Hamburg Airways temporarily suspends operations, files for reorganization

Hamburg Airways (Hamburg) temporarily suspended operations on December 20 after its Air Operators Certificate (AOC) was suspended by the Luftfhart-Bundesamt (LBA) according to ch-aviation. The last flight was operated on December 19. The airline is not showing any flights on its website. The company is expected to resume operations.

Update: In January 2015 the airline filed for temporary insolvency (reorganization) under German bankruptcy laws. On January 12, 2015 Dr. Sven-Holger Undritz was appointed as the bankruptcy administrator. The airline is seeking new investors and hopes to reorganize.

Hamburg Airways was founded in December 2010 by the Managing Director and CEO Sergej Fieger. On March 28, 2011, HK – the official two-letter code – received its operating license from the Federal Aviation Authority of Germany (LBA) and the company launched the first commercial revenue flight on March 30, 2011.

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