About Aegean Airlines
Aegean Airlines was founded as Aegean Aviation in 1987. It was originally a VIP/business air operation specializing in executive and air ambulance services. On 17 February 1992, it became the first airline to be issued with a Greek independent air operator's licence. After it was bought by Vasilakis Group in 1994, Aegean Aviation commenced VIP flights from Athens all over the world with wholly owned Learjet aircraft. The Aegean Airlines title was adopted with the start of scheduled passenger services at the end of May 1999. Its first commercial flights were from Athens to Heraklion, Crete and Thessaloniki, Macedonia, with 2 brand new wholly owned BAe 146/RJ100. During 2000 Aegean bought Air-Greece. After an agreement in March 2001 to merge Aegean and Cronus Airlines, it operated for a while as Aegean Cronus Airlines until full integration. Since 2005, the airline is in partenrship with Lufthansa, offering participation to the Miles & More program. Its flights, except from its A3 code, also have the L
    The fleet
Aegean Airline's fleet is composed of the following:
- 6 units BAe Avro RJ100
- 6 units Boeing 737-300
- 9 units Boeing 737-400
- 1 units Bombardier Learjet 60.