Private company

Amerer Air

Logo: amererair.com3

Austrian cargo airline

Amerer Air was a cargo airline based in Linz, Austria. It was Austria's largest dedicated cargo airline, operating services from Linz and Cologne throughout Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Its main base was Linz Airport.2 It ceased to exist in 2012.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1995Founded1
Lockheed Electra
Photo: The original uploader was Xenomorph at German Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Amerer Air was a cargo airline based in Linz, Austria. It was Austria's largest dedicated cargo airline, operating services from Linz and Cologne throughout Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Its main base was Linz Airport. The airline was owned by Heinz Peter Amerer (50%) and Susanne Amerer (50%) and had 40 employees.2

The story

The airline was established and started operations in 1995 with one freighter Fokker F27 Mk500. Between 1997 and 2006 two Lockheed L-188 Electras were operated for United Parcel Service and TNT N.V. In 1999, international long distance road transport was introduced to supplement air freight activities. In October 2011 all airline-type operations were halted.

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Products and brands

The airline operated:

2 Fokker F27 Mk500

2 Lockheed L-188 Electra

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Timeline

  1. 2012Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1995Founded Founded1

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