Team Lufthansa

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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]

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Team Lufthansa
Team Lufthansa Logo (1996-2004).png
Logo of Team Lufthansa
182ab - Cirrus Airlines Dornier 328-110, D-COSA@THF,16.07.2002 - Flickr - Aero Icarus.jpg
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 company Lufthansa Group

Overview

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

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

The member airlines of Team Lufthansa were:

AirlineNotes
Flag of Denmark.svg Cimber Air Founding member
Flag of Germany.svg Augsburg Airways Founding member;

Moved on to Lufthansa Regional

Flag of Germany.svg Contact Air
Flag of Germany.svg Cirrus Airlines
Flag of France.svg Air Littoral
Flag of Austria.svg Rheintalflug

Fleet

Fleet in 2003

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

Team Lufthansa fleet, 2003
Operating airlineCountry of operated airlineAircraftFirst introduced [note 1] Last retired [note 2] Max. passengers [5] Image
Aircraft Type [note 3] Aircraft Subtypes [note 4]
Contact Air Flag of Germany.svg Germany Fokker 50 Unknown1996200458
Fokker 50, Team Lufthansa (Contact Air Interregional) AN0447439.jpg
ATR 42 ATR 42-500 2003201052
ATR ATR-42-500, Team Lufthansa (Contact Air Interregional) AN0395470.jpg
Augsburg Airways De Havilland Canada/Bombardier Dash 8 Bombardier Dash 8-300 Dash 8-311 Dash 8-300: 1993
115af - Augsburg Airways DHC-8-311 Dash 8, D-BHAM@FRA,23.10.2000 - Flickr - Aero Icarus.jpg
Dash 8-314Q
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-314Q Dash 8, Team Lufthansa (Augsburg Airways) AN0069771.jpg
Bombardier Dash 8-400 Dash 8 Q402 Dash 8-400: 2000201368-72
D-ADHA Dash 8Q-402 Team Lufthansa(Augsburg Aws) MAN 02DEC01 (7094225239).jpg
Cirrus Airlines [note 5] Bombardier Dash 8-300 Dash 8-311 Unknown50-56
177at - Cirrus Airlines DHC-8-311 Dash 8, D-BOBU@ZRH,07.05.2002 - Flickr - Aero Icarus.jpg
Embraer ERJ Family ERJ-145 Unknown50
183cm - Cirrus Airlines Embraer RJ145MP, D-ACIR@ZRH,20.07.2002 - Flickr - Aero Icarus.jpg
Fairchild- Dornier/Dornier 328 Fairchild- Dornier/Dornier 328-100 33
Cirrus Airlines LCY 200804.jpg
Fairchild- Dornier/ Dornier 328-110
182ab - Cirrus Airlines Dornier 328-110, D-COSA@THF,16.07.2002 - Flickr - Aero Icarus.jpg
Fairchild- Dornier/Dornier 328-120
Dornier 328-200 In Cirrus Airlines Livery D-CIRP Do.328-120 Cirrus ZRH 01OCT08 (3176663478).jpg
Dornier 328-200 In Cirrus Airlines Livery
Fairchild- Dornier/Dornier 328-130
Dornier 328-130, Team Lufthansa (Cirrus Airlines) AN0514400.jpg
Air Littoral Flag of France.svg France Bombardier CRJ-100/200 CRJ-100 50
Air Littoral-Team Lufthansa, CRJ 100 F-GPTF.png
Cimber Air Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark CRJ-200 2013
OY-RJB CRJ.200 Team Lufthansa(Cimber Air) MAN 03JUN02 (8200330221).jpg
ATR 72 ATR 72-200 66
An ATR 72-200 In Aer Arann Livery (This Aircraft Formerly Was In Cimber Air Livery) Aer Arann (formerly Cimber Air, originally Binter Canarias) EI-REI.jpg
An ATR 72-200 In Aer Arann Livery (This Aircraft Formerly Was In Cimber Air Livery)
ATR 72-212A Unknown78
OY-CIO ATR.72-212A(500) Team LH CPH 16AUG00 (5934231395).jpg
ATR 42 ATR 42-300 50
ATR ATR-42-300, Team Lufthansa (Cimber Air) AN0069772.jpg
ATR 42-310 46
OY-CIR ATR.42-310 Team LH-Cimber FRA 14AUG99 (5934230979).jpg
Total37 + 2 unknown11 + 2 unknown

Historical fleet

Team Lufthansa previously operated the following aircraft:

Historical fleet of Team Lufthansa
Operating

Airline

Country of operating airlineMax. passengersFirst introduced [note 6] Last retired [note 7] ImageNotes
Aircraft Type [note 3] Subtypes operated [note 4]
Rheintalflug Flag of Austria.svg Austria Embraer ERJ Family Embraer ERJ 145 5019992002
ERJ 145 In Rheintalflug Colors Embraer EMB-145MP (ERJ-145MP), Rheintalflug AN0116718.jpg
ERJ 145 In Rheintalflug Colors
De Havilland Canada/Bombardier Dash 8 Dash 8-300 Dash 8- 311 391993
35av - Rheintalflug DHC-8-311 Dash 8; OE-LRW@ACH;08.08.1998 (5257288630).jpg
De Havilland Canada Dash 8-103 50-5619951999
Rheintalflug Dash 8-100 with Austrian Airlines colors De Havilland Canada DHC-8-103 Dash 8, Rheintalflug AN0005513.jpg
Rheintalflug Dash 8–100 with Austrian Airlines colors
Dash 8-314 Please Fill In This Part
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-314 Dash 8, Team Lufthansa (Rheintalflug) AN0005512.jpg
Contact Air Flag of Germany.svg Germany Dash 8-311 19901997
Dash 8-300 In Contact Air Livery Bombardier Dash 8-311, Contact Air JP169994.jpg
Dash 8-300 In Contact Air Livery
Operated for Lufthansa Cityline between 1992 and 1997 [6]
Augsburg Airways Dash 8-100 Dash 8-103 19912002
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-103 Dash 8, Team Lufthansa (Augsburg Airways) AN0167124.jpg
Dash 8-200 Dash 202Q 19972003
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-202Q Dash 8, Team Lufthansa (Augsburg Airways) AN0069770.jpg

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References

  1. 1 2 "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

  1. can be before Team Lufthansa was founded
  2. This can be after Team Lufthansa was replaced with Lufthansa Regional
  3. 1 2 can show aircraft type more than once
  4. 1 2 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

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