XL Airways Germany explained

Airline:XL Airways Germany
Fleet Size:4
Iata:X4
Icao:GXL
Callsign:STARDUST
Parent:ALMC hf
Founded: (as Star XL German Airlines)
Headquarters:Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany
Key People:Bertolt Flick (CEO)
Bases:
Website:xlairways.de

XL Airways Germany GmbH was[1] a German charter airline headquartered in Mörfelden-Walldorf, Hesse, operating charter and ad-hoc lease services, mostly out of Frankfurt Airport. The airline belonged, together with now defunct XL Airways France, to ALMC hf (formerly Straumur Investment Bank) from Iceland.

History

The airline was founded as Star XL German Airlines by Eimskip from Iceland and received its air Operator's Certificate on 3 May 2006. On 30 October of the same year, the Avion leisure business was bought out and re-organized by the XL Leisure Group, resulting in the airline changing its name to XL Airways Germany.

On 11 September 2008, BBC News Channel reported that XL Leisure Group had filed for administration due to rising fuel prices, although initially Simon Calder confirmed the group's website was still taking bookings, the group folded the next morning. Operations of the German and French airline subsidiaries were not affected, however. On 12 September 2008, Straumur Investment Bank acquired XL Airways Germany and its French sister company, XL Airways France.

The company filed for bankruptcy on 27 December 2012; operations for the winter season had already been suspended on 14 December.[1] The company officially closed on 3 January 2013.[2]

Destinations

XL Airways Germany served the following destinations in December 2012:[3]

CountryCityIATAICAOAirportNotesRefs
HurghadaHRGHEGNHurghada International Airport
Sharm el-SheikhSSHHESHSharm El Sheikh International Airport
Cologne/BonnCGNEDDKCologne Bonn Airport
DüsseldorfDUSEDDLDüsseldorf Airport
ErfurtERGEDDEErfurt–Weimar Airport
FrankfurtFRAEDDFFrankfurt Airport
HahnHHNEDFHFrankfurt–Hahn Airport
HamburgHAMEDDHHamburg Airport
HanoverHAJEDDVHannover Airport
Leipzig/HalleLEJEDDPLeipzig/Halle Airport
MunichMUCEDDMMunich Airport
Münster/OsnabrückFMOEDDGMünster Osnabrück Airport
NurembergNUEEDDNNuremberg Airport
PaderbornPADEDLPPaderborn Lippstadt Airport
SaarbrückenSCNEDDRSaarbrücken Airport
StuttgartSTREDDSStuttgart Airport
HeraklionHERLGIRHeraklion International Airport
PristinaPRNBKPRPristina International Airport
SkopjeSKPLWSKSkopje International Airport
MarrakeshRAKGMMXMarrakesh Menara Airport
FaroFAOLPFRFaro Airport
FuerteventuraFUEGCFVFuerteventura Airport
MenorcaMAHLEMHMenorca Airport
EnfidhaNBEDTNHEnfidha–Hammamet International Airport
AdanaADALTAFAdana Şakirpaşa Airport
AntalyaAYTLTAIAntalya Airport
ElazığEZSLTCAElazığ Airport
GaziantepGZTLTAJOğuzeli Airport
KayseriASRLTAUErkilet International Airport
MalatyaMLXLTATMalatya Erhaç Airport
SamsunSZFLTFHSamsun-Çarşamba Airport
TrabzonTZXLTCGTrabzon Airport

Fleet

Fleet at airline's closing

As of December 2012, the XL Airways Germany fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[4]

Formerly operated

Previously, the fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

Accidents and incidents

See main article: article and XL Airways Germany Flight 888T.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: XL Airways Germany on ch-aviation. ch-aviation. en. 2019-05-30.
  2. Web site: XL Airways Germany files for bankruptcy. Hofmann. Kurt. 2013-01-03. atwonline.com. ATW Plus. en. 2019-05-30.
  3. Web site: Route Network - Booking. www.sunexpress.com. SunExpress Airlines. https://web.archive.org/web/20120227060643/http://www.sunexpress.com/xq-tr/en/booking/route-network.jsp. 27 February 2012. dead. 5 December 2012.
  4. http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/XL-Airways-Germany XL Airways fleet list at planespotters.net
  5. Web site: At least two dead after Air NZ owned plane crashes in France. The New Zealand Herald. 28 November 2008.
  6. News: Air NZ plane crashes in Mediterranean. Newstalk ZB. 28 November 2008.
  7. Web site: ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A320-232 D-AXLA Canet-Plage. Ranter. Harro. aviation-safety.net. 2019-11-19.