Eurowings
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| Founded | 1993 | |||
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| Commenced operations | 1 January 1994 | |||
| Hubs | Düsseldorf International Airport | |||
| Focus cities |
Nuremberg Airport Hamburg Airport | |||
| Frequent-flyer program | Miles & More | |||
| Alliance | Star Alliance | |||
| Fleet size | 23 | |||
| Destinations | 48 | |||
| Parent company | Deutsche Lufthansa AG | |||
| Headquarters | Düsseldorf, Germany | |||
| Key people | Friedrich Wilhelm Weitholz (Chairman) | |||
| Website | eurowings.com | |||
Eurowings Luftverkehrs AG, part of Lufthansa Regional, is an airline with its head office in the Düsseldorf Administrative Center (Verwaltungsstandort Düsseldorf) in Düsseldorf, Germany.[1] Eurowings operates scheduled domestic and European flights on behalf of Lufthansa.
Previously its head office was in the Dortmund Administrative Center (Verwaltungsstandort Dortmund) at Dortmund Airport in Dortmund,[2] with Düsseldorf designated as the seat of the company.[3] The headquarters and maintenance base at Dortmund Airport were recently closed.
History
The airline was formed in 1993 following a merger of Nürnberger Flugdienst (NFD) and Reise- und Industrieflug (RFG), two commuter airlines based in Nürnberg and Dortmund, respectively. Flight operations using an initial fleet of ATR 42 and 72 aircraft inherited from Eurowing's predecessors were launched on 1 January 1994. Subsequently, BAe 146 aircraft were added to the fleet, which were later followed by larger Airbus A320 family aircraft and even an Airbus A310.[4] Independent flight operations came to end when Eurowings was acquired by Lufthansa.
As at 31 December 2006, Lufthansa had a 49% shareholding in Eurowings with a call option for 50.91% of the remaining stakes, bringing the company into the Lufthansa Group fold.[5] At that time, Eurowings was the owner of Germanwings, thus creating a low-cost branch within the Lufthansa trust. Plans to merge these two airlines with TUIfly (controlled by TUI Travel) into a joint and independent holding company, were brought forth during 2008, but did not materialize.[6] Instead, Lufthansa announced in December 2008 to acquire Germanwings from Eurowings.[7]
In September 2010 Eurowings closed its headquarters and technical infrastructure in Dortmund, Germany, and moved to Düsseldorf. In March 2011, the maintenance division at Nürnberg Airport was also closed.
In late 2013/early 2014 Eurowings will start to operate flights for sister airline Germanwings as short haul flights, that are not operated from Frankfurt or Munich, are transferred from Lufthansa to Germanwings. [8]
Destinations
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Eurowings serves the following destinations on behalf of Lufthansa Regional (as of December 2012): [9]
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Fleet
As of July 2013, the Eurowings fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 3.1 years, which are all painted in Lufthansa Regional colors:[10][11]
| Aircraft | In Service | Passengers |
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| Bombardier CRJ900 | ||
| Total | 23 |
Fleet development
Over the years, Eurowings operated the following aircraft types:[4]
| Aircraft | Introduced | Retired |
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| Airbus A310 | ||
| Airbus A319 | ||
| Airbus A320 | ||
| ATR 42 | ||
| ATR 72 | ||
| Boeing 737-300 | ||
| BAe 146 | ||
| Bombardier CRJ200 | ||
| Bombardier CRJ700 | ||
| Bombardier CRJ900 | ||
| Dornier 328[12] | ||
References
- ↑ "Düsseldorf Administrative Center." (German version) Eurowings. Retrieved on 10 November 2011. "Düsseldorf Administrative Center Eurowings Luftverkehrs AG Großenbaumer Weg 6 D-40472 Düsseldorf Germany" - Map (German) and Directions (German)
- ↑ "Dortmund Administrative Center." (German version, Map) Eurowings. Retrieved on 28 January 2011. "Dortmund Administrative Center Eurowings Luftverkehrs AG Flugplatz 21 44319 Dortmund Germany."
- ↑ "Imprint." Eurowings. Retrieved on 28 January 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Eurowings historic fleet list at airfleets.net
- ↑ "Annual Report 2006" (PDF). Lufthansa AG. Page 176. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
- ↑ Announcement of TUI AG
- ↑ Eurowings to sell Germanwings stake to Lufthansa
- ↑ lufthansa.com
- ↑ http://lufthansa.innosked.com/(S(ijth2o55qabbdu454lxxxf55))/Default.aspx?lang_id=en&country=uk Lufthansa Group Route Map
- ↑ Eurowings fleet list at airfleets.net
- ↑ Eurowings fleet age at airfleets.net
- ↑ D-CATS OLT Dornier 328-110 - cn 3009
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