LTU International
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| LTU | ||
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| IATA LT | ICAO LTU |
Callsign LTU |
| Founded | 1955 | <tr><th colspan="2">Hubs</th><td>Düsseldorf International Airport</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Focus cities / secondary hubs</th><td>Munich International Airport</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Frequent flyer program</th><td>Dividend Miles</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Member lounge</th><td>US Airways Club</td></tr>|
| Fleet size | 26 | |
| Destinations | 75 | |
| Headquarters | Düsseldorf, Germany | |
| Key people | Jürgen Marbach, Peter Oncken (both CEOs) | |
| Website: http://www.ltu.de/ | ||
LTU International Airways (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.
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[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]
The airline offers flights worldwide and is majority owned by dba (60%). Hans-Rudolf Woehrl, the owner of dba, is currently planning to link the operations of LTU and dba, with dba flying inside Germany and LTU serving international destinations. In the meantime, Woehrl has decided to reduce his share in the company and is selling in excess of 20% of his holding to Juergen Marbach, the long-time CEO of LTU International. The main problem is that LTU International has been running at a sizeable loss for several years now, funded by REWE in Cologne, and there is no indication this will change in the near future. [citation needed]
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 A330-200 service from Düsseldorf to Edmonton, Canada 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
- Bodrum
- Burgas
- Cagliari
- Catania
- Constanţa
- Kerkyra (Corfu)
- Dalaman
- Dubrovnik
- Faro
- Fuerteventura
- Funchal
- Gran Canaria
- Heraklion
- Hurghada
- Eivissa (Ibiza)
- Istanbul
- Izmir
- Karpathos
- Kavalla
- Kos
- La Palma
- Lanzarote
- Larnaca
- Lesbos
- Lisbon
- Luxor
- Madrid
- Maó (Mahon)
- Málaga
- Marsa Alam
- Mykonos
- Naples
- Palma de Mallorca
- Paphos
- Preveza Summer 2007
- Pristina
- Reykjavík
- Rhodes
- Rome
- Samos
- Sevilla 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
[edit] Fleet
The LTU International fleet is a Airbus-only fleet which consists of the following 26 aircraft (at November 2006) [citation needed]:
| 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 <ref>LTU International Fleet Age</ref>.
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