Corsair
In March 2019 INTRO Aviation acquired the majority stake of the French long-haul specialist Corsair International S.A. The airline is based in Paris-Orly and operated at the time of acquisition a fleet of 3 Boeing 747-400 and 4 Airbus A330 CEO’s flying destinations in the Indian Ocean, the Carribean, North America and Africa.
Aero_K
In 2016 INTRO Aviation invested in the set-up of this new and first real Low Cost Carrier in South Korea. Aero_K had its inaugural flight early April 2021 (at the height of the Corona pandemic). INTRO Aviation exclusively advised the airline management in business strategy as well as in the matters of operational, technical and commercial set-up of the airline. The airline will serve routes between South Korea and China, Taiwan and Japan with a fleet of Airbus A320 which is expected to grow to 15 by 2024.
CityJet
INTRO Aviation acquired the Irish regional airline CityJet Ltd. from Air France in 2014. With a fleet 20 jets CityJet serves a network mainly out of London City Airport and Dublin connecting destinations in continental Europe, UK and Ireland. Until takeover CityJet was merely an ACMI operator for Air France which was quickly transformed in a state-of-the-art scheduled airline operating successfully in a highly competitive environment.
LTU
INTRO Aviation acquired the highly loss-making German airline LTU International Airlines in 2006, an airline which is offering medium and long-haul flights from Germany.
Success came soon.
dba
In 2003 INTRO Aviation acquired British Airways' loss making German affiliate Deutsche BA in order to position the company in the market with the new brand dba and a fresh concept.
dba was restructured following a clear strategy operating high frequency business as a single class full-service-airline with a new fare concept. After only 15 months and the first time in its 12 year history dba is profitable – with just minor staff reductions.
NFD
INTRO founded Nürnberger Flugdienst ("NFD") in 1974 in Nuremberg. The airline grew to be the second largest scheduled carrier in Germany next to Lufthansa. Its fleet grew from 3 Fairchild Metroliners 3 to 9 Metroliners and 5 ATRs 42/72 and cooperated with Air France on all routes from Germany to France.