InterSky

• Renate Moser
• Peter Oncken

InterSky (actually InterSky Luftfahrt GmbH ) is an Austrian regional airline based in Bregenz. With operational headquarters in Friedrichshafen, Germany.

History

Founding and first years

InterSky was founded in 2001 by the Austrian aviation entrepreneur Renate Moser and her husband Rolf Seewald. Seewald had previously owned the airline flight Rhine Valley, conducted by the German Lufthansa AG in the so-called Team Lufthansa Regional flights in Germany and Austria. Shortly before September 11, 2001, she sold the airline to the Austrian Airlines Group. After the sale of the Rhine Valley Flight Moser and Seewald had two machines that Austrian Airlines had not taken over. Due to the impact of the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 to the aviation industry Moser was able to sell only one of the two machines. To deal with the remaining, she founded with the proceeds from the sale of the Rhine Valley flight on 5 November 2001, the InterSky airline with operational base in Bern. Renate Moser was it the world's first woman who founded an airline.

At the site Bern came as the former airport director Charles giant looked over Europe for an airline that should revive the derelict airport Bern -Belp. The first flight of InterSky was on 25 March 2002; at the beginning they flew between the Swiss capital and the cities of Berlin and Vienna.

Supported by the owner Renate Moser rejected in 2003 as chief financial officer in the company occurred Claus Bernatzik, who worked at the Rhine Valley flight and Euro Wings before, after big losses in 2002, the current strategy of InterSky. Following the example of the English Flybe and under the impression of arisen in Europe, low-cost boom he changed the business model radically. From then on there was food at InterSky only against payment and flight tickets were available only through its own website on the internet. Within a year, the airline was in the black. According to the claim of InterSky sustainable growth, investments are financed only from surpluses, which is rather unusual for the aviation industry.

Development 2004-2010

From the beginning InterSky operated the airport Berlin -Tempelhof. When it was announced that the airport should be closed in late 2004, Renate Moser graduated personally at several citizens' initiatives to keep open the airport. Together with other airlines, it supported a lawsuit that ultimately led to an open attitude of the airport until the end of October 2008. InterSky flew to the end to Tempelhof and led on the very last day before the closure of several local flights to say goodbye together with the employees and the people of Berlin from the airport. A plane InterSky was also one of the last machines that could start in Tempelhof. On one of the last Tempelhof- flights, the pilot Viggo Bergers passed before the eyes of hundreds of onlookers with the usual in aviation wagging the wings.

2004 stationed InterSky after the departure of the Hahn Air Lines in Friedrichshafen, Germany, a machine that was underutilized in Bern. Here we were working from day one profit, which the airline in 2005 moved to, pull out completely from Bern and relocate all air operations to Friedrichshafen. Today InterSky is the largest airline in Friedrichshafen. It was in 2010, as measured by aircraft movements, behind Easyjet and Flybe is the sixth largest low-fare airline in Germany.

In October 2009, the one millionth passenger was transported. In 2010 InterSky like never carried 250,000 passengers so many in its history.

Since 2011

In May 2011, agreed InterSky cooperation with Air Berlin, which is now marketing on their website also all their flights.

In July 2011, the airline ran into severe financial difficulties caused by a restructuring necessary. Claus Bernatzik gave up its duties as a director, in order to fully to take care of this. Renate Moser became the interim CEO. The recently appointed her as Deputy Managing Director Andreas Geldner then submitted his office and moved to Niki Luftfahrt GmbH. At the same time negotiations began with various investors. After successful restructuring Bernatzik left in November 2011, the Intersky.Im course of the reorganization was a Bombardier Dash sold in January 2012 8Q -300 ( registration OE - LIE) InterSky to the airline Maldivian based in the Maldives. In the first half of 2012 Intersky achieved a profit again.

Since January 2013 InterSky is a newly acquired ATR 72-600 in scheduled service. Another ATR 72-600 is used in regular service since April 9, 2013.

In January 2014 co-owner Hans -Rudolf Wöhrl announced that InterSky to medium merged with CityJet to a new society. CityJet had previously been acquired by private equity firm Wöhrls Intro Aviation.

Ownership

By February 2012, the airline was owned by the family Moser and Seewald ( 50% each ). Renate Moser served as Managing Partner for a long time the only woman to lead an airline and at the same time possessed. Rolf Seewald and Renate Moser retired in April 2007 from the daily business back and have since been represented as the owner of the Advisory Board. Moser's son Claus Bernatzik, who had taken over the management of InterSky 2006, left the company in late 2011. In February 2012, Hans Rudolf Wöhrl and Peter Oncken took over (among others with its advisory and investment firm Intro Aviation GmbH ) 74.9 % of the shares in Intersky. Renate Moser and Rolf Seewald hold the remaining 25.1%.

Destinations

InterSky connects the airport Friedrichshafen up to four times daily in regular service with the airports Berlin- Tegel, Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Graz. In addition, Graz and Salzburg are connected several times a day with Zurich.

In the summer months from April to October Olbia ( Sardinia), Calvi ( Corsica), Mahon ( Menorca), Split, Pula and Zadar are additionally from Friedrichshafen and partly also from Munich, Zurich, Memmingen and Altenrhein holiday destinations in the Mediterranean, such as Elba, approached. 2011, there were also charter flights from Memmingen Airport to Naples and from Bern- Belp Airport to Elba.

Since the 2010 summer timetable also several indirect flights via Friedrichshafen InterSky offered, for example, from Berlin- Tegel via Friedrichshafen to destinations around the Mediterranean.

By March 2010, InterSky wrong the only airline between Cologne / Bonn and Friedrichshafen, then took the budget airline German Wings this route to its offerings. InterSky then presented a this connection and instead flies to Dusseldorf. The connection to the airport Münster / Osnabrück in 2011 also discontinued in favor of a stronger operation of Dusseldorf. The connection to Vienna was shortened to December 2011 of up to three for a connection every day. Reason for this was the strong competition from Austrian Airlines and People's Vienna Line, Airport St. Gallen -Altenrhein also depending on the fly on the other side of Lake Constance up to three times a day to Vienna. In November 2012, finally, the setting of flights to Vienna was announced at the end.

Since 14 January 2013, the line of Graz - Zurich offered InterSky, which had previously been operated by Crossair and the now insolvent Airlines Styrian Spirit and Robin Hood Aviation. Zurich, which was ( also insolvent in 2012 ) operated by Crossair and Styrian Spirit of Cirrus Airlines - On April 2, 2013, the line followed Salzburg. Since a code-share agreement with Swiss did not materialize, the future of the connections to Zurich is not secured.

Since April 9, 2013 Intersky also offers scheduled flights from its new base at the site airport Karlsruhe / Baden -Baden to Hamburg. The route will be leased from Avanti Air ATR 72-200, which daily serves the route up to three times. This line was taken over by the insolvent OLT Express.

In July and August 2014 Intersky of Erfurt / Weimar is to Olbia ( Sardinia) fly. Is also foreseen to connect the cities of Salzburg and Dresden from May 2014.

Fleet

2001 the fleet consisted of a Bombardier Dash 8Q -300. By 2008, the fleet was increased to four aircraft of this type. 2010, a ATR 42 was hired as the fifth aircraft and delivered later. 2012, a Bombardier Dash 8Q -300 was sold and two new ATR 72-600 have been ordered.

The Bombardier Dash 8Q -300 with the code " OE - LIA " flies with an advertising livery for the Austrian province of Styria for several years.

Basic Information

In 2010 InterSky like never before carried over 250,000 passengers so many.

Trivia

On November 26, 2013 InterSky presented on the flight from Friedrichshafen to Krasnodar with a machine of type ATR72 -600 (OE -LID ) a world record. The corresponding flight was the world's longest non-stop commercial flight of an ATR72 - 600th The flight time was 5:23 hours at a distance of 2493 km.

Just three days later InterSky surpassed its own world record on the return flight from Krasnodar to Friedrichshafen with the same type aircraft ATR72 -600 (OE -LID ). The flight time was 05:47 h at a distance of 2550 km. On board, 42 passengers were (soccer team FC St. Gallen), 4 crew members, a technician and 880 kg of material. Was transported on two flights of FC St. Gallen to participate in the UEFA Europa League game against Kuban Krasnodar.