Green Airlines

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

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

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 now also plans 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 in 2022.[10] However in November 2021, Green Airlines announced it would pause all flight activities until February 2022.[11]

Destinations

As of August 2021, Green Airlines serves the following destinations:[12]

Germany

Fleet

As of August 2021, Green Airlines' flights are operated by the following contracted aircraft:[13]

References
  1. ch-aviation.com - Green Airlines retrieved 9 August 2021
  2. "German Startup Green Airlines Hopes To Take Off This Year". July 17, 2020.
  3. flugrevue.de (German) 3 August 2021
  4. aerotelegraph.com (German) 10 July 2021
  5. "Green Airlines outlines Groningen routes". Routes.
  6. "Paderborn-Lippstadt nach Sylt: Green Airlines absolviert ersten Flug". www.flugrevue.de. March 26, 2021.
  7. aero.de (German) 16 July 2021
  8. airliners.de (German) 23 August 2021
  9. airliners.de (German) 19 August 2021
  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. airliners.de 2 November 2021
  12. green-airlines.com - Strecken und Zielflughäfen (German) retrieved 9 August 2021
  13. "Green Airlines - Our green fleet". 3 August 2021.
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