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Germanwings GmbH was [1] a German low-cost airline wholly owned by Lufthansa [2] which operated under the Eurowings brand. It was based in Cologne with hubs at Cologne Bonn Airport , Stuttgart Airport , Hamburg Airport , Berlin Tegel Airport , Munich Airport and further bases at Hannover Airport and Dortmund Airport .
Germanwings Flight 9525 [1] was a scheduled international passenger flight from Barcelona–El Prat Airport in Spain to Düsseldorf Airport in Germany. The flight was operated by Germanwings , a low-cost carrier owned by the German airline Lufthansa .
This Airbus A320, operating as Germanwings Flight 9525, was deliberately crashed into the Alps by a suicidal co-pilot on March 24, 2015, killing all 150 people on board. United Airlines Flight 175 was hijacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists, leading to it being deliberately crashed into 2 World Trade Center as part of the September 11 attacks.
Safety protocols designed to keep intruders from accessing a plane's cockpit are in focus after Tuesday's crash of the Germanwings flight left 150 people dead. On Thursday, French prosecutor Brice ...
After the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525, the European Aviation Safety Agency issues a temporary recommendation for airlines to ensure that at least two crew members, including at least one pilot, are in the cockpit at all times of the flight.
Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced operations Ceased operations Notes A: Advance Air: AXX: 2012: 2017: Operated Cessna 550, Piper Cheyenne II [3]: Aero Express: 1949: 1956: Founded by Herr Russell.
The history of German Wings can be traced to 1983 and began as a small air taxi firm called Airflight. In 1986 the name was changed to German Wings and in April 1989 it commenced scheduled flights using MD-83 aircraft.
In October 2015, Eurowings began to serve several destinations formerly served by the Germanwings brand. [2] In early 2021, Eurowings removed all of their long-haul destinations, which had been served from Düsseldorf, Munich and Frankfurt from their network. [ 3 ]