PrivatAir
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| Founded | 1977 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 10 | ||||||
| Destinations | 6 (scheduled) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Meyrin, Switzerland | ||||||
| Website | privatair.com | ||||||
PrivatAir is a Swiss airline operating business jets, headquartered at Geneva Airport in Meyrin. It operates scheduled services for other airlines as well as charter flights for corporations or VIPs.
The airline was established in 1977 as a subsidiary of the Latsis Group. In 1995 it received its Swiss air operator's certificate.
In March 2001 the PrivatAir Group was formed. Also in March 2001, the PrivatAir Group gained ETOPS 180 minutes and FAA 129 Foreign Carrier approval as a designated carrier under the US-Switzerland bilateral "open skies" agreement. These approvals allow the company to offer the most direct routes across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and unlimited operations to the US. At the time, PrivatAir was the only ad hoc commercial charter operator in the world with these approvals.
In February 2002, PrivatAir completed the construction of its private terminal in Geneva where its headquarters are now based. The new "C3" terminal is a joint venture between PrivatAir and Geneva International Airport and offers a full range of VIP passenger services to PrivatAir's customers. The corporate jet alliance AirClub was founded in Geneva in October 2012. AirClub currently has eight members aside PrivatAir: ACM Air Charter, Air Alsie, AIR HAMBURG, Corporatejets, FLYINGGROUP, GlobeAir, London Executive Aviation, and Masterjet.
In May 2003, PrivatAir and Swissport created the joint company PrivatPort, which is an executive jet handling business. In October 2003, German subsidiary PrivatAir Germany GmbH, Düsseldorf, gained JAR – 145 approval from the German civil aviation authority, giving the company more autonomy and flexibility within the framework of its operations on behalf of Lufthansa and Airbus.
In April 2015, Lufthansa announced it would reduce their involvement with PrivatAir as the route from Frankfurt to Dammam will be shut down by the end of October 2015. PrivatAir also used to operate flights to Libreville,Pointe-Noire,AccraBahrain, and Tel Aviv on behalf of Lufthansa but these routes were all terminated a few years earlier. Another route operated for Lufthansa to Nairobi ended on 31 August 2016.
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