Rhein-Neckar Air

Rhein-Neckar Air GmbH, commonly known as RNA, is a German company that offers regional scheduled flights out of Mannheim City Airport. All flights are operated by the German airline MHS Aviation.[1] The company's tag line is Fliegen wie privat, which means like flying privately.

Rhein-Neckar Air
Founded2013
Commenced operationsMarch 2014
Operating basesMannheim City Airport, Seckenheimer Landstraße 172, 68163 Mannheim
Fleet size3
Destinations3
HeadquartersMannheim, Germany
Key peopleDirk Eggert, Ansgar Gerken (CEO)
Websiteflyrna.com

History

After Cirrus Airlines ceased operations in 2012, Mannheim City Airport was left without any scheduled airline service. Although well connected to Frankfurt Airport, the local economy demanded the re-establishment of direct flight connections from the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region to other German cities. Rhein-Neckar Air was consequently founded as a LLC with the support of local companies such as SAP, Heidelberg Cement and Südzucker. Operations commenced on 10 March 2014, offering weekday flights between Mannheim City Airport and Berlin Tegel Airport.[2][3][4] After a successful start, flights to Hamburg began later that year. Since 2016 RNA flies seasonally (April-October) to the island of Sylt, flights which were also offered from Münster/Osnabrück in 2016 and from Nuremberg in 2017. According to the company 35,000 passengers use its service per year.[5]

Fleet
Dornier 328 of MHS Aviation used for Rhein-Neckar Air services
Rhein-Neckar Air fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers
Dornier 328-110 3 0 33

All aircraft are operated by MHS Aviation.

Destinations

The company operates round-year scheduled flights from Mannheim to Berlin and Hamburg.[6] It also operates seasonal flights from Mannheim to Sylt over the summer months. Other seasonal destinations have been Nuremberg Airport and Münster/Osnabrück Airport. RNA also operates charter flights for several local top division sports clubs, such as Adler Mannheim and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.

References
  1. LBA - Genehmigte deutsche Luftfahrtunternehmen (PDF)
  2. "Neue deutsche Regionalairline" [New German Regional Airline] (in German). aeroTELEGRAPH. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  3. "In 75 Minuten von Mannheim nach Berlin" [From Mannheim to Berlin in 75 Minutes] (in German). Rnz.de. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  4. Christian Schall (2014-01-31). "Rhein-Neckar Air hebt ab" [Rhein-Neckar Air Takes Off] (in German). Morgenweb.de. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  5. "Über uns" [About us]. flyrna.de (in German). 2017-11-05.
  6. http://www.austrianaviation.net/news-international/news-detail/datum/2014/09/22/mannheim-rna-fliegt-nach-hamburg.html


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