Luxair

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Luxair
Luxair logo
Luxair Boeing 737-800
IATA code : LG
ICAO code : LGL
Call sign : LUXAIR
Founding: 1962
Seat: Sandweiler , LuxembourgLuxembourgLuxembourg 
Turnstile :

Luxembourg airport

Home airport : Luxembourg airport
IATA prefix code : 149
Management: Gilles Feith ( CEO )
Number of employees: 2,438 (2015)
Sales: € 505.4 million (2015)
Passenger volume: 1.8 million (2015)
Frequent Flyer Program : Miles & More
Fleet size: 19th
Aims: international
Website: www.luxair.lu

Luxair (actually LUXAIR - Société Luxembourgeoise de Navigation Aérienne ) is the national airline of Luxembourg , based in Sandweiler and based at Luxembourg Airport .

history

Sud Aviation Caravelle of Luxair in 1976

Foundation and first years

Luxair Boeing 747-SP in 1990
Luxair's Fokker F-27 and Boeing 737 in 1978

At the end of the 1950s, Luxembourg, one of the founding countries of the European Community , was named as the seat of several important European institutions. These circumstances resulted in an increasing demand for efficient flight connections between Luxembourg and other European capitals. As a result, the Luxembourg Airlines Company , founded in 1948, was restructured in 1961 to cope with the rush. It was renamed Luxair - Société Luxembourgeoise de Navigation Aérienne . In 1962, Luxair began flight operations with the introduction of the route between Luxembourg and Paris and with a Fokker F-27 .

A year later, Luxair bought its first aircraft, a Fokker F-27. From 1964 to 1969 Luxair operated three Lockheed L-1649A Starliners in cooperation with Trek Airways on the Luxembourg – Johannesburg route. The three Starliners flew under the colors of Luxair at the time. The increasing air traffic between Luxembourg and the major European cities soon made the purchase of additional aircraft inevitable. In 1967 Luxair's fleet consisted of three Fokker F-27s and one Vickers Viscount . In June 1969 the airline's first jet aircraft was delivered, one of several Boeing 707s . The Viscount was replaced by Sud Aviation Caravelle in 1970 . The first Boeing 737-200 was ordered in 1977. Between 1986 and 1990 two 19-seat Fairchild Swearingen Metro were also used. In 1987 a 747-SP was leased from South African Airways . Over the years, Luxair gradually replaced its fleet with more modern 737-400 and -500, as well as Fokker 50 and Embraer EMB 120 .

Development since the 1990s

In October 1997, Luxair bought two new Embraer ERJ 145s , which they call EUROJET . In September 1998 Luxair ordered five more ERJ 145s. In 2004 Luxair also bought two new Boeing 737-700s . Another machine was delivered in January 2005. In addition, two Embraer ERJ 135s were purchased, which were delivered in late January and late February 2005. In March 2005, Luxair sold the three remaining Fokker 50s and thus ceased the operation of turboprops for the time being - the concept at that time was a pure fleet with jet engines .

In 2005, a loss of 12 million was contrary to the then industry trend Euro flown so Luxair beginning of April 2006 (dt. About a restructuring of its activities under the theme "Building A New Airline" Creating a new airline ) announced. The new concept envisaged a reduction in the number of employees and a medium-term return to turboprop aircraft. In June 2006 it was finally announced that Luxair had ordered three De Havilland DHC-8-400s and agreed options for a further three aircraft. The first machine was delivered on May 31, 2007 and was the first to wear the company's new livery.

Luxair has been March 29, 2009 a fully integrated partner in the frequent flyer program Miles & More of Lufthansa . A leased Boeing 737-800 arrived in Luxembourg on November 24, 2009 . It should replace the last 737-500 from March 2010. On February 5, 2011, the fifth and, for the time being, last ordered De Havilland DHC-8-400 with the aircraft registration LX-LGF arrived at Luxembourg Airport at 16:05 .

Since 2010

Due to high losses again in 2011, Luxair was forced to reduce the number of its aircraft and destinations. The two Embraer ERJ 135 were retired and the connections to Prague and Dublin canceled. In 2012 Luxair had a loss in the tens of millions.

In 2013 and 2014 Luxair put two new Boeing 737-800s with the new “Boeing Sky Interior” into operation. This enabled Luxair to retire their last 737-500 from the fleet.

As of June 2017, the shareholders of the Luxair Group are the State of Luxembourg (39.05%), Spuerkeess - Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat SA (21.81%), Banque internationale à Luxembourg SA (13.14%) , Delfin (13.00%), Luxair (10.00%), Luxair Finance (2.86%) and others (0.14%). Luxair also has a 35.10% stake in the cargo airline Cargolux .

On September 1, 2015 Lufthansa offered the shares of 13% to the Luxembourg state in order to offer the flights from Luxembourg to Frankfurt or Munich itself. The Luxembourg State in turn sold the shares to the financial holding company Delfin Finance owned by Leonardo Del Vecchio .

Luxair does not pay any dividends.

Destinations

Luxair operates scheduled and charter flights mainly on short and medium-haul routes within Europe .

In German-speaking countries , Berlin-Tegel , Hamburg , Munich , Saarbrücken and Vienna are served.

fleet

De Havilland DHC-8-400 from Luxair
Lockheed L-1649A Starliner operated by Luxair in 1965

Current fleet

As of March 2020, the Luxair fleet consists of 19 aircraft with an average age of 7.6 years:

Aircraft type number ordered Remarks Seats
Boeing 737-700 04th with winglets fitted 141
142
Boeing 737-800 04th with winglets fitted 186
De Havilland DHC-8-400 11 76
total 19th

Previously deployed aircraft

Embraer EMB 120 from Luxair in 1998

In the past, Luxair used the following types of aircraft, among others:

Incidents

Luxair has recorded four aircraft losses in its history, including fatalities:

  • On June 19, 1958, a Curtiss C-46 Commando of Luxembourg Airlines with the aircraft registration number LX-LAA had an accident during a training flight at Stuttgart Airport . On landing, the left main landing gear broke, the aircraft came off the runway and caught fire. There were no fatalities, but the machine was destroyed.
The Fokker 50 LX-LGB crashed on November 6, 2002 in 1992
  • On November 6, 2002, a Fokker 50 (LX-LGB) crashed on the flight from Berlin-Tempelhof in thick fog when approaching runway 24 shortly before Luxembourg Airport in a field near Niederanven . 20 people were killed, including the Luxembourg painter Michel Majerus . Only the captain and one passenger survived the crash seriously injured (see also Luxair flight 9642 ) .
  • On September 30, 2015, a De Havilland DHC-8-400 (LX-LGH) had an accident while taking off at Saarbrücken Airport . The machine coming from Hamburg was supposed to fly on to Luxembourg after a scheduled stopover. According to an investigation by the BFU , the copilot mistakenly retracted the landing gear before take-off. The aircraft slid over the runway and came to a standstill a little later on it. None of the 16 passengers and four crew members were injured. Due to the severity of the damage, Luxair decided not to repair it and decided to buy a new machine.

See also

Web links

Commons : Luxair  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ana.public.lu - Historique (French)
  2. ↑ a b c luxairgroup.lu - Facts and Figures (English), accessed on June 6, 2017
  3. ↑ SR - Climate Protection for Cost Reasons, March 28, 2007  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.sr-online.de  
  4. ↑ Flugzeugbilder.de - Photo Luxair De Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q LX-LGA
  5. ↑ miles-and-more.com - Luxair: Collect & spend miles
  6. ↑ Luxemburger Wort - Luxair received the fifth Q400, February 8, 2011 ( Memento of February 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Luxemburger Wort - Luxair plans strategic adjustments, July 2nd, 2011 ( Memento of July 5th, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Luxemburger Wort - Luxair: Aviation is worrisome, July 6, 2011 ( Memento of July 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Tageblatt - The Luxair is on the brink, March 18, 2013
  10. ↑ aerotelegraph.com - Newcomers at Luxair, November 12, 2012, accessed on June 6, 2017
  11. ↑ luxairgroup.com - Shareholders (English), accessed on June 6, 2017
  12. ↑ dpa-AFX: Lufthansa wants to sell Luxair shares to Luxembourg. finanzen.net, September 1, 2015, accessed on September 21, 2015 .
  13. ↑ aerotelegraph.com - Luxair finds Lufthansa successor accessed on December 16, 2015
  14. ↑ Michèle Sinner: Poker Face. In: d'Lëtzebuerger Land . November 13, 2015, accessed July 20, 2019 .
  15. ↑ luxair.lu - target area map ( memento of the original from 23 May 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 19, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.luxair.lu
  16. ^ Luxair Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 5, 2020 .
  17. ↑ airfleets.net - Luxair , accessed June 6, 2017
  18. ↑ Accident statistics Luxembourg Airlines , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 21, 2019.
  19. ↑ Luxair accident statistics , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 21, 2019.
  20. ^ Accident report C-46 LX-LAA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 17, 2019.
  21. ↑ Accident report Viscount 800 LX-LGC , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 17, 2019.
  22. ↑ mt.public.lu - FINAL REPORT (REVISED ISSUE) (English; PDF; 17.4 MB), accessed on July 7, 2012
  23. ↑ aero.de - Upps, sorry - BFU clarifies start-up accident at Luxair on accessed on February 23, 2016
  24. ^ Accident report DHC-8-400 LX-LGH , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 4, 2018.
  25. ↑ aerotelegraph.com - Accident in Saarbrücken: Why did the Luxair pilot dare to belly land ?, October 1, 2015
  26. ↑ aerotelegraph.com - Accident aircraft: British Airways patches, Luxair buys new, December 24, 2015
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