Eurowings

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Eurowings
IATA EW	ICAO EWG	Callsign Eurowings
Founded		1993
Hubs		Dortmund Airport Frankfurt International Airport Munich International Airport
Frequent flyer program		Miles & More
Fleet size		31
Destinations		38
Headquarters		Dortmund, Germany
Key people		Friedrich Wilhelm Weitholz (Chairman)
Website: http://www.eurowings.de

Eurowings is an airline based in Dortmund, Germany. It is a regional airline operating to domestic destinations in Germany and other points in Europe. It is part of the Lufthansa Regional group. Its main base is Dortmund Airport, with hubs at Frankfurt International Airport and Munich International Airport.

Contents 1 History 2 Services 3 Fleet 4 External links 5 References

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1993 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). It is owned by Dr Albrecht Knauf (50.02%), Lufthansa (49%) and others (0.08%). It wholly owns subsidiary airline, Germanwings.

[edit] Services

Eurowings operates the following services (at January 2005):

• 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, Belgrade, Birmingham, Bologna, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Geneva, Gothenburg, Graz, London, Lyon, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Paris, Prague,Vienna, Warsaw, Wrocław, Zagreb and Zürich.

[edit] Fleet

The Eurowings fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[1] :

• 4 BAe 146-200
• 10 BAe 146-300
• 17 Bombardier CRJ-200LR

In February 2007, the average Eurowings fleet age was 10.5 years.

[edit] External links

• Eurowings
• Eurowings Fleet
• Eurowings Fleet Age
• Eurowings Passenger Opinions

[edit] References

1. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006