Aero Lloyd
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| Founded | 20 December 1980 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | March 1981 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 16 October 2003 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Flyplus | ||||||
| Fleet size | 57 (during operations) | ||||||
| Destinations | 59 (2002/2003) | ||||||
| Company slogan | Fly my Way | ||||||
| Parent company | BayernLB (66%) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Oberursel, Germany | ||||||
| Website | www.aerolloyd.de | ||||||
Aero Lloyd Flugreisen GmbH & Co, operating as Aero Lloyd, was a German charter airline based in Oberursel, Germany. It was headquartered in Building 182 at Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt before it was moved to Oberursel.
Aero Lloyd was founded on 20 December 1980 and launched operations in March 1981 with three Sud Aviation Caravelle's. By 1982, the airline received 3 ex-Garuda Indonesia Douglas DC-9-32 aircraft.
In 1986, the airline began to receive McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft to allow it to expand to further destinations. In 1988, Aero Lloyd launched scheduled services to London in the United Kingdom, Paris in France, and Zurich in Switzerland with the newly acquired aircraft. However, by 1992, Aero Lloyd dropped scheduled operations after realising it was not a good move for the airline.
The airline ceased operations at 06:00 local time on 16 October 2003 after shareholders refused to continue funding the airline. The collapse left 4,000 passengers stuck at German airports and 4,500 stuck overseas. Its assets were acquired by Aero Lloyd founder, Bogomir Gradisnik. Under the management of Gradisnik's associate, Miso Aksmanovic, the company was reshaped into a smaller charter operation named Aero Flight which was established in March 2004 and started operations on 26 March 2004. Aero Flight ceased operations in October 2005.
During operations, Aero Lloyd used many different aircraft's consisting of Airbus, Boeing, Douglas, McDonnell Douglas and Sud Aviation.
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