WDL Aviation
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| Founded | 1974 | ||||||
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| Operating bases | Cologne Bonn Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Parent company | WDL Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Cologne, Germany | ||||||
| Key people | Albrecht Barth, CEO[1] | ||||||
| Website | wdl-worldwide.de | ||||||
WDL Aviation GmbH & Co. KG is a German charter airline headquartered at Cologne Bonn Airport.
History
Initially named WDL Flugdienst, the company was set up in 1974[1] as a subsidiary of Westdeutsche Luftwerbung GmbH, an aerial advertising provider founded in 1955.[2]
The current name was adopted in 1991, when the parent was reorganized as WDL Group.[2] With WDL Aviation offering aircraft lease and charter services, the aerial advertising and sightseeing flight branch (using blimps) survives in the other subsidiary of WDL Group, which is called WDL Luftschiff.[1]
Since 1998, the British Aerospace 146 is in service with WDL Aviation. Other aircraft types that were operated by WDL Aviation include the Fokker F27 Friendship[2] and an Airbus A320-200 on lease from Adria Airways between 1992 and 1993.[3]
Fleet
The WDL Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):[4]
| Aircraft | In fleet | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| BAe 146-200 | 1 stored | |
| BAe 146-300 | 2 stored, 1 operated for Air France | |
| Total | 5 |
References
- 1 2 3 WDL Aviation: Official website
- 1 2 3 Information about WDL Aviation at the Aero Transport Data Bank
- ↑ ch-aviation.com - WDL Aviation retrieved 31 December 2015
- ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 15.
External links
Media related to WDL Aviation at Wikimedia Commons