Air Horizont Limited is a Spanish/Maltese airline headquartered in

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and Zaragoza, Spain operating Charter, ACMI and VIP flights mostly from

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and

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. It is a subsidiary of ''Corporacion Aragonesa Aeronautica S.A.''.

History

Air Horizont was founded in 2014 by pilots Manuel Sahli and Juan Luis Díez. Air Horizont attempted to launch scheduled operations in 2011, but failed due to the airline being unable to secure adequate funds. The airline was set to commence operations in May 2015 using a

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registered 9H-ZAZ, serving

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and

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twice a week. However, the launch was postponed to July 2015, citing delays in receiving its air operating permit. In June 2015 it was announced that Air Horizont will not operate scheduled flights and instead focus on charter operations. Since its founding, the airline has transported more than 1.5 million passengers to more than 250 airports. While being a commercial charter airline, they also specialise in VIP transport, most notably flying several well-known international sports teams around Europe. The airline has two permanent bases at

and

, with temporary operating bases at

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and

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Fleet

As of October 2023, Air Horizont consists of an all

fleet:

References

External links

Official website
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