Germanwings

Germanwings GmbH is a low-cost airline based in Cologne, Germany, and is wholly owned by Lufthansa. Cologne Bonn Airport, Stuttgart Airport and (to a lesser extent) Berlin-Schönefeld Airport are the important hubs in the airline's network of approximately 85 destinations. Further Germanwings bases are at Hannover-Langenhagen Airport and Dortmund Airport. In 1997, Eurowings set up a low-cost department, which became a separate company under the name Germanwings on 27 October 2002. On 7 December 2005, the airline signed an agreement to purchase 18 Airbus A319 aircraft (with a further 12 options), with deliveries scheduled from July 2006 until 2008. During winter 2004–2005 Germanwings leased two Boeing 717 from Aerolíneas de Baleares to...