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Sylt Air

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German regional airline

Sylt Air GmbH is an airline based at Sylt-Ost, Germany, operating chartered and scheduled flights from Sylt Airport.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1963Founded1

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Photo: Markus Eigenheer from Genève, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Sylt Air GmbH is an airline based at Sylt-Ost, Germany, operating chartered and scheduled flights from Sylt Airport.2

The story

The company was founded in 1963 by Ulrich Schreiber as Friesenflug. From 1978 until 1998 the Polish pilot Kasimir Samp and his wife Ursula owned the company. In 1998, it was sold to Aeroline(since 2001 Sylt Air). Celebrities like playboy Günter Sachs, actor Charles Brauer, comedian Karl Dall, box-champion Dariusz Michalczewski or designer Brigitte Stohlmann frequently were on board on the scheduled flights from Hamburg.

Since January 2025 Peter Siemiatkowski sold Sylt Air to PAD Aviation from Padeborn.

From Wikipedia’s article on Sylt Air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Destinations

Sylt Air operates summer seasonal scheduled flights between Sylt Airport and Hamburg Airport. It also offers scenic flights around Sylt and the Frisian Islands as well as other charter operations.

During the summer time 2023 a connection to Dortmund is going to be established by a new Cessna Caravan turboprop plane.

Fleet

As of April 2023, the Sylt Air fleet includes the following aircraft:

From Wikipedia’s article on Sylt Air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Friesenflug1

Timeline

  1. 1963Founded Founded1

Sources

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