ProAir reports growing sports charter business after signing an agreement that makes it the exclusive partner of HRG Sports, the sports specialist division of HRG Hogg Robinson Group.

"In the first six months of the year ProAir have welcomed on board the elite of German football including the players and officials of Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt, VfL Wolfsburg, Hertha BSC Berlin, 1. FC Nuernberg, and the Austrian Championship runners-up Red Bull Salzburg," says business development manager Markus Ciravenga.

ProAir, official partner for flights to football's UEFA Cup and Champions League games, will provide services for HRG Sports Frankfurt, Liga Travel, B.E.S.T. Borussia Euro Lloyd Sports Travel, BaySports Travel, FC Bayern Tours and Euro Lloyd DFB Reisebuero.

Charters have also included one for Formula One world champion Mika Haekkinen. Ciravenga says Fairway-Golfreisen, Grunberg, provider of golf holidays, will co-operate on customised charters.