LTU International

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Lufttransport-Unternehmen

IATA LT	ICAO LTU	Callsign LTU
Founded		1955
Hubs		Düsseldorf International Airport
Focus cities		Munich International Airport
Frequent flyer program		Redpoints
Member lounge		LTU Lounge
Fleet size		26 + ( 1 Order )
Destinations		75
Parent company		Air Berlin
Headquarters		Düsseldorf, Germany
Key people		Jürgen Marbach, Peter Oncken (both CEOs)
Website: http://www.ltu.de/

Lufttransport-Unternehmen (IATA: LT, ICAO: LTU, and Callsign: LTU) is a German airline. The initials stand for the German phrase LuftTransport-Unternehmen ("air transport enterprise"). Its hub is located at Düsseldorf International Airport. On 27 March, 2007, it was announced that Air Berlin was to buy the airline.

1 History
2 New routes
3 Services
4 Fleet
5 External links
6 References

[edit] History

LTU was established in May 1955 as Lufttransport Union and started operations on October 20, 1955, in Frankfurt. It adopted its present name in 1956 and has been based in Dusseldorf since 1961.

LTU runs very popular USA routes from its Dusseldorf hub and directly competes on some of them with Lufthansa, Germany's flag carrier. LTU did run well frequented services from Dusseldorf to Beijing, Chengdu, and Shanghai, but they were dropped.^{[citation needed]}

As it was announced on march 27th LTU was bought by Air Berlin, Germany's second largest airline behind Lufthansa. LTU will operate as an independent airline and will keep its name for the moment. With LTU Air Berlin will be able to offer long-haul destinations.

LTU ist the fifth safest airline worldwide.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] New routes

LTU will launch twice weekly A330-200 service from Düsseldorf to Las Vegas on May 10, 2007.

LTU will launch once weekly A320-200 service from Düsseldorf to Lefkas, Greece on May 19, 2007.

LTU will relaunch twice weekly A320-200 service from Düsseldorf to Seville, Spain on March 30, 2007.

LTU will launch once weekly A330-200 service from Düsseldorf to Edmonton, Canada on May 11, 2007.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Services

As of November 2006, LTU operates flights to the following international destinations^{[citation needed]}:

Europe & Middle East
- Alicante
- Almería
- Beirut
- Bodrum
- Burgas
- Cagliari
- Catania
- Constanţa
- Kerkyra (Corfu)
- Dalaman
- Dubrovnik
- Faro
- Fuerteventura
- Funchal
- Gran Canaria
- Heraklion
- Hurghada
- Eivissa (Ibiza)
- Istanbul
- İzmir
- Karpathos
- Kavalla
- Kos
- La Palma
- Lanzarote
- Larnaca
- Lefkas/Preveza Summer 2007
- Lesbos
- Lisbon
- Luxor
- Madrid
- Maó (Mahon)
- Málaga
- Marsa Alam
- Mykonos
- Naples
- Palma de Mallorca
- Paphos
- Pristina
- Reykjavík
- Rhodes
- Rome
- Samos
- Seville Summer 2007
- Sharm El Sheikh
- Split
- Tenerife
- Thessaloniki
- Tivat
- Valencia
- Varna
- Zakynthos

North America
- Edmonton May 2007
- Fort Myers
- Las Vegas Summer 2007
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- New York City
- Toronto
- Vancouver

Caribbean & Central America

Africa
- Agadir
- Cape Town
- Djerba
- Mauritius
- Mombasa
- Monastir
- Windhoek

Asia
- Bangkok
- Colombo
- Malé
- Phuket

[edit] Fleet

The LTU International fleet is a Airbus-only fleet which consists of the following 26 aircraft (at November 2006)^{[citation needed]}:

LTU Airbus A320-200 Borussia Mönchengladbach D-ALTB in Düsseldorf

**LTU International Airways Fleet**
Aircraft	# of Aircraft
Airbus A320-200	11
Airbus A321-200	4
Airbus A330-200	8
Airbus A330-300	3

In November 2006, the LTU average fleet age is 5 years old ^[1].

LTU will receive its 12th long-haul jet this May a Airbus A330-200.The registration will be D-ALPI. In receiving this jet, LTU will introduce a new livery. LTU talks about ordering 4 Airbus A340-300 jets to expand its international routes.