FAI rent-a-jet AG

Aktiengesellschaft

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(Flight Ambulance International) is an airline

Airline

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 based in Germany. It operates executive jet charter and air ambulance services, as well as aircraft leasing and management services. FAI operates five jet aircraft from its Nuremberg

Nuremberg

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 base for air ambulance and executive jet services.

History

The airline was established in 1987 under the name of IFA-Flugbetriebs GmbH as a fully owned subsidiary of non-profit company, IFA International Flight Ambulance. In 1989, it was privatized and redeployed under the Flight Ambulance Service name. In 1992 FAI took over Grundig AG air services as part of an outsourcing strategy and structured in its present corporate form. Since 2001, the airline has focused on air ambulance services and reducing aircraft chartering activities. About 80 % of the airlines revenues have been generated by the air ambulance sector. It is owned by Axtmann Beteiligungs GmbH and early in 2003 the company name was changed from FAI Airservice to FAI rent-a-jet. In 2004, FAI generated revenues of over 15 million euros.

Fleet

The FAI Air Service fleet includes the following aircraft :

• 2 Bombardier Learjet 35A
• 4 Bombardier Learjet 55
  Learjet 55
  -Development and design:The Learjet 50 series was first announced at the 1977 Paris air show with larger cabins than the current Learjets. The series was to have three variants, the Learjet 54, 55 and 56 but only the Learjet 55 was built. The Learjet 55 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with NASA...
  
  
• 3 Bombardier Learjet 60
  Learjet 60
  The Learjet 60 is a mid-size cabin, medium range business jet aircraft manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace in Wichita, Kansas, USA. The Learjet 60 is powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada model 305A turbo fan engines producing 4,600 total pounds of thrust. The manufacturer notes the range of the...
  
  
• 1 Challenger 604
• 1 Global Express
• 1 Falcon 900
  Falcon 900
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Two of the Learjets 55 are stationed in Abidjan

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, Côte d'Ivoire

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 and in Dakar

Dakar

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, Senegal

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, dedicated to the Westafrican peace mission.