Triple Alpha Luftfahrtgesellschaft

Triple Alpha Luftfahrtgesellschaft (also known as 3A Airlines and 3AA) was a German airline based in Düsseldorf which has been administration since July 2011.^[1] Their hub was at Düsseldorf International Airport. 3AA operated charter, general aviation, business, cargo, flight school, air ambulance, aerial evacuation and organ transport services.

History

1994 - Hans Pfeiffer and Erik Scheidt worked in the overhaul and maintenance of Cessna T303 aircraft; the installations were in Aachen
1995 - Creation of Avanti Aviation Aachen Luftfahrtgesellschaft
1996 - The airline obtained its AOC and starts flights with two Cessna 421 aircraft
1997 - The airline obtained its first jet aircraft, a Cessna Citation II
1998:

April - The first turboprop aircraft, a Piper Cheyenne was added

June - The airline was relocated to Düsseldorf and renamed Triple Alpha Luftfahrtgesellschaft

1999 - A second Cessna Citation II was delivered
2000 - The last propeller aircraft were retired
2001:
February - The first Cessna Citation CJ2 approved in Europe was delivered to Triple Alpha
October - Due to the economic problems caused by the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Triple Alpha is forced to reduce flight frequencies and also to mothball the Citation CJ2
2002 - Triple Alpha returned to normal activity and the Citation CJ2 was re-activated
2004:
June - Triple Alpha planned to expand, but had not completely recovered from the crisis caused by the 9/11 attacks, and the only new aircraft added to the fleet was an obsolete Cessna Citation V
August - More Cessna Citation CJ2 aircraft were added
2005 - The airline held a Cessna Citation V based in Paris and with French registration, on behalf of French and German aviation authority
2006 - Now with 9 Cessna Citations in the airline fleet, Triple Alpha obtained a contract for the construction of an Airbus A319
2007:
June - The airline obtained their first mid-range aircraft, a Challenger 300
September - The first long-haul aircraft, a Bombardier Global 7000, was added to the fleet
2008:
January - The first Cessna Citation Mustang of Europe was delivered to Triple Alpha
March - 2 more CJ2 were added
April - The first A319 was delivered to the airline
2009:
January - Another CJ2 was added
April - A new CJ2+ was delivered
September - 60% of Triple Alpha was acquired by the British group Ocean Sky
December - Another CJ2 was incorporated
2010:
March - Triple Alpha obtained their first IAI Astra
December - Ocean Sky increased their stake to 80%
2011:
January - A second IAI Astra was delivered
July - Triple Alpha was placed into administration^[2]

Insolvency

In July 2011, Triple Alpha filed for insolvency and was put under the control of an administrator, named by the German court. The airline is still grounded, but hopes to restart operation soon.

Fleet

References

Airlines of Germany

Passenger

Major	Air Berlin Condor Eurowings Germania Germanwings Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter Lufthansa Lufthansa CityLine SunExpress Deutschland TUIfly

Minor	ACM Air Charter Aero-Dienst Air Hamburg Arcus-Air Avanti Air Bin Air FAI rent-a-jet FLN Frisia Luftverkehr Hahn Air MHS Aviation OFD Ostfriesischer-Flug-Dienst Private Wings Small Planet Airlines (Germany) Sylt Air WDL Aviation Wiking Helikopter Service Windrose Air

Cargo

Major	AeroLogic European Air Transport Leipzig Lufthansa Cargo

Minor	Nightexpress

Defunct

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