Tempelhof Airways

Tempelhof Airways ( officially Tempelhof Airways USA) was an American airline that the end of 1981 in Fort Lauderdale ( Florida) was founded by its president Knut Kramer later.

Their origin is as Air Berlin, Berlin European UK, Air Berlin or Pan Am Express with the Allies status of the city of Berlin connected to 1990. The airline flew since the beginning of 1982 from the old city airport Berlin -Tempelhof, its use was reserved at this time only the U.S. Army.

Initially limited to charter flights to some of Berlin tour operators, one rose in 1985 in the regular service, and served among other things Destinations to Paderborn (Paderborn / Lippstadt) or Dortmund, and later to Hamburg or Brussels. Hamburg and Brussels were used as feeders for there launching pilot in the route network of American Airlines. The most successful year the airline made ​​with 100 employees and 100,000 passengers, the 1989 represents the abruptly with reunification changing market situation led to bankruptcy in 1991, Tempelhof Airways. Unlike Air Berlin we did not manage to convert time in an airline under German law. Was lost due to the uncertain route rights as a U.S. company major investors to continue to operate as a regional company from Tempelhof Airport.