Chair Airlines AG, branded as chair and formerly named Germania Flug, is a Swiss airline headquartered in Glattbrugg in Greater Zurich"Imprint ." Germania Flug. Retrieved on May 19, 2016. "Germania Flug AG Flughofstrasse 57 8152 Glattbrugg Switzerland " and based at Zurich Airport.
History
Germania Flug The airline was founded in August 2014, in cooperation with the German airline Germania (which also lent its corporate design) and Swiss leisure company Hotelplan, with the aim to operate leisure charter flights using the brand HolidayJet. Following the inaugural flight on 26 March 2015, for the summer of 2015, Germania Flug operated from Zürich to 17 leisure destinations in Europe and North Africa. It was planned to continue operating the same for the winter of 2015/2016.
However, from November 2015, Germania Flug stopped its collaboration with HolidayJet and has operated solely under its own brand name since then. In summer 2016, Germania Flug operated scheduled flights around Europe, Turkey, Lebanon, and North Africa. In addition to this, it served Pristina and Skopje on behalf of virtual airline Air Prishtina.
Chair Airlines Germania Flug was initially affected by the bankruptcy of its then German shareholder Germania in February 2019, and continued its operations under this name."Germania: German airline declarces insolvency and ceases flights" 5 Januar 2019 Shortly after that, it was announced that all shares formerly held by the German Germania branch had been sold to Albex Aviation (which also owns Air Prishtina) and Enter Air, .aerotelegraph.com - "New owner: Air Prishtina CEO behind Germania Flug buyout" (German) 23 February 2019 On 11 June 2019, the airline was rebranded Chair Airlines.Chair-O-Planes Airliner World August 2019 page 12 On 27 August 2025, the airline announced 6 new destinatons starting from Summer 2026. It was the world's first airline to announce scheduled services to the new Vlora International Airport currently under construction. However as of June 2026 services to Vlora have been cancelled due to the late opening of Vlora airport.
Destinations , Chair Airlines flies to (or has announced service) to the following destinations: Flight Schedule CountryCityAirportNotesRefsAlbaniaTiranaTirana International Airporteffective 09 July 2026Bosnia and HerzegovinaTuzlaTuzla Airporteffective 09 July 2026CyprusLarnacaLarnaca International AirportEgyptHurghadaHurghada International Airport Marsa AlamMarsa Alam International Airport GermanyStuttgartStuttgart Airport charterGreeceHeraklionHeraklion International AirportKosKos International AirportPatrasAraxos Airport, effective 10 July 2026RhodesRhodes International AirportKosovoPristinaPristina International Airport Adem Jashari MoroccoMarrakeshMarrakesh Menara Airport, effective 26 September 2026North MacedoniaOhridOhrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport SkopjeSkopje International Airport PortugalPortoPorto Airport, effective 08 July 2026SpainJerez de la FronteraJerez Airport, effective 07 April 2026Palma de MallorcaPalma de Mallorca Airport SwitzerlandBernBerne Airport, effective 07 April 2026ZurichZurich AirportSwitzerlandFranceGermanyBaselMulhouseFreiburg im BreisgauEuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg
Interline agreements Hahn Air
Fleet
, Chair Airlines operates or has on order the following aircraft:
+Chair Airlines fleetAircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersflygermania.com/de-ch - Flotte und Technik retrieved 12 February 2019NotesAirbus A319-1001—150Airbus A320-2004—180Total5—
Historic fleet 1 Boeing 737-800 (Leased from Enter Air)
References
External links
Official website