Chair Airlines

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Chair Airlines
Chair Airlines Airbus A320 at Zurich Airport
IATA ICAO Call sign
CS[1] CSW EIGER[2]
FoundedAugust 2014 (2014-08)
(as Germania Flug)
Commenced operations
11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)
(as Chair Airlines)
AOC #CH.AOC.1052[3]
HubsZurich Airport
Fleet size4
Destinations20
Parent companyAlbex Aviation,[4] Enter Air (49%)
HeadquartersGlattbrugg, Switzerland
Key peopleShpend Ibrahimi (CEO)[5] born in Chair Municipality, North Macedonia
Employees150
Websitewww.chair.ch

Chair Airlines AG, branded as chair and formerly named Germania Flug, is a Swiss airline headquartered in Glattbrugg in Greater Zurich[6] and based at Zurich Airport.

History

Germania Flug Airbus A319-100 in HolidayJet livery
A former Germania Flug Airbus A319-100

Germania Flug

The airline was founded in August 2014, in cooperation with the German airline Germania[7] (which also lent its corporate design) and Swiss leisure company Hotelplan, with the aim to operate leisure charter flights using the brand HolidayJet.[8] 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.[4]

Chair Airlines

Germania Flug was not affected by the bankruptcy of its then German shareholder Germania in February 2019, and continued its operations under this name.[9] 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.[4] On 11 June 2019, the airline was rebranded Chair Airlines.[10] On 27 August 2025, the airline announced 6 new destinatons starting from Summer 2026.[11] 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

As of September 2025, Chair Airlines flies to (or has announced service) to the following destinations:[12]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
AlbaniaTiranaTirana International Airporteffective 09 July 2026
Bosnia and HerzegovinaTuzlaTuzla Airporteffective 09 July 2026
CyprusLarnacaLarnaca International AirportSeasonal
EgyptHurghadaHurghada International Airport
Marsa AlamMarsa Alam International Airport
GermanyStuttgartStuttgart Airport charter
GreeceHeraklionHeraklion International AirportSeasonal
KosKos International AirportSeasonal
PatrasAraxos AirportSeasonal, effective 10 July 2026
RhodesRhodes International AirportSeasonal
KosovoPristinaPristina International Airport Adem Jashari
MoroccoMarrakeshMarrakesh Menara AirportSeasonal, effective 26 September 2026
North MacedoniaOhridOhrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport
SkopjeSkopje International Airport
PortugalPortoPorto AirportSeasonal, effective 08 July 2026
SpainJerez de la FronteraJerez AirportSeasonal, effective 07 April 2026
Palma de MallorcaPalma de Mallorca Airport
SwitzerlandBernBerne AirportSeasonal, effective 07 April 2026
ZurichZurich AirportHub
Switzerland
France
Germany		Basel
Mulhouse
Freiburg im Breisgau		EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg

Interline agreements

Fleet

Chair Airbus A319-100

As of June 2026, Chair Airlines operates or has on order the following aircraft:[14]

Chair Airlines fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers[15] Notes
Airbus A319-100 1 — 150
Airbus A320-200 4 — 180
Total 5 —

Historic fleet

References

  1. "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. Germania Flug AG Homepage: Company | Germania Flug AG Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 20 April 2015
  3. "List of AOC Holders with Complex Airplanes" (PDF). Federal Office of Civil Aviation. 28 March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. aerotelegraph.com - "New owner: Air Prishtina CEO behind Germania Flug buyout" (German) 23 February 2019
  5. "About us - Company". Chair Airlines. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  6. "Imprint Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine." Germania Flug. Retrieved on May 19, 2016. "Germania Flug AG Flughofstrasse 57 8152 Glattbrugg Switzerland "
  7. "Unternehmen | Germania Flug AG". Archived from the original on 2015-10-24. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  8. "Günstige Flüge weltweit mit Hotelplan ab Zürich, Bern, Basel + Genf".
  9. "Germania: German airline declarces insolvency and ceases flights" 5 Januar 2019
  10. 20min.ch (11 June 2019). "Germania heisst jetzt Chair". 20 Minuten (in German). Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  11. www.blick.ch (27 August 2025). "Das sind die neuen Ziele von Chair Airlines". Blick (in German). Retrieved 2025-08-27.
  12. Flight Schedule
  13. "Partner Carriers | Hahnair".
  14. "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Chair Airlines". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 76.
  15. flygermania.com/de-ch - Flotte und Technik Archived 2019-02-13 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 12 February 2019

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