{{Short description|Airline of Switzerland}} {{Infobox airline | logo = Chair Airlines.svg | logo_size = 150px | image = File:Chair Airlines at Zurich Airport.jpg | image_size = 250px | alt = | caption = Chair Airlines Airbus A320 at Zurich Airport | airline = Chair Airlines | parent = Albex Aviation,<ref name="albex"/> Enter Air (49%) | founded = {{start date and age|2014|08||df=yes}}<br />(as ''Germania Flug'') | commenced = {{start date and age|2019|06|11|df=yes}}<br />(as ''Chair Airlines'') | aoc = CH.AOC.1052<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bazl.admin.ch/dam/bazl/en/dokumente/Fachleute/Flugverkehr/Flugoperationen/flugbetriebe1/list_of_aoc_holdersatob.pdf.download.pdf/list_of_aoc_holdersatob.pdf |title=List of AOC Holders with Complex Airplanes |date=28 March 2018 |publisher=Federal Office of Civil Aviation |access-date=20 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421094802/https://www.bazl.admin.ch/dam/bazl/en/dokumente/Fachleute/Flugverkehr/Flugoperationen/flugbetriebe1/list_of_aoc_holdersatob.pdf.download.pdf/list_of_aoc_holdersatob.pdf |archive-date=21 April 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | IATA = CS<ref name=iata>{{cite web|title=IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search|url=http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx|website=iata.org|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> | ICAO = CSW | callsign = EIGER<ref>Germania Flug AG Homepage: [http://www.germania.ch/en/company/about-germania-flug-ag/ Company | Germania Flug AG] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402153205/http://germania.ch/en/company/about-germania-flug-ag/ |date=2015-04-02 }}, Retrieved 20 April 2015</ref> | num_employees = 150 | headquarters = Glattbrugg, Switzerland | key_people = Shpend Ibrahimi (CEO)<ref>{{cite web |title=About us - Company |url=https://www.chair.ch/about-us-en-/company |publisher=Chair Airlines |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref> born in Chair Municipality, North Macedonia<!-- This funny pun with Chair seems true, at least I've found https://www.ur.ch/_docn/34758/botschaft_file_314_9664.pdf with the text "Ibrahimi, Shpend, geboren am 5. September 1976 in Skopje (Jugoslawien)" and Chair is in Skopje--> | bases = | hubs = Zurich Airport | focus_cities = | frequent_flyer = | fleet_size = 4 | destinations = 20 | website = {{URL|www.chair.ch}} }}
'''Chair Airlines AG''', branded as '''chair''' and formerly named ''Germania Flug'', is a Swiss airline headquartered in Glattbrugg in Greater Zurich<ref>"[https://www.germania.ch/en/legal-information/imprint/ Imprint] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616234452/https://www.germania.ch/en/legal-information/imprint/ |date=2016-06-16 }}." Germania Flug. Retrieved on May 19, 2016. "Germania Flug AG Flughofstrasse 57 8152 Glattbrugg Switzerland "</ref> and based at Zurich Airport.
==History== [[File:Holiday Jet Airbus A319-112 on final approach at Antalya Airport.jpg|thumb|Germania Flug Airbus A319-100 in HolidayJet livery]] [[File:Holiday_Jet_Airbus_A319-112_operated_by_Germania_-_HB-JOG_(ZRH)_(21166922911).jpg|thumbnail|A former Germania Flug Airbus A319-100]]
===Germania Flug=== The airline was founded in August 2014, in cooperation with the German airline Germania<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://germania.ch/de/unternehmen/ueber-germania-flug-ag/ |title=Unternehmen | Germania Flug AG |access-date=2015-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024094002/http://germania.ch/de/unternehmen/ueber-germania-flug-ag/ |archive-date=2015-10-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (which also lent its corporate design) and Swiss leisure company Hotelplan, with the aim to operate leisure charter flights using the brand HolidayJet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.holidayjet.ch/de/ueber_germaina_flug_ag/|title=Günstige Flüge weltweit mit Hotelplan ab Zürich, Bern, Basel + Genf}}</ref> Following the inaugural flight on 26 March 2015, for the summer of 2015, Germania Flug operated from Zürich to 17 leisure destinations in Europe and North Africa. It was planned to continue operating the same for the winter of 2015/2016.
However, from November 2015, Germania Flug stopped its collaboration with HolidayJet and has operated solely under its own brand name since then. In summer 2016, Germania Flug operated scheduled flights around Europe, Turkey, Lebanon, and North Africa. In addition to this, it served Pristina and Skopje on behalf of virtual airline Air Prishtina.<ref name="albex"/>
===Chair Airlines=== Germania Flug was not affected by the bankruptcy of its then German shareholder Germania in February 2019, and continued its operations under this name.<ref name="spiegel.de">[http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/germania-deutsche-fluggesellschaft-beantragt-insolvenz-und-stellt-fluege-ein-a-1251581.html "Germania: German airline declarces insolvency and ceases flights"] 5 Januar 2019</ref> Shortly after that, it was announced that all shares formerly held by the German Germania branch had been sold to Albex Aviation, which also owns Air Prishtina.<ref name="albex">[https://www.aerotelegraph.com/air-prishtina-chefin-steckt-hinter-einstieg-bei-germania-flug aerotelegraph.com - "New owner: Air Prishtina CEO behind Germania Flug buyout"] (German) 23 February 2019</ref> On 11 June 2019, the airline was rebranded ''Chair Airlines''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20min.ch/finance/news/story/Germania-Flug-wird-noch-diesen-Monat-umgetauft-29916144|title=Germania heisst jetzt Chair|author=((20min.ch))|website=20 Minuten|date=11 June 2019|language=de|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> On 27 August 2025, the airline announced 6 new destionatons starting from Summer 2026.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blick.ch/wirtschaft/bern-und-genf-im-visier-das-sind-die-neuen-ziele-von-chair-airlines-id21171668.html|title=Das sind die neuen Ziele von Chair Airlines|author=((www.blick.ch))|website=Blick|date=27 August 2025|language=de|access-date=2025-08-27}}</ref> It was the world's first airline to announce scheduled services to the new Vlora International Airport currently under construction.
== Destinations == {{As of|2025|09}}, Chair Airlines flies to (or has announced service) to the following destinations:<ref>[https://www.chair.ch/book-en/flight-schedule] Flight Schedule</ref> {|class="sortable wikitable" |- !Country !City !Airport !Notes !Refs |- |Albania||Tirana||Tirana International Airport||''effective 09 July 2026''||align=center| |- |Bosnia and Herzegovina||Tuzla||Tuzla Airport||''effective 09 July 2026''||align=center| |- |Cyprus||Larnaca||Larnaca International Airport||{{Airline seasonal}}||align=center| |- |rowspan="2"|Egypt||Hurghada||Hurghada International Airport|| ||align=center| |- |Marsa Alam||Marsa Alam International Airport|| ||align=center| |- |Germany||Stuttgart||Stuttgart Airport|| ||align=center| |- |rowspan="4"|Greece||Heraklion||Heraklion International Airport||{{Airline seasonal}}||align=center| |- |Kos||Kos International Airport||{{Airline seasonal}}||align=center| |- |Patras||Araxos Airport||{{Airline seasonal}},'' effective 10 July 2026''||align=center| |- |Rhodes||Rhodes International Airport||{{Airline seasonal}}||align=center| |- |Kosovo||Pristina||Pristina International Airport Adem Jashari|| ||align=center| |- |Lebanon||Beirut||Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport||{{Airline seasonal}},'' effective 07 July 2026''||align=center| |- |Morocco||Marrakesh||Marrakesh Menara Airport||''Effective 02 September 2026''||align=center| |- |rowspan="2"|North Macedonia||Ohrid||Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport|| ||align=center| |- |Skopje||Skopje International Airport|| ||align=center| |- |Portugal||Porto||Porto Airport||{{Airline seasonal}},'' effective 08 July 2026''||align=center| |- |rowspan="2"|Spain||Jerez de la Frontera||Jerez Airport||{{Airline seasonal}},'' effective 07 April 2026''||align=center| |- |Palma de Mallorca||Palma de Mallorca Airport|| ||align=center| |- |rowspan="2"|Switzerland||Bern||Berne Airport||{{Airline seasonal}},'' effective 07 April 2026''||align=center| |- |Zurich||Zurich Airport||{{Airline hub}}||align=center| |- |Switzerland<br />France<br />Germany||Basel<br />Mulhouse<br />Freiburg im Breisgau||EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg | ||align=center| |- |}
=== Interline agreements === * Hahn Air<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hahnair.com/en/partner-carriers | title=Partner Carriers | Hahnair }}</ref>
== Fleet == [[File:ChairAirlines-Plane.jpg|thumb|Chair Airbus A319-100]] {{As of|2025|11}}, Chair Airlines operates or has on order the following aircraft:<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Global Airline Guide 2025 - Chair Airlines |magazine=Airliner World |date=September 2025 |page=76}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin:1em auto;" |+Chair Airlines fleet |- !Aircraft !In service !Orders !Passengers<ref>[https://www.flygermania.com/de-ch/unternehmen/flotte-und-technik/ flygermania.com/de-ch - Flotte und Technik] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213064548/https://www.flygermania.com/de-ch/unternehmen/flotte-und-technik/ |date=2019-02-13 }} retrieved 12 February 2019</ref> !Notes |- |Airbus A319-100 |1 |— |150 | |-
|Airbus A320-200 |3 |1 |180 |''delivery May 26'' |- !Total !4 !1 ! colspan="3" | |}
=== Historic fleet === * 1 Boeing 737-800 (Leased from Enter Air)
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == {{commonscat-inline}} * [https://www.chair.ch/ Official website]
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