Hahnair
 Hahnair's Cessna Citation Latitude | |||||||
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| Founded | 1994 | ||||||
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| Parent company | Saspo Holding GmbH | ||||||
| Headquarters | Dreieich, Germany | ||||||
| Employees | 137 (in Dreieich, as of 2024)[1] | ||||||
| Website | hahnair | ||||||
Hahnair is a German ticketing service provider and airline based in Dreieich, Germany. The company's main business are ticketing services that give travel agencies access to airlines via global distribution systems (GDS).[2][3] The company also offers scheduled and charter air services from Düsseldorf Airport, where its aircraft are based. Hahnair is a wholly owned subsidiary of Saspo Holding GmbH.[4]
History
[edit]Hahnair was founded in 1994 as a subsidiary of Saspo Holding GmbH.[5][6] In 1999, the company began offering indirect distribution services to other airlines.[2] Hahnair provides airline ticketing services for IATA-accredited travel agencies, which has become the company's main business.[7]
Structure and locations
[edit]Hahnair owns one foreign subsidiary, Hahn Air Uruguay S.A., based in Montevideo, Uruguay. To cover global time zones, in addition to its headquarters in Dreieich, travel agency service desks are also operated in Uruguay and the Philippines. Smaller additional locations of Hahnair are located in India, Vietnam, Brazil, Ukraine, and South Africa.[1]
As of 2021, Hahnair works with more than 100,000 travel agencies in 190 countries and has a partner network that encompasses more than 350 airlines.[8][9][10] In 2019, the company sold flight tickets with a total value of about $1 billion.[citation needed]
Business
[edit]Airline ticket sales
[edit]Serving as a ticketing service provider worldwide is the company's main business.[7][11] Hahnair enables travel agencies to issue tickets for airlines that are not directly participating in a GDS or in the BSP (Billing and Settlement Plan) through which the billing is processed.[12] It is the largest company of its kind worldwide. Next to smaller airlines, Hahnair works or has worked with large airlines including Emirates, Jet Airways, Cathay Pacific, WestJet, Condor and LATAM Airlines.[13]
In 2012, Hahnair started Hahnair Systems, which acts as an intermediary between airlines and the major global distribution systems used in the travel industry. Through H1-Air, airlines without extensive GDS access can still be distributed and booked under the H1 code.[citation needed]
Fleet and destinations
[edit]Since 2004, Hahnair also offers charter flights on demand with its small flight operation.[14] The fleet of Hahnair consists of two jets, the Cessna Citation Latitude and the Cessna Citation CJ3+. They can accommodate up to eight and seven passengers, respectively.[15][16]
In 2017, the only regular route operated by Hahnair was between Düsseldorf and Luxembourg.[17] Since May 2018, Hahnair has been operating weekly flights between Düsseldorf and Palma de Mallorca. These flights take place on weekends, specifically on Fridays and Saturdays, and are conducted with a Cessna aircraft.[18]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Hahn Air Lines, annual financial statements for the financial year from 01.01.2024 to 31.12.2024, published in the Unternehmensregister on 15 October 2025, retrieved on 1 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Schulungen im Burghof". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 2010-10-28. p. 53.
- ↑ "AeroCRS provides its airlines with global distribution via Hahnair Systems". AeroCRS. 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ Elisa von Erdmann (2022-02-24). "Blackolive betreut 5.300 m² Vertragsverlängerung". Blackolive.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ "Hahn Air Lines GmbH". IHK (in German). Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ "Von Berlin nonstop nach Salzburg". Handelsblatt (in German). 2000-10-05. p. 64.
- 1 2 "91.000 Reisebüros weltweit fliegen auf Hahn Air". Tourismuswirtschaft Austria & International (in German). 2014-07-03.
- ↑ "Millionen für Sportanlage Millionen für Sportanlage". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 2013-07-05. p. 58.
- ↑ Satu Dahl (2021-01-15). "Hahn Air: creating value". Aviation Business News (in German). Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ Timo Nowack (2019-01-17). "Wenn die Airline zur Nebensache wird". Aerotelegraph (in German). Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ Gabriele Simmini (2024-07-08). "Fenomeno "just one code", viaggio nel quartier generale Hahnair". L'Agenzia di Viaggi Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ Martin Jürs (2022). ""Wir bringen Airlines und Reisebüros zusammen"". FVW Magazine (in German). No. 13. p. 19.
- ↑ Volker K. Thomalla (2015). "Kleiner Branchenriese". Flug Revue (in German). No. 5. pp. 38–40.
- ↑ Charles Kennedy (2017-07-20). "Hahn Air Small Operator, Big Player". Key Aero (in German). Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ "Our Fleet". Hahn Air Aero. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ Recklies, Benjamin (2023-10-26). "Flüge ab Düsseldorf: Hahn Air bekommt erste Cessna Citation CJ3 Gen 2 in Europa". Aerotelegraph (in German). Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ Dyrk Scherff (2017-07-26). "Deutschlands unbekannte Fluggesellschaften". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ "Neues Angebot in Düsseldorf: Mit dem Luxusflieger nach Mallorca". Rheinische Post (in German). 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
