Eurowings
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| Founded | 1993 | |||
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| Hubs | Düsseldorf International Airport Nuremberg Airport Munich Airport Hanover Airport |
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| Frequent flyer program | Miles & More (in cooperation with Deutsche Lufthansa) | |||
| Fleet size | 34 | |||
| Destinations | 38 | |||
| Parent company | Deutsche Lufthansa AG | |||
| Headquarters | Dortmund, Germany, seat of the company in Nuremberg, Germany | |||
| Key people | Friedrich Wilhelm Weitholz (Chairman) | |||
| Website | http://www.eurowings.com/en/ | |||
Eurowings Luftverkehrs AG is an airline based in Dortmund, Germany.[1] It is a regional airline, part of Lufthansa Regional, operating scheduled domestic and regional services for Lufthansa. The headquarter is located at Dortmund Airport, the hubs are Dortmund Airport, Düsseldorf International Airport, Nuremberg Airport, Munich Airport and Hanover Airport.
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[edit] History
The airline was established in 1992 and started operations on 1 January 1994. It was formed by the merger of NFD Luftverkehrs AG of Nuremberg (founded in 1975) and RFG Regionalflug of Dortmund (founded in 1976). As at 31 December 2006, Lufthansa had a 49% shareholding in Eurowings, bringing the company into the Lufthansa Group fold. Lufthansa have a call option for a further 50.91%. [2]
It wholly owned low-cost airline, Germanwings.
On 29 January 2008, plans were announced to merge low-cost airline operations of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and TUI Travel PLC (Germanwings, Eurowings, TUIfly) into a joint and independent holding company.[3] These plans were scrapped in October 2008, and in December it was announced that Lufthansa would maintain its 49% stake in Eurowings while acquiring Germanwings from it. It had some 5 ATR-42 and 6 ATR-72 aircraft from NFD (Nurnberger Dienst) (Which went in service from 1973-1993). [4]
[edit] Destinations
Eurowings operates the following services (at January 2009):[citation needed]
- Domestic scheduled destinations: Berlin, Bremen, Cologne, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Friedrichshafen, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Münster, Nuremberg, Paderborn and Stuttgart.
- International scheduled destinations: Amsterdam, Balaton, Basel/Mulhouse, Birmingham, Bologna, Bristol, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhagen, Geneva, Gothenburg, Graz, London City, London Heathrow, Lyon, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Newquay (seasonal), Newcastle, Paris, Prague, Sofia, Turin, Vienna, Warsaw, Wrocław, Zagreb and Zürich.
[edit] Fleet
As of January 2010 the Eurowings fleet includes the following aircraft:[5]
| Aircraft | Number | Passengers | Photo | Notes |
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| BAe 146-200 | 2 | 92 |  |
to be replaced with Bombardier CRJ-900 |
| BAe 146-300 | 4 | 98 |  |
to be replaced with Bombardier CRJ-900 |
| Bombardier CRJ200 | 18 | 50 | .jpg){kind=small} |
1 CRJ100LR, 4 CRJ200LR, 13 CRJ200ER, to be phased out. |
| Bombardier CRJ-700 | 2 | 70 | To be phased out. | |
| Bombardier CRJ-900 | 10 5 on order |
86 | will replace BAe 146 1 CRJ900LR, 9 CRJ900 | |
| Total | 36 |
In January 2010, the Eurowings average fleet age was 8.7 years.[6]
The BAe 146 fleet is due to be replaced by Bombardier CRJ-900s during 2009/2010.[7] Five of the aircraft had already returned to BAe or find themselves in Phase-Out Check in Exeter.
[edit] Gallery
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CRJ-200 |
 CRJ-200 |
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 BAe 146-300 landing at Bristol International Airport, England |
[edit] References
- ^ "Contact." Eurowings. Retrieved on 26 May 2009.
- ^ "Annual Report 2006" (PDF). Lufthansa AG. Page 176. http://www.lufthansa-financials.de/servlet/PB/show/1020976/DLH_GB_2006e.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
- ^ Announcement of TUI AG [1]
- ^ Eurowings to sell Germanwings stake to Lufthansa [2]
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- ^ [4]
- ^ History 2008
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Official website (German)
- Fleet
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