Luxair

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Luxembourg Airlines

IATA LG	ICAO LGL	Callsign LUXAIR
Founded		1961
Hubs		Luxembourg-Findel International Airport
Fleet size		15 (May 2006)
Destinations		53 (20 Countries)
Parent company		State owned
Headquarters		Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Key people		Adrien Ney (CEO)
Website: http://www.luxair.lu/

Luxair (Luxair Société Luxembourgeoise de Navigation Aérienne SA) is the national airline of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Incidents and accidents
4 Fleet
5 External links
6 References

[edit] History

Originating from the Luxembourg Airlines Company, which was created in 1948, Luxair was created in 1961 to meet the requirements of an expanding demand for air connections between Luxembourg and other European capitals.

In 1962, Luxair started flight operations with the launch of the Luxembourg-Paris route with a Fokker F27 Friendship. By 1967, Luxair's fleet consisted of three Fokker Friendship and one Vickers Viscount. The latter was replaced in 1970 by the airline's first jet liner, a Caravelle built by Sud Aviation in Toulouse. The first Boeing aircraft, a Boeing 737-200, joined the fleet in 1977. Over the years, Luxair gradually replaced its fleet with modern Boeing 737-400 and Boeing 737-500 jets as well as Fokker 50 turbo-props and Embraer jets. The Fokker 50 are no longer in service, having being replaced on most routes by the Embraers. ^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, Luxair ordered 2 new Boeing 737-700 to replace its existing fleet of older jets. The first of those aircraft was delivered on 18 February 2004, introducing a new corporate identity for the company. It is the first winglet equipped aircraft of the type in service in Europe.

[edit] Destinations

See full article: Luxair destinations

[edit] Incidents and accidents

Luxair Boeing 737.

Luxair Embraer ERJ-145

On November 6, 2002 Luxair Flight 9642, a Fokker 50 aircraft flying from Berlin, Germany crashed in a field near the village of Niederanven during final approach to Luxembourg airport, killing 20 passengers and crew. This was Luxair's first accident in its 40 year existence.

At the end of the same year a Luxair plane had problems with the steering after touch-down on runway 06 and exited the runway to the right into the grass. The aircraft came to rest in a fence. Fortunately nobody was hurt, but there was severe damage to the aircraft.

On December 22, 1969, Vickers Viscount LX-LGC flying from Frankfurt International Airport hit a snowbank on the runway while touching down at Luxembourg airport in severe weather. No passengers where killed, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It was scrapped in May 1970. ^{[citation needed]}