Centralwings

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Centralwings
IATA
C0
ICAO
CLW
Callsign
CENTRALWINGS
Founded 2004
Hubs Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport
John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice
Fleet size 12
Destinations 36
Parent company LOT Polish Airlines
Company slogan Pay less, expect more
Headquarters Warsaw, Poland
Key people Waldemar Królikowski (CEO)
Website: http://www.centralwings.com/

Centralwings is a low-cost airline based in Warsaw, Poland. It is a low-fare subsidiary of LOT Polish Airlines, operating international services in Europe, using Boeing 737 aircraft. Its main base is Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport, with hubs at Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport and John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice[1].

There are reports that Centralwings could be shut down in a couple of months [[1]].

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[edit] History

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The airline was established in December 2004 and started operations in February 2005. Centralwings, as its name suggests, competes in the Central European market, namely Poland, with a fleet of LOT Boeing 737 aircraft.

[edit] Destinations

A detailed list of cities served can be found in Centralwings destinations. Centralwings is discontinuing flights on the following eleven routes:

  • Manchester - Gdańsk
  • Manchester - Warsaw
  • Manchester - Kraków
  • Manchester - Poznań
  • Edinburgh - Poznań
  • Shannon - Gdańsk
  • Cork - Kraków
  • Lille - Warsaw
  • London-Gatwick - Wroclaw
  • Birmingham - Kraków
  • Dortmund - Szczecin
Centralwings Boeing 737-400
Centralwings Boeing 737-400

[edit] Fleet

The Centralwings fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2008):

As of May 2008, the average age of the Centralwings fleet is 12.3 years ([2]).

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, p. 63.