Air Columbus

Air Columbus - Transporte Aéreo Não Regular, SA was domiciled on the Madeira airport Portuguese charter airline which ceased operations in 1994.

History

Air Columbus was founded in 1989 by private investors in Lisbon. The Danish airline Sterling Airways had a 34 - percent stake in the company and is a Boeing 727-200, flight operations began on the route from Faro to London Gatwick by on October 5, 1989. Another Boeing 727-200, the Company received in March 1991. In March 1992, the fleet with two Boeing 737-300 was extended. In the summer season, Air Columbus used mainly to Faro airport in the Algarve as a base for tourist charter flights. In winter, the company continued its aircraft predominantly from Madeira. In 1993, the company carried more than 230,000 passengers and took the first charter flights from Madeira to Canada. That same year, Sterling Airways went bankrupt, causing the financial situation of Air Columbus deteriorated. The economic downturn of the company continued in July 1993 after Air Columbus lost one of its main clients through the bankruptcy of the German tour operator MP Travel Line. As a result, the Company announced in August 1993 shortly into a lease agreement for a Boeing 757-200. Immediately before the delivery of the already painted in corporate colors machine The loss of the main Customer led to an underutilization of the aircraft and labored a profitable flight operations. In the following years, the company introduced alongside its own charter flights increased by contract services ( sub-charter ) for other airlines. Air Columbus presented a flight operations in December 1994 and was liquidated in the spring of 1995.

Used aircraft

• Boeing 727-200
• Boeing 737-300