Darwin Airline

Darwin Airline
IATA ICAO Call sign
F7[1] DWT DARWIN
Founded12 August 2003 (2003-08-12)
Commenced operations28 July 2004 (2004-07-28)
Ceased operations12 December 2017 (2017-12-12)[2]
Hubs
Parent companyAdria Airways
HeadquartersBioggio, Lugano, Switzerland
Key peopleEmilio Martinenghi (President)[3]
Employees314 (as of October 2014)[citation needed]

Darwin Airline SA was[2] a Swiss regional airline with its head office in Bioggio, Lugano[4] flying under the brand name Adria Airways Switzerland.[5][6] It operated scheduled domestic and international services in some western European countries. It used the brand name Etihad Regional[7] from January 2014 to July 2017, when Etihad Airways sold its 33% stake to the owner of Adria Airways. It previously also operated flights on behalf of Alitalia. Its bases were Geneva Airport and Lugano Airport.[8]

In November 2017, the Swiss authorities suspended the airline's license for scheduled flights due to financial difficulties but allowed the wetlease operations to be continued.[9] On 12 December 2017, the airline was declared bankrupt and ceased all remaining operations after its license was voided, while some of its fleet was transferred to its owner Adria Airways; the Saab 2000 aircraft operated scheduled services from Ljubljana Airport in the name of Adria Airways with the aircraft still carrying the Adria Airways Switzerland livery until Adria declared bankruptcy in 2019.[2]

  1. ^ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference austrianaviationnet was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "etihadregional.com". Etihad regional. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Contact Archived 30 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine." Etihad Regional. Retrieved on 30 October 2016. "Etihad Regional HQ Darwin Airline SA Via Campagna Centro Nord Sud Stabile 2 CH- 6934 Bioggio"
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  6. ^ loyaltylobby.com - Etihad Regional Becomes Adria Airways Switzerland (Etihad Sells It Stake) 23 July 2017
  7. ^ "Etihad Regional reduziert VIE-DRS". austrianaviation.net.
  8. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 71.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference ATW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).