Nightexpress

Former German cargo airline
Nightexpress
IATA ICAO Callsign
- EXT[1] EXECUTIVE
Commenced operations1984
Ceased operations2017
Operating basesFrankfurt Airport
Fleet size2
HeadquartersFrankfurt, Germany
Key peopleYvonne Boag, Managing Director
Websitenightexpress.de

Nightexpress Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH was a small German cargo airline based at Frankfurt Airport.[1] In 2013, the company was bought by BDA (Bespoke Distribution Aviation).[2] The company ceased operations in late 2017.

Destinations

Nightexpress operated scheduled and chartered cargo flights from Frankfurt Airport, most of which were either to Birmingham Airport or Coventry Airport.[3]

Fleet

Nightexpress Short 360

As of December 2015, the Nightexpress fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[4]

Aircraft Total Notes
Short 360 2
Total 2

Accidents and incidents

Nightexpress Beechcraft 99
  • On 30 June 1999 at 02:41 UTC, Nightexpress Flight 114, a Beechcraft Model 99 (registered D-IBEX) crashed near Liège Airport, Belgium, killing the two pilots on board. The aircraft had left London Luton Airport at 01:25 UTC for a cargo flight to Frankfurt Airport, when the pilots reported failures in both engines at 02:34 UTC. The aircraft was cleared to perform an emergency landing at either Brussels Airport or Liège Airport, but ultimately crashed 5 nautical miles short of the latter's runway.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b ch-aviation.com - Nightexpress retrieved 31 December 2015
  2. ^ aircargoweek.com - Nightexpress Archived 2016-05-30 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 15 May 2016
  3. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 55.
  4. ^ airframes.org - Nightexpress retrieved 31 December 2015
  5. ^ Nightexpress Flight 114 at the Aviation Safety Network

External links

Media related to Nightexpress at Wikimedia Commons

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