Founded | 2013 |
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Commenced operations | March 2014 |
Operating bases | Mannheim City Airport |
Fleet size | 1 [1] |
Destinations | 4 [2] |
Headquarters | Mannheim, Germany |
Key people |
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Website |
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Rhein-Neckar Air GmbH, commonly known as RNA, is a German company that offers regional scheduled flights out of Mannheim City Airport. All flights are operated by the German airline MHS Aviation. [3]
After Cirrus Airlines ceased operations in 2012, Mannheim City Airport was left without any scheduled airline service. Although well connected to Frankfurt Airport, the local economy demanded the re-establishment of direct flight connections from the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region to other German cities. Rhein-Neckar Air was consequently founded as a LLC with the support of local companies such as SAP, Heidelberg Cement and Südzucker.[ citation needed]
Operations commenced on 10 March 2014, offering weekday flights between Mannheim City Airport and Berlin Tegel Airport. [4] [5] [6] After a successful start, flights to Hamburg began later that year. Since 2016 RNA flies seasonally (April–October) to the island of Sylt, flights which were also offered from Münster/Osnabrück in 2016 and from Nuremberg in 2017; [7] however both routes since ceased. The network has since been seasonally expanded with flights to Usedom which was also served from Kassel as of 2022. [8]
According to the company 35,000 passengers used its service per year as of 2017, a figure that decreased to 22,000 by 2022. [1]
In April 2023, RNA announced it would not resume its sole remaining year-round scheduled service to Hamburg, which it had suspended in 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, due to insufficient booking numbers. [9]
As of April 2023, Rhein-Neckar Air serves the following scheduled destinations: [2]
RNA also operates charter flights, including several local top division sports clubs, such as Adler Mannheim and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. [13]
As of January 2024, MHS Aviation operates the following aircraft for Rhein-Neckar Air: [1]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers |
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Dornier 328-110 | 1
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33
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Total | 1 | — |