Comtel_Air Knowpia

Comtel Air
Founded	1989
Ceased operations	2011
Hubs	Vienna International Airport
Fleet size	2
Destinations	4
Parent company	Comtel Air Luftverkehrs GmbH
Headquarters	Vienna, Austria
Website	comtelair.at[dead link]

Comtel Air was an Austrian company executive aviation and commercial airline service based at Vienna.

History edit

Financial concerns were raised in November 2011, when a Comtel Air flight, from Amritsar in India, to Birmingham in the UK, was delayed in Vienna, Austria, for refueling the aircraft, and passengers were required to pay the approximately GB£20,000 bill.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Destinations edit

Comtel Air Cessna Citation VII

As of November 2011, Comtel Air served six cities in five countries:^[4]

Austria

Vienna - Vienna Airport (base)

India

Amritsar - Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport (charter)

Italy

Bergamo - Bergamo Airport

United Kingdom

Fleet edit

Comtel Air operated the following:^[5]

1 Boeing 757-200 (operated by Mint Airways)
1 Dassault Falcon 2000

References edit

^ Staff writers (16 November 2011). "Airline denies demanding £20k from passengers for fuel". BBC News. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
^ The Press Association (16 November 2011). "Air passengers 'held to ransom'". Virgin Media. Retrieved 16 November 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Holidaymakers 'held to ransom' after airline refuses to complete flight". The Telegraph. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
^ "Comtel destinations". Comtel Air. Archived from the original on November 10, 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
^ "Comtel fleet". Comtel Air. Archived from the original on 31 March 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2011.