Augsburg Airways GmbH

Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

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is a regional airline

Airline

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 based in Hallbergmoos

Hallbergmoos

Hallbergmoos is a municipality in the district of Freising in Bavaria in Germany.-Economy:Augsburg Airways, a regional airline, is headquartered in Hallbergmoos...

, Germany

Germany

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. It is part of the Lufthansa Regional

Lufthansa Regional

Lufthansa Regional is the regional airline alliance of the largest German airline, Lufthansa. It transports 10.5 million passengers a year, serving over 80 destinations and over 150 routes...

 group and operates domestic and international services on behalf of Lufthansa

Lufthansa

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 out of Munich International Airport

Munich International Airport

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.

History

The airline was established in 1980 as Interot Airways, but started revenue operations only in 1986 with flights from Augsburg to Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

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. In 1993 it started flying to European holiday destinations for tour operators and added international scheduled services in 1994, to Florence

Florence

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. The co-operation with Lufthansa initiated in 1996 was accompanied by a change of name to Augsburg Airways. From 1 June 2002, its operations were restructured and in 2003 it became part of Lufthansa Regional

Lufthansa Regional

Lufthansa Regional is the regional airline alliance of the largest German airline, Lufthansa. It transports 10.5 million passengers a year, serving over 80 destinations and over 150 routes...

. Augsburg Airways was purchased by Cirrus Airlines

Cirrus Airlines

Cirrus Airlines Luftfahrtgesellschaft mbH is an airline based in Saarbrücken, Germany. It operates both charter and scheduled flights, the latter on behalf of Lufthansa and Swiss International Air Lines. Its main base and hub is Saarbrücken Airport, Germany....

 and forms part of the Cirrus Group.

Fleet

As of December 2010, the Augsburg Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 9.2 years:

Augsburg Airways fleet

Aircraft	In Service	Passengers	Notes
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400	10	72
Embraer 190	2	100	Business class on demand
Embraer 195	5	116	Business class on demand
Total	17

External links

• Augsburg Airways
• Augburg Airways (Archive)