two Boeing 737-300 for five years of use in Condor colours.

First operations from Berlin-Tegel Airport.

In summer, Germania is awarded the contract for the ‘civil servant shuttle’ between Cologne/Bonn and Berlin-Tegel.

Relocation of flight operations and technology to Berlin-Tegel. The administrative areas follow. The company’s operating location is now Berlin-Tegel.

Negotiations commence with Boeing and 12 new-generation Boeing 737 aircraft are ordered.

In March, the first new Boeing 737-700 lands at Berlin-Tegel Airport after a non-stop flight from the Boeing premises in Seattle, thus setting a new world record.

Germania’s first internal scheduled flight within Germany from Berlin-Tegel to Frankfurt/Main at low-cost prices.

Purchase, overhaul and operation of 19 Fokker 100 aircraft. Under the brand of Germania Express (‘gexx’), 14 of these aeroplanes fly to European financial centres and international holiday destinations.

Collaboration with dba is intensified and a majority of shares are acquired. After their assignment, 14 Fokker aircraft remain at dba on wet lease. The gexx brand is dropped.