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{{Short description|Corporate charter airline from Germany}}
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|airline        = Elbe Air
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|ICAO           = LBR<ref name=airlinecodes>[https://airlinecodes.info/LBR airlinecodes.info - Elbe Air Transport] retrieved 4 March 2023</ref>
|callsign       = MOTION<ref name=airlinecodes/>
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|ceased         = 2008
|headquarters   = {{nowrap|[[Büren, Westphalia]], [[Germany]]}}
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|bases          = [[Paderborn Lippstadt Airport]]
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'''Elbe Air Lufttransport [[Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung|GmbH]]''', usually just known as '''[[Elbe]] Air''', was a [[Business jet|corporate charter]] airline from [[Germany]], which offered worldwide on-demand flight services. The company was headquartered in [[Büren, Westphalia]] and had its operational base at nearby [[Paderborn Lippstadt Airport]].<ref name="spiegel">{{Cite web |url=http://wissen.spiegel.de/wissen/image/show.html?did=24793095&aref=image034%2FE0237%2FSCSP200203700500050.pdf&thumb=false |title=Der Spiegel: ''Absolut tabu.'' Published on 9 September 2002 (in German). |access-date=5 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112201910/http://wissen.spiegel.de/wissen/image/show.html?did=24793095&aref=image034%2FE0237%2FSCSP200203700500050.pdf&thumb=false |archive-date=12 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.online-handelsregister.de/handelsregisterauszug/nw/Paderborn/E/Elbe+Air+Lufttransport+GmbH/669069 online-handelsregister.de - Elbe Air Lufttransport GmbH] retrieved 27 January 2019</ref>
==History==
In 2002, Elbe Air operated a fleet of three [[Dassault Falcon 20]] jets.<ref name="spiegel"/> In the same year, reports surfaced about poor safety and security standards with the airline. A former pilot had filed a report with the [[Luftfahrt-Bundesamt|German Federal Aviation Office]], concerning poorly trained pilots and ageing aircraft, which had not been properly maintained.<ref name="spiegel"/>
The airline filed for [[bankruptcy]] and was liquidated in 2008.<ref>[https://www.northdata.de/Elbe+Air+Lufttransport+GmbH,+B%C3%BCren/Amtsgericht+Paderborn+HRB+7866 northdata.de - Elbe Air Lufttransport GmbH, Büren✝︎] retrieved 4 March 2023</ref>
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{{Portalbar|Germany|Aviation}}
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[[Category:Airlines established in 1995]]
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[[Category:German companies disestablished in 2008]]
[[Category:German companies established in 1995]]
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