Team Lufthansa

Summary

Team Lufthansa was an alliance of regional airlines from 4 countries (Germany, Denmark, Austria, and France), which flew niche routes on behalf of Lufthansa. It was replaced with Lufthansa Regional in 2003.[1]

Team Lufthansa
The logo of the airline alliance 'Team Lufthansa' from when it was founded (1996), and when it ceased operations (2003 [replaced by Lufthansa Regional]
Logo of Team Lufthansa
Livery of Team Lufthansa using a Dornier 328-110
IATA ICAO Callsign
LH
FoundedApril 1996
Ceased operations16 October 2003 (replaced by Lufthansa Regional)
Fleet sizeUnknown
Parent companyLufthansa Group

Overview edit

Team Lufthansa was founded in 1996 by Lufthansa in the wake of the deregulation of the airline market as new competitors like Deutsche BA challenged established airlines.[2] Besides connecting point-to-point destinations, the alliance also provided Lufthansa flights on niche routes from Frankfurt and Munich. The founding members were later expanded by the accession of Rheintalflug, Air Littoral and Cirrus Airlines.[3][4]

The alliance ceased to exist in 2003, when Lufthansa reorganized its regional network as Lufthansa Regional.[1]

Team Lufthansa after 2004 edit

Lufthansa Regional was founded as the replacement of Team Lufthansa, which consisted of predominantly independent airlines contracted by Lufthansa. As of January 2018, Lufthansa Regional consists of two members, Air Dolomiti and Lufthansa CityLine, which are both fully owned by Lufthansa. They are based at Lufthansa's hubs at Frankfurt Airport and Munich Airport and carry 10.5 million passengers a year mostly to minor domestic and European destinations.

As part of Lufthansa's new corporate design introduced in early 2018, Lufthansa Regional aircraft operated by Lufthansa CityLine are also receiving the new livery which reads "Lufthansa." "Regional" titles are being removed from the fuselages of Lufthansa Regional aircraft and replaced by "Lufthansa" titles.

As of March 2020, one sole route remained as operated by Air Dolomiti under the Lufthansa brand while all other of their operations are codeshared using their own brand name.

Members edit

The member airlines of Team Lufthansa were:

Airline Notes
  Cimber Air Founding member
  Augsburg Airways Founding member;

Moved on to Lufthansa Regional

  Contact Air
  Cirrus Airlines
  Air Littoral
  Rheintalflug

Fleet edit

Fleet in 2003 edit

Before ceasing operations, Team Lufthansa's fleet across its members were:

Team Lufthansa fleet, 2003
Operating airline Country of operated airline Aircraft First introduced [note 1] Last retired[note 2] Max. passengers[5] Image
Aircraft Type[note 3] Aircraft Subtypes[note 4]
Contact Air   Germany Fokker 50 Unknown 1996 2004 58
 
ATR 42 ATR 42-500 2003 2010 52
 
Augsburg Airways De Havilland Canada/Bombardier Dash 8 Bombardier Dash 8-300 Dash 8-311 Dash 8-300: 1993
 
Dash 8-314Q
 
Bombardier Dash 8-400 Dash 8 Q402 Dash 8-400: 2000 2013 68-72
 
Cirrus Airlines[note 5] Bombardier Dash 8-300 Dash 8-311 Unknown 50-56
 
Embraer ERJ Family ERJ-145 Unknown 50
 
Fairchild- Dornier/Dornier 328 Fairchild- Dornier/Dornier 328-100 33
 
Fairchild- Dornier/Dornier 328-110
 
Fairchild- Dornier/Dornier 328-120
 
Dornier 328-200 In Cirrus Airlines Livery
Fairchild- Dornier/Dornier 328-130
 
Air Littoral   France Bombardier CRJ-100/200 CRJ-100 50
 
Cimber Air   Denmark CRJ-200 2013
 
ATR 72 ATR 72-200 66
 
An ATR 72-200 In Aer Arann Livery (This Aircraft Formerly Was In Cimber Air Livery)
ATR 72-212A Unknown 78
 
ATR 42 ATR 42-300 50
 
ATR 42-310 46
 
Total 3 7 + 2 unknown 11 + 2 unknown

Historical fleet edit

Team Lufthansa previously operated the following aircraft:

Historical fleet of Team Lufthansa
Operating

Airline

Country of operating airline Max. passengers First introduced [note 6] Last retired [note 7] Image Notes
Aircraft Type[note 3] Subtypes operated[note 4]
Rheintalflug   Austria Embraer ERJ Family Embraer ERJ 145 50 1999 2002
 
ERJ 145 In Rheintalflug Colors
De Havilland Canada/Bombardier Dash 8 Dash 8-300 Dash 8- 311 39 1993
 
De Havilland Canada Dash 8-103 50-56 1995 1999
 
Rheintalflug Dash 8–100 with Austrian Airlines colors
Dash 8-314 Please Fill In This Part
 
Contact Air   Germany Dash 8-311 1990 1997
 
Dash 8-300 In Contact Air Livery
Operated for Lufthansa Cityline between 1992 and 1997[6]
Augsburg Airways Dash 8-100 Dash 8-103 1991 2002
 
Dash 8-200 Dash 202Q 1997 2003
 

Citations edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Lufthansa Regional replaces Team Lufthansa". 16 October 2003. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  2. ^ spiegel.de (German) 9 March 1997, retrieved 1 May 2021
  3. ^ zeit.de (German) 14 November 1997, retrieved 1 May 2021
  4. ^ welt.de (German) 17 February 2000, retrieved 1 May 2021
  5. ^ "Google". www.google.com. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Lufthansa CityLine", Wikipedia, 6 September 2023, retrieved 29 October 2023

Notes edit

  1. ^ can be before Team Lufthansa was founded
  2. ^ This can be after Team Lufthansa was replaced with Lufthansa Regional
  3. ^ a b can show aircraft type more than once
  4. ^ a b can show one aircraft subtype more than once
  5. ^ showing all aircraft Cirrus Airlines operated in Team Lufthansa livery
  6. ^ this can be before Team Lufthansa was founded
  7. ^ this has to be when Team Lufthansa existed

See also edit

Related to this article edit

Members Of Lufthansa Regional edit

Current Members edit

Former Members edit

Other edit

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