Eurowings
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| Eurowings | ||
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| IATA EW |
ICAO EWG |
Callsign EUROWINGS |
| Founded | 1992 | |
| Hubs | Düsseldorf International Airport Nuremberg Airport Munich International 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 | |
| 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, but hubs are Düsseldorf International Airport, Nuremberg Airport, Munich International Airport and Hanover Airport. 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.[2]
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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%. [3] It wholly owns subsidiary airline, Germanwings.
[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, 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, Turin, Vienna, Warsaw, Wrocław, Zagreb and Zürich.
[edit] Fleet
The Eurowings fleet includes the following aircraft (January 2009[4]):
In January 2009, the Eurowings average fleet age was 12.0 years.[5]
The BAe 146 fleet is planned to be replaced by Bombardier CRJ-900 during 2009/2010.[6]
[edit] Gallery
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 CRJ-200 |
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 BAe 146-300 landing at Bristol International Airport, England |
[edit] References
- ^ "Contact." Eurowings. Retrieved on 26 May 2009.
- ^ Announcement of TUI AG [1]
- ^ "Annual Report 2006" (PDF). Lufthansa AG. Page 176. http://www.lufthansa-financials.de/servlet/PB/show/1020976/DLH_GB_2006e.pdf. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
- ^ Entry at ch-aviation
- ^ Eurowings Fleet Age
- ^ History 2008
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Official website (German)
- Fleet
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