Windrose Air
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Windrose Air is an airline
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...

 based in Schönefeld
Schönefeld
-Places in Germany:*Schönefeld, a municipality of Brandenburg near Berlin*Leipzig-Schönefeld, a quarter of Leipzig, Saxony*Schönefeld , a village in the town Beelitz, Brandenburg...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 operating business and private charter services, cargo and air ambulance services. It operates from Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport
Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport
Berlin-Schönefeld Airport is an international airport located near the town of Schönefeld in Brandenburg, directly at the southern border of Berlin and southeast of the city centre. Schönefeld was the major civil airport of East Germany , and the only airport serving East Berlin...

, Leipzig
Leipzig/Halle Airport
Leipzig/Halle Airport, sometimes called Schkeuditz Airport , is located in Schkeuditz, Saxony and serves both Leipzig, Saxony and Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.It has more than two million passengers per year....

 and Poznań-Ławica.

Fleet

The Windrose Air fleet comprises (as of January 2008):
  • 1 × Gulfstream G550
    Gulfstream V
    The Gulfstream V is a business jet aircraft produced by Gulfstream Aerospace. It is also used by the US military under the designation C-37A. The G500 and G550 are improved versions which are currently in production...

  • 1 × Gulfstream G IV-SP
    Gulfstream IV
    The Gulfstream IV and derivatives are a family of twin-jet aircraft, mainly for private or business use. The aircraft was designed and built by Gulfstream Aerospace, a General Dynamics company based in Savannah, Georgia, United States from 1985 until 2003.-Design and development:Gulfstream, in...

  • 1 × Bombardier CL-600-2B16 Challenger (Challenger 604)
    Bombardier Challenger 600
    The Bombardier Challenger 600 series is a family of business jets designed by Bill Lear and produced first by Canadair until that company was bought by Bombardier Aerospace in 1986.-Development:...

  • 1 × Cessna 560XL Citation Citation XLS
    Cessna Citation Excel
    |-Operators:The aircraft is operated by private individuals, companies, fractionals, charter operators and aircraft management companies.*******-See also:-External links:* * *...

  • 1 × Cessna 560 Citation Citation V
  • 1 × Cessna 550 Citation Bravo
  • 1 × Cessna 525B CitationJet CJ3
  • 2 × Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2
  • 1 × Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1
  • 1 × Bell 206 JetRanger
    Bell 206
    The Bell 206 is a family of two-bladed, single- or twin-engine helicopters, manufactured by Bell Helicopter at its Mirabel, Quebec plant. Originally developed as the Bell YOH-4 for the United States Army's Light Observation Helicopter program, the 206 failed to be selected...


Incidents and accidents

On December 19, 2010 the Beechcraft Premier I (Aircraft registration
Aircraft registration
An aircraft registration is a unique alphanumeric string that identifies a civil aircraft, in similar fashion to a licence plate on an automobile...

: D-IAYL) corporate jet crashed into a transformation station in the municipality Bever
Bever, Switzerland
Bever is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.-Geography:Bever has an area, , of . Of this area, 14.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14.9% is forested...

 near the Samedan Airport
Samedan Airport
Samedan Airport , also known as Engadin Airport, is a regional airport in Samedan in the Engadin valley of Switzerland, just 5 km from St. Moritz.At an elevation of 1,707 metres it is one of the highest airports in Europe...

and killed both crew members.

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