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Nightexpress

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Nightexpress

IATA	ICAO	Callsign
-	EXT^[1]	EXECUTIVE

Commenced operations

1984

Ceased operations

2017

Operating bases

Frankfurt Airport

Fleet size

Headquarters

Frankfurt, Germany

Key people

Yvonne Boag, Managing Director

Website

nightexpress.de

Nightexpress Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH was a small German cargo airline based at Frankfurt Airport.^[1] In 2013, the company was bought by BDA (Bespoke Distribution Aviation).^[2] The company ceased operations in late 2017.

Destinations[edit]

Nightexpress operated scheduled and chartered cargo flights from Frankfurt Airport, most of which were either to Birmingham AirportorCoventry Airport.^[3]

Fleet[edit]

Nightexpress Short 360

As of December 2015, the Nightexpress fleet consisted of the following aircraft:^[4]

Aircraft	Total	Notes
Short 360	2
Total	2

Accidents and incidents[edit]

Nightexpress Beechcraft 99

On 30 June 1999 at 02:41 UTC, Nightexpress Flight 114, a Beechcraft Model 99 (registered D-IBEX) crashed near Liège Airport, Belgium, killing the two pilots on board. The aircraft had left London Luton Airport at 01:25 UTC for a cargo flight to Frankfurt Airport, when the pilots reported failures in both engines at 02:34 UTC. The aircraft was cleared to perform an emergency landing at either Brussels Airport or Liège Airport, but ultimately crashed 5 nautical miles short of the latter's runway.^[5]