The Team

We introduce ourselves.

Matthäus Smodis

Matthäus Smodis

Managing director und airship pilot

As a captain of a large German airline with more than 20,000 flight hours on commercial aircrafts his passion of flying hot air balloons led him to hot-air airships. In 2004, he founded the company air graphic and he is always happy when time permits him to take over some airship flights himself.

Stefanie Smodis

Stefanie Smodis

Sales management, Marketing

As a former flight attendant during her studies and after many years as an employee in the Marketing and Customer Care department of a large German airline, flying is still her passion. Together with her husband she is responsible for all aspects of administration and management at air graphic.

David Hasenclever

David Hasenclever

Airship pilot

He joined us in 2004 as a crewmember. In spring 2016, he got his pilot licence and now he is part of our pilot team.

Frank Scheer

Frank Scheer

Crewchief and airship technician


And a team of highly motivated ground staff