Private Wings
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| Founded | 1991 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Berlin Brandenburg Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 10 | ||||||
| Destinations | charter | ||||||
| Headquarters | Schönefeld, Germany | ||||||
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| Website | privatewings.aero | ||||||
Private Wings Flugcharter GmbH is a German charter airline that was founded in 1991 and operates chartered corporate, cargo and air ambulance services out of Berlin Brandenburg Airport. Its head office is located in the General Aviation Terminal (Allgemeine Luftfahrt) on the property of Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Schönefeld, Brandenburg.[1][2][3]
Fleet
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Private Wings is the largest remaining civil operator of the Dornier 328.[4] In May 2023, Dornier successor Deutsche Aircraft announced Private Wings as the launch customer of the updated D328eco model, with 5 aircraft on order.[5] As of May 2022, the Private Wings fleet consists of the following aircraft:[6]
| Aircraft | In Service | Passengers |
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| Beechcraft 1900 | 1 | 19[7] |
| Dornier 328-100 | 9 | 32[8] |
| Total | 10 |
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- On 19 February 1996 at 09:54 local time, a Private Wings Cessna Citation II (registered D-CASH) crashed near Freilassing, Germany, killing the two pilots and eight passengers on board. The aircraft was on an executive flight from Berlin Tempelhof Airport to Salzburg Airport and the pilots had already begun the final approach, when severe icing conditions were encountered, leading to a stall and subsequent crash of the aircraft into a forest 3 nmi (5.6 km) short of the runway. The accident investigation concluded that there was also a short circuit in the aircraft's electrical systems, which might have contributed to the crash.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Anfahrt GAT Schönefeld." Private Wings. Retrieved on 7 January 2013.
- ^ "Access Business Aviation Center/GAT." Private Wings. Retrieved on 7 January 2013.
- ^ "Imprint." Private Wings. Retrieved on 7 January 2013. "Postal address: [sic] PRIVATE WINGS Flugcharter GmbH Chief executive officers: Peter Paul Gatz und Andreas Wagner Flughafen Berlin – Schönefeld 12521 Berlin, Germany" and "Delivery address: Private Wings Flugcharter GmbH Waßmannsdorfer Straße 12529 Schönefeld (ehemals Diepensee)"
- ^ "Dornier Do-328 Operators". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Deutsche Aircraft announces first launch customer for its new D328eco™ turboprop aircraft". Deutsche Aircraft. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ privat-wings.de – Fleet retrieved 18 May 2022
- ^ "Private Wings Flugcharter GMBH". Archived from the original on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
- ^ "Private Wings Flugcharter GMBH". Archived from the original on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
- ^ Private Wings 1996 crash at the Aviation Safety Network
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