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Strategic Airlines Luxembourg

Logo: Strategic Airlines, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Charter airline from Luxembourg

Strategic Airlines SA, known as Strategic Airlines Luxembourg or Strategic Airlines, was a charter airline headquartered in Luxembourg that operated flights out of the United Kingdom. The airline had bases at Manchester, Birmingham and London-Gatwick offering holiday charter flights for mainly tour operators.2 It ceased to exist in 2012.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Strategic Airlines SA, known as Strategic Airlines Luxembourg or Strategic Airlines, was a charter airline headquartered in Luxembourg that operated flights out of the United Kingdom. The airline had bases at Manchester, Birmingham and London-Gatwick offering holiday charter flights for mainly tour operators.2

The story

The airline was created in July 2010 in Luxembourg as a subsidiary of the Australian airline Strategic Airlines, which later rebranded as Air Australia on 15 November 2011.

Strategic Airlines commenced services in October 2010 with one Airbus A320 aircraft from its bases at Manchester, Birmingham and London-Gatwick. The airline increased its fleet to three Airbus A320s in 2011.

On 17 February 2012, Air Australia, its parent company ceased operations. Strategic Airlines continued to operate as normal until Olympic Holidays, its only operating tour operator ended its contract on 3 October 2012. Strategic Airlines Luxembourg entered administration on 4 October 2012.

From Wikipedia’s article on Strategic Airlines Luxembourg, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

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Fleet

The Strategic Airlines Luxembourg fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 19.3 years as of August 2012:

Destinations

Flights operated from London Gatwick.

Cyprus

Larnaca Airport

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Paphos Airport

Greece

Corfu – Ioannis Kapodistrias Airport

Heraklion International Airport

Rhodes International Airport

Skiathos Airport

Thessaloniki Airport

Zakynthos Airport

Flights operated from Manchester Airport (as of August 2012):

Cyprus

Larnaca Airport

Paphos Airport

Greece

Corfu – Ioannis Kapodistrias Airport

Heraklion International Airport

Kos International Airport

Rhodes International Airport

Skiathos Airport

Zakynthos Airport

Flights operate from Birmingham Airport

Greece

Corfu – Ioannis Kapodistrias Airport

Heraklion International Airport

Zakynthos Airport

Rhodes - Diagoras Airport

From Wikipedia’s article on Strategic Airlines Luxembourg, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. Oct 2012Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2010Founded Founded1