Bavaria Fluggesellschaft
Dates of Operation:- 1957 to 1977
Headquarters:- Munich, Germany
Fleet Size:- 6
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IATA Code BV
ICAO Code xxx
Overview
Bavaria Fluggesellschaft was a West German airline founded in 1957 and was merged with Germanair to become Bavaria Germanair in March 1977.
Current Fleet
Ceased
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Ceased
Historic Overview
This airline was founded in 1957 as Bavaria Fluggesellschaft Schwabe & Co. In January 1958 the first aircraft, a Piper PA-23 Apache, was used for air taxi work. In 1959 the Twin Beech was added. Three Douglas DC-3s were acquired in 1960 and flown until disposal in 1967 and by this time the main business was carrying freight on behalf of Lufthansa.
With increased passenger traffic, the first Handley Page Dart Herald was added in 1964 and by 1966 three were in service and about 800,000 passengers were carried that year including on seasonal holiday flights to the United Kingdom.[4] In order to expand further, the BAC 1-11 jet airliner was added to the fleet in 1968 after an aircraft had been leased for a few months in 1967. In 1969, a Handley Page Jetstream small turboprop aircraft was added to the regional schedules. The latter aircraft was involved in a fatal accident on 6 March 1970.
In 1974, a close cooperation was established with fellow airline Germanair which culminated in the merger of both airlines to become Bavaria Germanair on 1 March 1977.
Detailed Timeline
Date:- 1-Mar-1977
Merged with Germanair to create Bavaria Germanair
Date:- x
Date:- 6-Mar-1970
A Handley Page Jetstream departed Munich-Riem Airport, West Germany, for Samedan Airport, Switzerland. The aircraft crashed into snow about 3 km (1.9 mi) and 0.5 km (0.31 mi) left of Samedan airport's runway centreline. The aircraft was written-off and all nine passengers and both crew (including the airline main animator Max Schwabe) were killed.
Date:- Jun-1966
Bavaria received a 3rd Herald, D-BOBO “Herald of the Alps”, c/no 165. All Bavaria Herald carry the Olympic symbol and the figure “1972”.
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Fleet Summary
BAC 111 15
Douglas DC-3 (C-47) 3
Handley-Page Herald 3
Handley-Page HP-137 Jetstream 1
Historic Fleet
D-INAH Handley Page HP-137 Jetstream Mk 1 c/n 205
New 22-Oct-1969 (G-AXEM)
Written off 6-Mar-1970 at Samedan, Switzerland
D-CADE Douglas C-47B-20-DK c/n 27108 FF 12-Jan-1956
Acquired 9-Dec-1960 from Lufthansa,
Leased to Transair Sweden, Mar-1961 to Dec-1961
Sold to British Aircraft Corp 14-Mar-1967 as G-41-2-67
D-CADO Douglas C-47A-30-DK c/n 25427 FF 23-Aug-1944
Acquired 11-Feb-1960 from Lufthansa
Sold to British Aircraft Corp 28-Jul-1967 as G-41-1-67
D-CORA Douglas C-47B-DK c/n 32867 FF 2-Apr-1945
Acquired 1963 from Dhofar City AW (Oman) ex N5050
Sold to British Aircraft Corp 1967 as G-41-3-67
D Douglas DC3A c/n 1972 FF 6-Aug-1937
Acquired Jun-1964 ex Austria Flugdienst as OE-GDB
D-BEBE Handley Page HPR-7 Herald 213 cn 179 FF 30-Jul-1964
New 29-Mar-1965
Sold to British Island AW 31-Mar-1970 as G-AYMG
D-BIBI Handley Page HPB-7 Herald 213 cn 176 FF 2-Apr-1964
New 1-May-1964
Sold to British Island AW 22-Jun-1967 as G-AVPN
G-AYHM BAC 111‑402AP 161 RR Spey 511-14 39,500 kg BOH 20-Sep-1968 Bavaria Aug-1970 Jan-1971 Export Refinancing Corp leased from British A/c Corp (Leased & Returned) Ultimate fate obscure Airline
D-BOBO Herald 207 165 RR Dart Mk.527 19,800 kg EGTL 12-Dec-1962 Bavaria 04-Apr-1966 owned ex G‑ATHE @ Handley Page To (Handley Page G-ATHE) Scrapped Airline
D-BIBI Herald 213 176 RR Dart Mk.527 19,500 kg EGTL 02-Apr-1964 01-May-1964 Bavaria 05-May-1964 01-May-1964 22-Jun-1967 owned To (Handley Page G-AVPN) Preserved 08-Dec-1997 Airline
G-AVEJ BAC 111‑402AP 94 RR Spey 511-14 40,100 kg BOH 03-Jan-1967 23-Mar-1967 Bavaria 01-Mar-1967 01-Oct-1967 owned leased from British A/c Corp (Leased & Returned) Destroyed 26-Jun-1991 Airline (D-AFWB ntu)
D-ANDY BAC 111‑414EG 127 RR Spey 511-14W 40,100 kg BOH 06-Dec-1967 29-Dec-1967 Bavaria 29-Dec-1967 19-Jul-1970 29-Jul-1970 owned ex G‑16‑3 To (Dan-Air London G-AZED) Scrapped Airline
G-AWGG BAC 111‑413FA 116 RR Spey 511-14W 39,900 kg BOH 20-Jun-1968 25-Jun-1968 Bavaria 19-Jun-1968 Jun-1968 Oct-1968 24-Oct-1968 Export Refinancing Corp leased from British A/c Corp (Leased & Returned) Scrapped Sep-1981 Airline
D-ALLI BAC 111‑413FA 116 RR Spey 511-14W 39,900 kg BOH 20-Jun-1968 25-Jun-1968 Bavaria Apr-1969 01-Nov-1975 30-Jul-1977 owned ex G‑AWGG @ British A/c Corp To (Hapag-Lloyd Fluggesellschaft Bavaria-Germanair) Scrapped Sep-1981 Airline
G-AXMG BAC 111‑518FG 201 RR Spey 47,400 kg BOH 08-Dec-1969 18-Dec-1969 Bavaria 01-May-1976 01-Oct-1976 British A/c Corp leased from Court Line Avn (Leased & Returned) Scrapped 27-Jun-2005 Airline
D-AILY BAC 111‑414EG 163 RR Spey511-14(HK3/QTA) 40,100 kg BOH 26-Jan-1970 26-Feb-1970 Bavaria 26-Feb-1970 01-Nov-1975 owned To (Civil N123H) Derelict 10-Dec-2009 09-Jan-2018 Airline
D-AISY BAC 111‑414EG 158 RR Spey511-14(HK2/QTA) 40,100 kg BOH 17-Apr-1970 22-Apr-1970 Bavaria 22-Apr-1970 30-Mar-1977 owned To (Hapag-Lloyd Fluggesellschaft Bavaria-Germanair) Derelict 2011 Airline D-ANDI ntu ?
D-AMUC BAC 111‑528SP 227 RR Spey 47,400 kg BOH 28-Oct-1970 03-Dec-1970 Bavaria 03-Dec-1970 30-Jul-1977 owned To (Hapag-Lloyd Fluggesellschaft Bavaria-Germanair) Scrapped 02-Aug-1993 14-May-1994 Airline
D-ANNO BAC 111‑414EG 160 RR Spey 511-14W 38,900 kg BOH 19-Dec-1970 22-Dec-1970 Bavaria 22-Dec-1970 30-Jul-1977 owned To (Hapag-Lloyd Fluggesellschaft Bavaria-Germanair) Scrapped 2009 Airline
D-ALFA BAC 111‑528SP 234 RR Spey 47,400 kg BOH 08-Feb-1971 26-Feb-1971 Bavaria 26-Feb-1971 01-Jan-1979 30-Mar-1977 owned To (Hapag-Lloyd Fluggesellschaft Bavaria-Germanair) Active Airline
D-ANUE BAC 111‑528SP 238 RR Spey 47,400 kg BOH 28-Feb-1972 15-Mar-1972 Bavaria 15-Mar-1972 01-Jan-1979 30-Mar-1977 owned To (Hapag-Lloyd Fluggesellschaft Bavaria-Germanair) Active Airline
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