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| Founded | 1964 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2016 | ||||||
| Hubs | Brussels Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 18 | ||||||
| Parent company | Luxaviation Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Zaventem, Belgium | ||||||
| Key people | Ward Bonduel (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | abelag.com | ||||||
Abelag Aviation is an air charter company based in Brussels, Belgium. It operates ad hoc charter, air taxi, cargo and medical flights, as well as helicopter VIP flights and air ambulance work. Its main base is Brussels Airport, with seats at Antwerp International Airport, Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport, Paris Le Bourget Airport, France and Eindhoven Airport.
History
The airline was established in 1964, absorbed Lamda Jet in 1995 and merged with Sky Service in 2005.[1][2] It is wholly owned by Abelag Aviation Group. In May 2010 Abelag received “the Gold Safety Flight Award” from the European Business Aviation Association, for more than 40 years of safe flights around the world.[citation needed] It inaugurated its Business Aviation Terminal at Brussels Airport in 2012.[citation needed]
In 2013, the company was taken over by Luxaviation Belgium. The brand name Abelag disappeared and was replaced by the trading Luxaviation Belgium since 2016. The social seats of the company in Brussels and Kortrijk-Wevelgem will continue under the name 'Abelag'.
Fleet
The Abelag Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft:[3]
- 1 Cessna Citation CJ2
- 1 Cessna Citation CJ3
- 1 Cessna Citation CJ2+
- 1 Cessna Citation CJ4
- 2 Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen2
- 1 Cessna Citation Excel
- 1 Bombardier Challenger 350
- 4 Dassault Falcon 2000 Lx easy
- 1 Dassault Falcon 900
- 3 Dassault Falcon 7X
- 1 Dassault Falcon 8X
- 1 Bombardier Global 5500
References
- ^ "Abelag website". Archived from the original on 2006-02-14. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Lamda Jet". Airline History. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Regional Entities & Locations | Luxaviation Group".
External links
This page was last edited on 2 December 2022, at 16:22