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Green Airlines

Green Airlines

German airline

Not to be confused with Costa Rica Green Airways, Greenlandair, or Green Africa Airways.

Green Airlines was a German virtual airline company based at Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport.[1]

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History

The company was established in October 2020. The virtual airline's flights were originally planned to be operated by Danish Alsie Express[2] while later French Chalair Aviation stepped in.[3]

Green Airlines then announced contracts with Bulgarian ALK Airlines and Romanian Just Us Air to operate their seasonal leisure services from Rostock and Paderborn.[4] In June 2021, Green Airlines also announced the launch of five leisure destinations from Groningen Airport in the Netherlands.[5] They also started to serve Zurich Airport.[6] However, in July 2021, Green Airlines announced the suspension of all international flights including leisure charters stating the COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual airline then also planned to acquire its own operations license.[7]

In August 2021, a dispute between Green Airlines and another current wetlease contractor, German Airways, has been reported resulting in the termination of their agreement. A few weeks prior, ALK Airlines also pulled out of their mutual affiliation bringing back Chalair Aviation to operate the currently remaining German domestic flights.[3] Shortly after, German Airways sued Green Airlines for up to 11 million € for alleged breach of contract.[8] Also in August 2021, Green Airlines has been accused of greenwashing after indiscrepancies arose regarding their supposedly supported ecological projects and organizations.[9]

In October 2021, Green Airlines announced it would start domestic operations from Weeze Airport and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport in 2022.[10] However, in November 2021, Green Airlines announced it would pause all flight activities until February 2022.[11] The new routes were then rescheduled to late March 2022 or in the case of the Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden services without a new date announcement.[12] This sparked controversy as both Berlin and Munich airports confirmed that neither Green Airlines nor another operating carrier of their behalf requested the necessary slots for the routes as of late January.[13]

After cancelling several scheduled inaugural flights for their expanded network, Green Airlines commenced one of their new services in April 2022 with a Cessna Caravan instead of the planned ATR 72 due to lower than expected passenger numbers.[14]

On 6 April 2022, Green Airlines announced the termination of all scheduled and charter operations with immediate effect stating an unviable business case for the time being.[15]

In May 2022, German environmental protection NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe announced it would sue Green Airlines over claims the company misled passengers over its CO2-compensation efforts.[16]

Destinations

As of April 2022, prior to the suspension of all services, Green Airlines served the following - partially seasonal - destinations:[17]

Germany

Fleet

As of August 2021, Green Airlines' flights are operated by the following contracted aircraft:[18]

References

  1. [1]
    ch-aviation.com - Green Airlines retrieved 9 August 2021
  2. [2]
    "German Startup Green Airlines Hopes To Take Off This Year". 17 July 2020.
  3. [3]
    flugrevue.de (German) 3 August 2021
  4. [4]
    aerotelegraph.com (German) 10 July 2021
  5. [5]
    "Green Airlines outlines Groningen routes". Routes.
  6. [6]
    "Paderborn-Lippstadt nach Sylt: Green Airlines absolviert ersten Flug". www.flugrevue.de. 26 March 2021.
  7. [7]
    aero.de (German) 16 July 2021
  8. [8]
    airliners.de (German) 23 August 2021
  9. [9]
    airliners.de (German) 19 August 2021
  10. [10]
    "Green Airlines startet ab Weeze und Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden" [Green Airlines starts from Weeze and Karlruhe/Baden-Baden]. green-airlines.com (in German). 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  11. [11]
    airliners.de 2 November 2021
  12. [12]
    aerotelegraph.com 31 January 2022
  13. [13]
    aviation.direct 31 January 2022
  14. [14]
    airliners.de (German) 1 April 2022
  15. [15]
    aviation.direct - "Green Airlines cancels all flights" (German) 6 April 2022
  16. [16]
    airliners.de (German) 24 May 2022
  17. [17]
    green-airlines.com - Strecken und Zielflughäfen (German) retrieved 6 April 2022
  18. [18]
    "Green Airlines - Our green fleet". 3 August 2021.
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