Augsburg Airways
title: "Augsburg Airways" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["defunct-airlines-of-germany", "airlines-established-in-1980", "airlines-disestablished-in-2013", "lufthansa", "1980-establishments-in-west-germany", "german-companies-disestablished-in-2013", "german-companies-established-in-1980"] topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augsburg_Airways" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| airline | Augsburg Airways |
| logo | Augsburg Airways-logo.png |
| logo_size | 250 |
| IATA | IQ |
| LH | |
| ICAO | AUB |
| DLH | |
| callsign | AUGSBURG-AIR |
| LUFTHANSA | |
| founded | |
| ceased | |
| headquarters | Augsburg (1980-2008) |
| Hallbergmoos (2008-2013) | |
| hubs | Augsburg Airport (1986-2002) |
| Munich Airport (1996-2013) | |
| alliance | Team Lufthansa (1996-2004) |
| Lufthansa Regional (2004-2013) | |
| :: |
| airline = Augsburg Airways | logo = Augsburg Airways-logo.png | logo_size = 250 | fleet_size = | destinations = | IATA = IQ LH | ICAO = AUB DLH | callsign = AUGSBURG-AIR LUFTHANSA | parent = | company_slogan = | founded = | commenced = | ceased = | headquarters = Augsburg (1980-2008) Hallbergmoos (2008-2013) | key_people = | hubs = Augsburg Airport (1986-2002) Munich Airport (1996-2013) | secondary_hubs = | focus_cities = | frequent_flyer = | lounge = | alliance = Team Lufthansa (1996-2004) Lufthansa Regional (2004-2013) | website = Augsburg Airways was a German regional airline. A member of Team Lufthansa and its successor Lufthansa Regional, it operated feeder services at Munich Airport on behalf of Lufthansa.
History
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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Logo_Augsburg_Airways.svg" caption="Augsburg Airways logo used as a Lufthansa partner."] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Beech_1900C,_Interot_Airways_AN0067035.jpg" caption="A [[Beechcraft 1900]] of Interot Airways (1990)."] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-8-103_Dash_8,Team_Lufthansa(Augsburg_Airways)_AN0063919.jpg" caption="Bombardier Dash 8-100]] in [[Team Lufthansa]] livery (1999)."] ::
Early years
The company was founded in 1980 as Interot Airways, offering corporate flight services out of Augsburg Airport on behalf of its then owner Haindl Papier, a large (West) German paper manufacturer.
In 1986, Interot Airways commenced scheduled passenger flights on the Augsburg–Düsseldorf route, using its then two Beechcraft Super King Air. In 1987, three Beechcraft 1900 were ordered, and the fleet was further expanded following an order for three aircraft of the larger Dash 8-100, which were delivered in 1991–92. By then, the domestic route network at Augsburg Airport had grown to include Berlin, Cologne, Dresden, Hamburg and Leipzig
In 1994, Interot launched its first international route (to Florence), In 1996, the airline went into a cooperation with Lufthansa, becoming the first franchise partner of the Team Lufthansa brand, which coincided with being renamed Augsburg Airways.
Cooperation with Lufthansa
By 2000, Air Littoral, Cimber Air, Contact Air and Rheintalflug had joined Team Lufthansa, and Augsburg Airways operated a network of 30 domestic and European destinations including Bayreuth, Elba, Frankfurt, London, Newcastle, Paderborn, Prague and Strasbourg. On 1 June 2002, Augsburg Airways terminated its last routes from Augsburg Airport, and handed over control of its scheduling, sales, and marketing operations to Lufthansa, which was considered "necessary for the carrier's survival." Routes from Augsburg Airport where briefly taken over by Denim Airways. In 2004, Lufthansa reorganized its regional franchise partners under the Lufthansa Regional brand, of which Augsburg Airways became a member along with Air Dolomiti, Contact Air, Eurowings and Lufthansa CityLine.
In the same year, Augsburg Airways was acquired by Cirrus Group (the owner of Cirrus Airlines), which was restructured as Aton GmbH in 2008, and the airline subsequently relocated its headquarters to Hallbergmoos. In 2009, the Embraer E-Jet joined the fleet, the only jet airliner type operated by Augsburg Airways. (In 2000, the acquisition of the Bombardier CRJ200, Embraer ERJ 135 or Fairchild Dornier 328JET had been evaluated, but no order was placed).
Closure
On 26 October 2012, Lufthansa announced that it would terminate its contract with Augsburg Airways (which by then served 35 destinations from Munich Airport with its fleet of 15 aircraft) at the end of the 2013 summer season. In a similar manner, the cooperation with Contact Air had ended one year earlier. The last flight by Augsburg Airways under the Lufthansa Regional brand took place on 26 October 2013, and the company with its then 450 employees was subsequently shut down on 31 October. Consequently, its Embraer fleet was transferred to Lufthansa CityLine, while the Bombardier Q400 fleet was returned to lessors and stored at Maastricht Airport.
Destinations
Until closing down, Augsburg Airways operated 36 destinations for Lufthansa Regional, among them Graz, Zagreb, Gothenburg, Dresden, Warsaw and Prague. Some of Augsburg Airways' aircraft were also available for charter flights, when they were not employed on the network.
Fleet
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-8-402Q_Dash_8,Lufthansa_Regional(Augsburg_Airways),Poznań-Ławica(POZ_EPPO)_(6073091480).jpg" caption="Bombardier Dash-8 Q400]] in [[Lufthansa Regional]] livery (2011)."] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Embraer_ERJ-190-200LR_195LR,_Augsburg_Airways_AN1668412.jpg" caption="An Augsburg Airways [[Embraer 190]] in [[Lufthansa Regional]] livery (2005)."] ::
Over the years, the following aircraft types were operated: ::data[format=table title=""]
| Aircraft | Subtypes | Introduced | Retired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beechcraft Super King Air | 1986 | 199? | |
| Beechcraft 1900 | 1987 | 1996 | |
| Bombardier Dash 8 | Dash 8-100 | 1991 | 2002 |
| Dash 8-200 | 1997 | 2003 | |
| Dash 8-300 | 1993 | 2010 | |
| Dash 8-400 | 2000 | 2013 | |
| Embraer E-Jet | Embraer 190 | 2009 | 2013 |
| Embraer 195 | 2009 | 2013 | |
| :: |
References
References
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- "Time table images: Augsburg Airways". timetableimages.com.
- (15 November 1995). "Interot flies to London City". [[Flight International]].
- Jeziorski, Andrzej. (9 October 1996). "Eurowings protests over teaming of Augsburg Airways and Lufthansa". [[Flight International]].
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- Kingsley-Jones, Max. (30 March 2004). "Low-cost competition forces Lufthansa review". [[Flight International]].
- Eiselin, Stefan. (27 October 2012). "Lufthansa schockt Augsburg". aeroTelegraph.
- Baumbach, Anna. "Goodbye, Augsburg Airways!". aeroTelegraph.
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