List of airlines of Luxembourg

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This is a list of airlines operating in Luxembourg as of 10 August 2005. [1]

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Scheduled airlines

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations		Notes
Luxair LX-LGT B737-8K5W Luxair PMI 26MAY12 (7275011274).jpg LG [2] LGLLUXAIR1961

Charter airlines

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations		Notes
Global Jet Luxembourg Global Jet Luxembourg Airbus A319CJ Schmid.jpg SVW2004
Luxaviation Embraer ERJ-135BJ Legacy 600 Luxaviation, LUX Luxembourg (Findel), Luxembourg PP1374511738.jpg -LXARED LION2009 [3]
JetFly Aviation Pilatus PC-12-45, Jetfly Aviation JP532772.jpg -JFAMOSQUITO1999

Cargo airlines

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations		Notes
Cargolux Boeing 747-8R7(F) Cargolux LX-VCC, LUX Luxembourg (Findel), Luxembourg PP1340036553.jpg CV [2] CLXCARGOLUX1970
West Air Luxembourg West Air Europe ATP.jpg WLXWEST LUX2002

Air rescue

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations		Notes
Luxembourg Air Rescue 20110804 MD902 by Jerome Paillaugue.jpg 1988

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References

  1. ↑ "EASA Airworthiness Directive No : 2005-0021; Honeywell RCZ-83() & RCZ-85() Communications Units" (PDF). dac.public.lu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23.
  2. 1 2 "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Our Story". luxaviation.lu. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
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