Air Kärnten (Klagenfurt) is an Austrian start-up looking to commence twice weekly direct flights from Klagenfurt, Austria, to London Southend this May using a CRJ200, which, Austrian Aviation Net reports, will be OY-RJC (cn 7015), sourced from Cimber (Sønderborg).
In addition, Air Kärnten is planning to operate charter services from Klagenfurt to Girona, Kos Hippocrates, Lisbon, Naples Capodichino, Rhodes International and Palma de Mallorca as well as from Graz to Preveza/Lefkas on behalf of tour operator Gruber Reisen Kärnten. The new Austrian carrier is majority owned by its managing director Ingo Hitzenhammer, who also owns 51% in Gruber Reisen Kärnten. The remaining shares are owned by Fakete Shabani (20%), previously involved in failed start-up Fly Eth (Vienna), and Peter Eduard (10%).
