Germanwings

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Germanwings
IATA
4U		 ICAO
GWI		 Callsign
GERMAN WINGS
Founded 1997
Hubs Cologne Bonn Airport
Stuttgart Airport
Focus cities Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport
Hamburg Airport
Dortmund Airport
Frequent flyer program Boomerang Club
Fleet size 28 (+10 orders)
Destinations 67
Parent company Eurowings
Company slogan "Deine Flügel" or "Your Wings"
Headquarters Dortmund, Germany
Key people Thomas Winkelmann (CEO)
Dr. Joachim Klein
Website: http://www.germanwings.com

Germanwings is a low-cost airline based in Cologne and Bonn, Germany. It operates services to over 66 destinations in Europe. Its main base is Cologne Bonn Airport, with secondary bases at Stuttgart Airport, Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport and Hamburg Airport and Dortmund Airport.[1] On 29th 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 1997 (as "Eurowings Flug GmbH") and was renamed to Germanwings GmbH on 27 October 2002. It is wholly owned by Eurowings, which is fully controlled and 49% owned by Lufthansa. Its main competitors are other no-frills carriers such as Ryanair and easyJet as well as TUIfly and Air Berlin. The airline is rapidly expanding and is continuing serving new destinations. Over and above the airline is the first low cost airline in Germany which offers connecting flights. This special program was founded around Fall 2007 and is called Smart Connect.

[edit] Destinations

Its fifth hub will be at Dortmund Airport starting in June 2007, initially serving five cities.[3]

For all current destinations see Germanwings destinations.

[edit] Fleet

Germanwings Airbus A319
Germanwings Airbus A319

The Germanwings fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2008[1]):

In May 2008, Germanwings fleet age is 5.2 years old. [4]

On 7 December 2005 the airline signed an agreement to purchase 18 Airbus A319 aircraft (with a further 12 options). These are their first direct orders with Airbus and deliveries will start in July 2006 until 2008. [5] During winter 2004-2005 Germanwings leased two Boeing 717 from Aerolíneas de Baleares to test this type, but no order was made after.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, p. 86. 
  2. ^ Announcement of TUI AG [1]
  3. ^ "Germanwings lands in Dortmund: A fifth German base for the low-cost airline" (Germanwings Press Release). Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  4. ^ Germanwings Fleet Age
  5. ^ Aero International, June 2006

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