Team Lufthansa
Team Lufthansa was an alliance of regional airlines mainly in Germany, who flew niche routes on behalf of Lufthansa.
Overview[]
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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.[1] Besides connecting point-to-point destinations, the alliance also provided Lufthansa flights on niche routes from Frankfurt and Munich. The founding members where later expanded by the accession of , Air Littoral and Cirrus Airlines.[2][3]
The alliance ceased to exist in 2004, when Lufthansa reorganized its regional network as Lufthansa Regional.[4]
Members[]
The member airlines of Team Lufthansa were:
- Contact Air, Germany[1]
- Air Littoral, France[2]
- Augsburg Airways, Germany[1]
- Cirrus Airlines, Germany[3]
- Cimber Air, Denmark[1]
- , Germany[2]
References[]
See also[]
Media related to Team Lufthansa at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Lufthansa
- Airline alliances
- German companies disestablished in 2004
- German companies established in 1996
- Airlines disestablished in 2004
- Airlines established in 1996