Germanwings

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<tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFFFFF;">Image:4Ulogo.gif</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Hubs</th><td>Cologne Bonn Airport
Stuttgart Airport</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Focus cities / secondary hubs</th><td>Hamburg Airport
Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Frequent flyer program</th><td>Boomerang Club</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Parent company</th><td>Eurowings</td></tr>

Germanwings
IATA 4U	ICAO GWI	Callsign Germanwings
Founded		1997
Fleet size		23
Destinations		53
Headquarters		Cologne, Germany
Key people		Dr. Joachim Klein (CEO)
Website: http://www.germanwings.com

Germanwings is a low-cost airline based in Cologne Bonn Airport, Germany. It operates services to over 53 destinations in Europe; 8 within Germany and 45 destinations in Europe. Its main base is Cologne Bonn Airport, with secondary bases at Stuttgart Airport, Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport and Hamburg Airport.

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

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1997 (as "Eurowings Flug GmbH") and started operations on 27 October 2002. It is wholly owned by Eurowings. Its main competitors are more established no-frills carriers such as Ryanair and easyJet as well as other low-fare operators such as HLX.com and dba.

[edit] Services

Germanwings' primary bases are Cologne Bonn Airport, Stuttgart Airport, Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport and Hamburg Airport, from which it serves 49 other cities throughout Europe as well as Turkey and Russia.

For all current destinations see Germanwings destinations.

[edit] New Routes

It will inaugurate the following new routes using an Airbus 319:

Berlin Schönefeld-Mykonos: weekly A319-100 service starting on May 20
Cologne/Bonn-Kerkyra: weekly A320-200 service starting on May 5
Cologne/Bonn-Lamezia Terme: weekly A319-100 service starting on March 31
Cologne/Bonn-Malta: 2x weekly A319-100 service starting on March 27
Cologne/Bonn-Mykonos: weekly A319-100 service starting on May 20
Cologne/Bonn-Rhodes: weekly A319-100 service starting on May 5
Cologne/Bonn-Zadar (Croatia): weekly A319-100 service starting March 2007
Hamburg-Kerkyra: weekly A319-100 service starting on May 5
Hamburg-Split: weekly A319-100 service starting on March 25
Stuttgart-Ankara: 2x weekly A319-100 service starting on May 19
Stuttgart-Athens: 3x weekly A319-100 service starting on March 27
Stuttgart-Ibiza: 2x weekly A319-100 service starting on March 25
Stuttgart-Kerkyra: weekly A319-100 service starting on May 5
Stuttgart-Lamezia Terme: weekly A319-100 service starting on March 25
Stuttgart-Malta: 2x weekly A319-100 service starting on March 27

[edit] Fleet

Image:Germanwings A319 D-AILK.jpg The Germanwings fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2006) <ref>Flight International, 3-9 October 2006</ref>:

21 Airbus A319-100 (plus 16 on order)
3 Airbus A320-200

In July 2006, Germanwings fleet age is 6.8 years old. <ref>Germanwings Fleet Age</ref>

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. <ref>Aero International, June 2006</ref> During winter 2004-2005 Germanwings leased two Boeing 717 from Aerolineas Baleares to test this type, but no order was made after.