Augsburg Airways
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| IATA code : | IQ |
| ICAO code : | AUB |
| Call sign : | AUGSBURG AIR |
| Founding: | 1980 as Interot Airways |
| Operation stopped: | 2013 |
| Seat: |
Hallbergmoos , Germany
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| Home airport : | Munich Airport |
| Company form: | GmbH |
| Management: | Bernadette Rampl ( CEO )
Harald Poeschke |
| Number of employees: | 459 |
| Passenger volume: | 1,120,000 (2009) |
| Fleet size: | 15th |
| Aims: | National and continental |
| Augsburg Airways ceased operations in 2013. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Augsburg Airways was a German airline based in Hallbergmoos and based at Munich Airport . Up to and including October 26, 2013, it operated flights under the Lufthansa Regional brand on behalf of Lufthansa as well as its own charter flights .
history
Foundation and first years
The airline was founded in 1981 under the name Interot Airservice in Augsburg. The airline required for the works air traffic of the paper manufacturer Haindl was required for internal flight connections between Augsburg and Düsseldorf. The Haindl family from Augsburg determined the fate of the airline until 2004.
In 1986 the airline became a regional airline and began regular flight operations between Augsburg and Düsseldorf with a Beechcraft King Air 200 . In 1989 the Federal Ministry of Transport granted the Augsburg company recognition as a regional airline. Interot Airservice now flew daily from Augsburg to Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Cologne / Bonn and Berlin-Tempelhof. Nine- and 19-seat Beechcraft 1900 and King Air machines were used .
On the Augsburg – Berlin route, in 1990, the airline used a DHC-8-100 turboprop aircraft from the Canadian manufacturer de Havilland Canada for the first time . New connections followed: Dresden and Leipzig were added in 1992, followed by the first international scheduled connection to Florence in 1994. In 1995 Interot officially became a member of IATA, Augsburg Airport received the 3-letter code AGB and was listed under the Metropolitan Code MUC for Munich.
Cooperation with Lufthansa
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In 1996 the regional airline changed its name to “Augsburg Airways”, and the line became a member of the “Lufthansa Team” for the 1996/97 winter flight schedule. In 1997 Lufthansa took Augsburg Airways into the frequent flyer bonus program "Miles & More". Augsburg Airways now also flew three times a day from Augsburg to Frankfurt am Main and started the route service from Munich to Paderborn. The expansion of scheduled flights led to an increase in the fleet from four to twelve DHC-8 turboprop aircraft between 1997 and 1999 and orders for larger DHC-8-400 aircraft. In 2000, the regional airline carried nearly one million passengers (972,228). This exhausted the development opportunities at Augsburg Airfield, which is why a move to Munich was considered. Before the implementation of this plan, Augsburg Airways still had to get through a turbulent phase, because in mid-May 2001 the Haindl family sold their paper company to Finnish competitor UPM-Kymmene. The Haindl family kept the airline at that time, but the airline got into an economic crisis in 2002, which is why the staff was reduced by a quarter, four of the 16 aircraft were leased, flight connections were canceled and the managing director changed. As a result, the company recovered because at that time its own flight operations in Augsburg were discontinued and Munich was designated as the company's new home airport in order to be able to develop the company further.
In 2003 Augsburg Airways began to fly under LH flight numbers on behalf of Lufthansa. In the following years there were several changes of ownership. In 2004, Gerd Brandecker, partner of the Cirrus Group, bought Augsburg Airways. Cirrus Airlines and Augsburg Airways continued to operate completely independently of each other. In 2007 ATON GmbH acquired a majority stake with the main shareholder Dr. Lutz Helmig at the Cirrus Group and Augsburg Airways. A year later, ATON GmbH became the sole shareholder of Augsburg Airways. In 2009 a DHC-8-400 was used for Brussels Airlines from Hanover to Brussels and the DHC-8-300 was decommissioned because it no longer complied with Lufthansa's fleet policy. In 2010 Augsburg Airways flew five Embraer 195 regional jets , one Embraer 190 and nine DHC-8-400. In the following years the fleet was continuously modernized.
Cessation of operations
On October 26, 2012, Lufthansa announced that the cooperation with Augsburg Airways had been terminated with effect from October 27, 2013 as of the 2013 winter flight schedule. After Lufthansa terminated its cooperation with Augsburg Airways, the airline concluded a wet lease agreement with Swiss in February 2013 and from April 2013 stationed a De Havilland DHC-8-400 in Nuremberg to fly four times a day to Zurich, but without Augsburg Airways ceased flight operations on October 31, 2013 for Lufthansa's main order, for which almost the entire fleet was used. The five Embraer 195 were transferred to Lufthansa CityLine and the remaining De Havilland aircraft were sold to Bangladesh and Canada. Four of them were later taken over by Austrian Airlines ; the two Embraer machines owned by the company went to a British aircraft dealer. A severance payment arrangement was agreed for the employees, some of whom had already found new jobs.
On October 26th, Augsburg Airways said goodbye to the employees after the last scheduled flight at Munich Airport. On October 28th, the De Havilland fleet and an Embraer 190 were transferred to Maastricht and, to say goodbye, a formation overflight with a DHC-8-400 and an Embraer 190 was carried out in Munich.
As a result, the liquidation proceedings were opened on December 30, 2013 and the company was dissolved.
Destinations
Most recently, Augsburg Airways served 36 domestic German and European destinations for Lufthansa Regional from Munich Airport , including Paris , Warsaw , Amsterdam , Tirana , Pula , Brussels , Turin and Bremen . In addition, charter flights were also offered under their own name. In the 2013 summer flight schedule, Augsburg Airways also used a wet lease aircraft for Swiss .
fleet
As of October 2013, the Augsburg Airways fleet consisted of 15 aircraft with an average age of 7.7 years:
| Aircraft type | active | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| De Havilland DHC-8 -400 | 8th | 7 operated for Lufthansa Regional | 76 | |
| Embraer 190 | 2 | 100 | ||
| Embraer 195 | 5 | operated for Lufthansa Regional ; were handed over to Lufthansa CityLine | 116 | |
| total | 15th | - |
See also
literature
- Günther Grünsteudel , Markus Pöhlmann : Augsburg Airways , in: Stadtlexikon Augsburg (online) from March 17, 2011.
- Wolfgang Mendorf: Deutsche Airlines and their aircraft since 1970 , Podszun, Brilon 2016, ISBN 978-3-86133-824-6 , pp. 25-26
Web links
- Augsburg Airways website at the time of bankruptcy ( memento from July 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulf Brychcy: Lufthansa announces Augsburg Air ( Memento from May 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) . Article on ftd.de from October 28, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2012
- ↑ a b c ch-aviation.ch - Augsburg Airways (English) accessed on April 1, 2013
- ↑ Fleet overview at Planespotters.net , accessed on October 2, 2015
- ↑ http://www.lh-taufnamen.de/austrian/
- ↑ falko-news.de - FALKO AS EXCLUSIVE REMARKETING AGENT OFFERS FOR SALE OR LEASE (English) accessed on October 2, 2013
- ↑ austrianaviation.net - The clock is ticking at Augsburg Airways on October 7, 2013
- ↑ aero.de - The lights go out at Augsburg Airways on October 31, 2013
- ^ Augsburg Airways GmbH. Register portal of the federal states, January 3, 2014, accessed on September 17, 2014 (chargeable).
- ^ Austrianaviation.net - Augsburg Airways flies wet lease for Swiss February 13, 2013
- ↑ airfleets.net - Fleet age Augsburg Airways (English) accessed on April 1, 2013
- ^ Augsburg Airways Fleet ( Memento from February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on January 23, 2012
