XL Airways Germany
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Founded | 2006 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2012 | ||||||
Hubs | Frankfurt Airport | ||||||
Focus cities | Hannover Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
Parent company | Asset Liability Management Company hf (formerly known as Straumur Investment Bank) | ||||||
Headquarters | Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany | ||||||
Key people | Bertolt Flick (CEO) | ||||||
Website | xlairways.de |
XL Airways Germany GmbH was[1] a charter airline headquartered in Mörfelden-Walldorf, Hesse, Germany, operating charter and ad-hoc lease services, mostly out of Frankfurt Airport.[2] The airline belonged to now bankrupt Straumur Investment Bank from Iceland (together with XL Airways France).
History
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The airline was founded as Star XL German Airlines by Avion Group from Iceland and received its AOC on 3 May 2006. On 30 October of the same year, the Avion leisure business was bought out and re-organized as XL Leisure Group, resulting in the airline changing its name to XL Airways Germany.
On 11 September 2008, BBC News Channel reported that XL Leisure Group had filed for administration due to rising fuel prices[citation needed], although initially Simon Calder confirmed the group's website was still taking bookings, the group folded the next morning. Operations of the German and French airline subsidiaries were not affected, however. On 12 September 2008, Straumur Investment Bank acquired XL Airways Germany and its French sister company, XL Airways France.
The company filed for bankruptcy on 27 December 2012; operations for the winter season had already been suspended on 14 December.[3]
Destinations
XL Airways Germany served the following destinations in December 2012:[4]
- Hurghada - Hurghada International Airport Seasonal
- Sharm el-Sheikh - Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport Seasonal
- Cologne/Bonn - Cologne Bonn Airport
- Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf Airport
- Erfurt - Erfurt-Weimar Airport
- Frankfurt - Frankfurt Airport hub
- Frankfurt-Hahn - Frankfurt-Hahn Airport
- Hamburg - Hamburg Airport
- Hanover - Hannover-Langenhagen Airport
- Leipzig/Halle - Leipzig/Halle Airport
- Munich - Munich Airport
- Münster/Osnabrück - Münster Osnabrück International Airport
- Nuremberg - Nuremberg Airport
- Paderborn - Paderborn Lippstadt Airport
- Saarbrücken - Saarbrücken Airport
- Stuttgart - Stuttgart Airport
- Adana - Adana Şakirpaşa Airport
- Antalya - Antalya Airport Seasonal
- Elazığ - Elazığ Airport Seasonal
- Gaziantep - Oğuzeli Airport Seasonal
- Kayseri - Erkilet International Airport
- Malatya - Malatya Erhaç Airport
- Samsun - Samsun-Çarşamba Airport
- Trabzon - Trabzon Airport
Fleet
In December 2012, the fleet's average age was 9.8 years and consisted of:
Aircraft | In Fleet | Passengers | Notes |
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Boeing 737-800 | 5 | 189 | Leased |
Previously, the fleet consisted of 3 Airbus A320 airliners.[5]
Incidents and accidents
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On 27 November 2008, a leased Airbus A320, which was to be returned to its owner Air New Zealand by XL Airways Germany, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea East of Perpignan during a pre-delivery test flight, resulting in the death of all seven people on board.[6][7]
References
- ↑ http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/airline.php?cha=XLG
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/airline.php?cha=XLG
- ↑ http://www.sunexpress.com/xq-tr/en/booking/route-network.jsp[dead link]
- ↑ XL Airways fleet list at planespotters.net
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
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External links
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