AIS Airlines is a Dutch airline headquartered at Lelystad Airport in the Netherlands.[1] It operates charter and wet lease services all over Europe.
The AIS Group also includes AIS Technics which provides technical support and the AIS Flight Academy. The AIS Flight Academy is a flight school located at Lelystad Airport and is engaged in the integrated training of commercial pilots (ATPL(A)). In addition, to the flight school, AIS has a so-called 'type training' for the Jetstream 31/32. AIS's Jetstream full flight simulator is the only approved simulator for this aircraft type in the world. The Group consist of: AIS Airlines, AIS Flight Academy, AIS CAMO, AIS SIM Department and AIS Development.
Overview
The company started as a flight school and then expanded into the airline business.
The airline aquirred two British Aerospace Jetstream 32 turboprop aircraft, PH-CCI and PH-DCI (former Tamir Airlines 4X-CII and 4X-CIJ). Upon receiving the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) in 2012, AIS Airlines started wet lease operations for Manx2, Airlink, Krohn Air and Direktflyg.
First routes under own commercial responsibility were started between Munster Osnabruck and Stuttgart. An expansion of scheduled routes, within Germany, in 2014, included Bremen to Zurich (both direct and via Munster), some of which were formerly served by the now-defunct