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
  • QI
  • IQ
  • C3
  • C9
  • FU
  • WE
  • CIM
  • AUB
  • KIS
  • RUS
  • LIT
  • RTL
  • CIMBER
  • AUGSBURG-AIR
  • CONTACTAIR
  • CIRRUS AIR
  • AIR LITTORAL
  • RHEINTAL
FoundedApril 1996 (1996-04)
Ceased operations16 October 2003 (2003-10-16)
(replaced by Lufthansa Regional)
Fleet sizeUnknown
Parent companyLufthansa Group

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]

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:

Airline Notes
Denmark Cimber Air Founding member
Germany Augsburg Airways Founding member;

Moved on to Lufthansa Regional

Germany Contact Air
Germany Cirrus Airlines
France Air Littoral
Austria Rheintalflug

Fleet

Fleet in 2003

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 Germany Fokker 50 Unknown 1996 2004 58
Takeoff against a black sky. The F50s will leave Contact Air soon.
ATR 42 ATR 42-500 2003 2010 52
ATR ATR-42-500, Team Lufthansa (Contact Air Interregional) AN0395470
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
Dash 8-314Q
Note that the registration matches the destination code!
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
177at - Cirrus Airlines DHC-8-311 Dash 8, D-BOBU@ZRH,07.05.2002 - Flickr - Aero Icarus c/n 252 23/01/1991 Hamburg Airlines D-BOBU; 29/04/1998 Sabena D-BOBU 18/05/1999 Cirrus Airlines D-BOBU 13/12/2007 Air Niugini P2-ANO
Embraer ERJ Family ERJ-145 Unknown 50
183cm - Cirrus Airlines Embraer RJ145MP, D-ACIR@ZRH,20.07.2002 - Flickr - Aero Icarus; 23/03/2000 Cirrus Airlines D-ACIR registration cancelled 04/2008 16/06/2008 Lagun Air EC-KSS ceased operations, October 9, 2008
Fairchild- Dornier/Dornier 328 Fairchild- Dornier/Dornier 328-100 33
D-COSA · Dornier Do-328-100 · Team Lufthansa / Cirrus Airlines LCY 200804n Sources: Flickr, Google
Fairchild- Dornier/Dornier 328-110
182ab - Cirrus Airlines Dornier 328–110, D-COSA@THF,16.07.2002 - Flickr - Aero Icarus
Fairchild- Dornier/Dornier 328-120
A picture of an airplane (name of it is on the file name).
Dornier 328-200 In Cirrus Airlines Livery
Fairchild- Dornier/Dornier 328-130
Air Littoral France France Bombardier CRJ-100/200 CRJ-100 50
An Air Littoral or Lufthansa,CRJ-100 in Team Lufthansa colours. This photo was taken in Hanover, Germany. Air Littoral was a French airline. The CRJ-100 was made by Bombardier/Canadair (both Canadian manufacturers). The aircraft is registered F-GPTF. This photo was first released to the public in 1999. It was taken in a unknown year (probably in 1999).This photo is about 5.9x4.1 (150x105 mm).
Cimber Air Denmark Denmark CRJ-200 2013
ATR 72 ATR 72-200 66
Aer Arann (formerly Cimber Air, originally Binter Canarias) EI-REI, an ATR 72-201 taxies to take off from runway 05 left at Manchester Airport. Monday 28th July 2008
An ATR 72-200 In Aer Arann Livery (This Aircraft Formerly Was In Cimber Air Livery)
ATR 72-212A Unknown 78
Team Lufthansa op by Cimber Air
ATR 42 ATR 42-300 50
Operated by Cimber Air.
ATR 42-310 46
Team Lufthansa op by Cimber Air
Total 3 7 + 2 unknown 11 + 2 unknown

Historical fleet

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 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
35av - Rheintalflug DHC-8-311 Dash 8; OE-LRW@ACH;08.08.1998
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
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-314 Dash 8, Team Lufthansa (Rheintalflug) AN0005512
Contact Air Germany 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
Appropriate registration for a Bavarian carrier...
Dash 8-200 Dash 202Q 1997 2003

Citations

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

See also

Related to this article

Members Of Lufthansa Regional

Current Members

Former Members

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