Amerer Air was a

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based in

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. It was Austria's largest dedicated cargo airline, operating services from Linz and

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throughout

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, the

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and North Africa. Its main base was

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History

The airline was established and started operations in 1995 with one Fokker F27 Mk500. Between 1997 and 2006 two

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s were operated for

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and TNT N.V. In 1999, international long distance road transport was introduced to supplement air freight activities. The airline was owned by Heinz Peter Amerer (50%) and Susanne Amerer (50%) and had 40 employees.

Fleet

The airline operated: *2 Fokker F27 Mk500 *2

References

{{Airlines of Austria Defunct airlines of Austria Airlines established in 1995 Airlines disestablished in 2011 Defunct cargo airlines 2011 disestablishments in Austria Austrian companies established in 1995