Nightexpress
Former German cargo airline
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Nightexpress Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH was a small German cargo airline based at Frankfurt Airport.[1] In 2013, the company was bought by BDA (Bespoke Distribution Aviation).[2] The company ceased operations in late 2017.
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| Commenced operations | 1984 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2017 | ||||||
| Operating bases | Frankfurt Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Frankfurt, Germany | ||||||
| Key people | Yvonne Boag, Managing Director | ||||||
| Website | nightexpress.de | ||||||
Destinations
Nightexpress operated scheduled and chartered cargo flights from Frankfurt Airport, most of which were either to Birmingham Airport or Coventry Airport.[3]
Fleet
Accidents and incidents
- On 30 June 1999 at 02:41 UTC, Nightexpress Flight 114, a Beechcraft Model 99 (registered D-IBEX) crashed near Liège Airport, Belgium, killing the two pilots on board. The aircraft had left Luton Airport at 01:25 UTC for a cargo flight to Frankfurt Airport, when the pilots reported failures in both engines at 02:34 UTC. The aircraft was cleared to perform an emergency landing at either Brussels Airport or Liège Airport, but ultimately crashed 5 nautical miles short of the latter's runway.[5]
