Seagle Air was a charter airline based in Trenčín, Slovakia."Contact." Seagle Air. Retrieved on 25 October 2009. It had its operations out of M. R. Štefánik Airport in Bratislava, with a second base in Prague. The airline operated non-scheduled air services, including passenger, cargo and mail charter flights to domestic and international destinations.
Established in 1995 as private flying school Seagle Air later added cargo and mail flights, in 2006 VIP transport and in 2007 charter flights. In 2007 it also took over a large portion of employees and offices from the bankrupted Slovak Airlines.Slovak Airlines could be replaced by Seagle Air (2007, in Czech)
The company also operated a flight training organization, where future pilots could receive their Airline Transport Pilot License flying on Katana Diamond DA20, DA40 and DA42 Twin Star aircraft. The flight school was located in a bed and breakfast style accommodation facility at Trenčín Airfield. Seagle Air-FTO continues to operate normally.Seagle Air information
Financial performance On 31 December 2008, Seagle Air had an overdue debt of 230,000 Euros on social insurance of its employees.Sociálna poisťovňa, Overdue insurance payments , exactly SKK 6 930 985 at the end of December 2008 and €332,983.38 at the end of March 2009 This overdue debt increased to 333,000 Euros at the end of March 2009. At the end of June 2009, Seagle Air has no more debts towards social insurance. Nevertheless, on 23 October 2009, Seagle Air ceased all its services due to finance problems.http://www.incalabria.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2383&view=previous Seagle Air press release on bankruptcy. Retrieved 2009-10-31. All passenger aircraft were returned to their lessors. On January 25, 2010, the media announced bankruptcy of the company.
Fleet The Seagle Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft when it was shut down:http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=CGL&al_op=1 Seagle Air Fleet list at ch-aviation.ch.
+ Seagle Air fleet Aircraft Total NotesAirbus A320-2002Boeing 737-3004Total6
+ Seagle Air FTO fleet- this airline is still operational Aircraft TotalDiamond DA207Diamond DA40 Diamond Star5Diamond DA42 Twin Star2Total14
The airline previously also owned Seagle Jet.
In October 2008, the average age of the Seagle Air Boeing 737 fleet was 18.7 years.
References
External links
Seagle Air Seagle Air aircraft