Hamburg Airways (Hamburg) launched charter operations on March 30, 2011 with two Airbus A319s (D-AHHA and D-AHHB). A319-111 D-AHHA (msn 3533) was the first to arrive on March 18.

The airline was founded in December 2010 following the demise of Hamburg International in late 2010, which had left a void in the German charter market.