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PrivatAir company history timeline

1977

PrivatAir was founded in 1977 as a corporate flying division of the Latsis family under the name Petrolair.

1979

In 1979, air traffic began on a Boeing 737-200 and offered business travel flights.

1985

Zuliana De Aviacion was a Venezuelan airline formed in 1985 and based in the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela.

1989

In 1989, a Boeing 757 and a Gulfstream IV were added, and the name was changed to PrivatAir.

1995

On June 1, 1995, the company was then licensed by the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation as a commercial airline.

2001

In March 2001 the PrivatAir Group was formed.

2002

In February 2002, PrivatAir completed the construction of its private terminal in Geneva, where its headquarters were then based.

2003

In May 2003, PrivatAir and Swissport created the joint company PrivatPort, which is an executive-jet handling business.

2011

ECAir started service on September 24, 2011, with a single Boeing 737-300 and route map restricted to flights within the Republic of the Congo.

2012

The corporate jet alliance AirClub was founded in Geneva in October 2012.

2013

He would eventually express this passion by taking flying lessons in mid-Missouri and joining AirlineGeeks in 2013.

2016

The airline’s last day of operations was October 10, 2016.

In November 2016, the majority of the company (51%) was taken over by the British investment company SilverArrow Capital.

2018

On 5 December 2018, PrivatAir announced the end of operations and filed for insolvency for both its Swiss and German business units, citing negative commercial developments.

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