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Germania takes delivery of its first Airbus A321

S.A.T., the holding company of Germania Fluggesellschaft (Berlin), has taken delivery of its first out of two A321s on order. A321-211 D-ASTD (msn 5843) was handed over on November 12. Both aircraft are equipped with Airbus’ wing tip fuel saving devices, called Sharklets. The airline has already been operating eight A319s successfully since 2011.

The new Germania A321 will operate exclusively for Alltours, one of Germany’s biggest travel agencies and will be painted in a special Alltours livery. The airline has chosen a spacious single class cabin layout for 208 passengers. The cabin will be equipped with a state-of-the-art entertainment system, featuring video screens and in-seat audio channels. The aircraft will be powered by CFM engines.

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Germania to paint its first Airbus A321 in the colors of German tour operator Alltours

Germania Fluggesellschaft (Berlin) has announced it will paint its first Airbus A321-211 (D-ASTD, man 5843) in the colors of German tour operator Alltours.

The new specially-painted A321 will fly from Dusseldorf to the Canary Islands, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Tenerife and Gran Canaria.

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Germania to end its Boeing 737-700 wet lease agreement with Airberlin

Germania Fluggesellschaft (Berlin-Tegel) will end its wet-lease agreement with Airberlin (airberlin.com) (Berlin-Tegel) for two Boeing 737-700s (D-ABLB and D-AGEN) on October 31 per ch-aviation.

Copyright Photo: Paul Bannwarth/AirlinersGallery.com. Operated by Germania for Airberlin, Boeing 737-75B D-AGEN (msn 28100) approaches Zurich for landing.

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Germania to move from Berlin Tegel to Berlin Schönefeld on November 1

Germania Fluggesellsschaft (Berlin) has announced it move its operations from Berlin Tegel Airport to Berlin Schönefeld on November 1. The move will be temporary. Berlin Schönefeld will be closed once the adjacent new Berlin Brandenburg Airport is opened next year. The airline will also add new service to Skopje.

The company issued this statement (translated from German):

Moving from north to south-east Berlin:

From November 1, 2013 launch for both line connections as well as the Germania charter flights from Berlin Schoenefeld Airport. At the same time, the Berlin-based airline has announced the addition of the Macedonian capital of Skopje to its network.

Germania Technology Brandenburg, a subsidiary of Germania, already operates at Berlin Schönefeld with a maintenance hangar together with Airberlin. The move from Berlin Tegel to Berlin Schönefeld allows the Germania Group a cost reduction by avoiding duplication in technology and maintenance. With the concentration of air operations in one location, the airline also avoids positioning flights between the two airports.

For tour operators, Germania already flies from Berlin Schönefeld to the Canary Islands, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.

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Germania expands in the UK and Erfurt-Weimar

Germania Fluggesellschaft (Germania Group) (Berlin) is expanding in the United Kingdom for this summer season as part of its international strategy.

The airline issued this statement:

Germania to expand UK operations:

Berlin-based Germania Group is continuing the successful internationalization of its operations and is stationing two aircraft in the United Kingdom for summer of 2013. Aside from charter flights from London-Gatwick and Manchester to the Greek islands and Cyprus, Germania will operate a scheduled service from London to Pristina.

Gambia Bird, a sister airline of Germania, already operates twice weekly flights from London Gatwick to Freetown in Sierra Leone and Banjul in Gambia.

Germania will operate a regular service on Tuesdays and Fridays from London Gatwick (LGW) to Pristina. Flight ST 6478 will take off at 19:25 from LGW and reach the capital of Kosovo at 23:40. The return flight ST 6479 will depart at 00:25, arriving at LGW at 02:05 (local times).

For the winter season, Germania also operates full charter flights to Greece and the Greek islands, including Corfu, Crete, Mykonos and Samos, for tour operators such as Sunvil Holidays and Pure Crete.

For this purpose, the airline is stationing an Airbus A319 at London Gatwick. On behalf of Olympic Holidays, Germania also flies to the Greek mainland, Greek islands including Crete, Rhodes and Mykonos, and Cyprus from Manchester, the UK’s largest airport outside of London. Germania has stationed an Airbus A319 in Manchester in the colors of its West African sister airline Gambia Bird. The aircraft is available for use in Manchester, as the summer flight schedule in West Africa is adjusted to traditionally lower demand.

The airline is also expanding its operations at Erfurt-Weimar in Germany. Germania started a new weekly route to Palma de Mallorca on May 17. Flights to Ibiza, Corfu and Crete will be added in June.

Top Copyright Photo: Javier Rodriguez/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A319-112 D-ASTA (msn 4663) approaches Palma de Mallorca for landing.

Middle Copyright Photo: Terry Wade. The Gambia Bird A319 is now operating Germania flights from the UK. Airbus A319-112 D-ASTB (msn 4691) arrives at London Gatwick.

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Germania to add 10 routes from Bremen next summer

Germania Fluggesellschaft (Berlin) is adding 10 new routes from Bremen as it expands operations for the coming summer season. The new routes will include Enfidha (starting on May 11), Fuerteventura (May 6), Ibiza (May 6), Irakleion (May 8), Las Palmas (May 5), Mahon (May 9), Moscow Domodedovo (May 7), Nice (May 2), Tenerife (South) (May 2) and Varna (March 31).

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Germania establishes Gambia Bird in Africa

Gambia Bird (Banjul) is a new airline in Gambia in western Africa. According to Airliners.de, in cooperation with AJW Aviation, the new airline will lease two Airbus A319s from Germania. Gambia Bird is planning to serve Dakar, Conakry, Freetown and Lagos. Later the company, hopes to expand to Europe. Germania will retain a 90% ownership in Gambia Bird. The first Airbus A319 has been painted at Norwich.

According to a report by ATW, Gambia Bird is now planning to launch operations on October 15, 2012 from Banjul with weekly flights to London (Gatwick) and Barcelona and also from Freetown to London (Gatwick). The new airline is also planning four-times-weekly service from Banjul to Dakar, twice-weekly to Freetown, Monrovia and Lagos as well as once a week service to Conakry and Accra.

The airline has the following statement on their website:

“Flights will commence later in summer and the airline will connect Banjul to other West African Airports but also link Banjul to Europe. The schedule will be published soon.”

Copyright Photo: Matt Varley. The pictured Airbus A319-112 D-ASTA (msn 4663), formerly painted in Germania livery, has emerged from the paint shop at Norwich, pending delivery.

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Germania to increase its flights to Kurdistan in northern Iraq

Germania Fluggesellschaft (Berlin) starting on April 30, 2012 will be flying to Erbil, Iraq once a week from Stockholm (Tuesdays), Gothenburg (Mondays) and Malmö (Saturdays). The city of Erbil is a key trade show and conference location in northern Iraq. Germania will be flying to Sulaymaniyah on Thursdays from Stockholm, Mondays from Gothenburg and Wednesdays from Malmö. Sulaymaniyah is an important center of commerce and one of the fastest-growing cities in Kurdistan, Iraq.

The services from Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah will be organized and marketed in cooperation with the tour operator Dokan Air. Previously, Germania had previously operated individual flights from Sweden to Northern Iraq.

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Germania celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a Boeing 737-300 “Signature Jet”

Germania (Berlin) has taken the opportunity to celebrate its 25th anniversary as Germania with this special “Signature Jet”. The employees have signed the tail fin of a Boeing 737-300. The first flight of the Signature Jet will be on Thursday (July 7) from Berlin (Tegel) to Antalya as flight ST 1194. The airliner will leave the Germania fleet at the end of July 2011 and the tail will be displayed in the Germania hangar. Germania added the first Boeing 737-300 in 1987 and currently operates five Boeing 737-300s. The German airline will become an all-Airbus A319 operator in 2013.

The airline was originally founded in April 1978 as Special Air Transport (SAT) in Cologne and started operations on September 5, 1978 with a Fokker F.27.

In the spring of 1986, the airline was re-organized and its name was changed to the current Germania on June 1, 1986.

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Germania signs contract for five Airbus A319s

Germania (Berlin-Tegel) through its holding company SAT has firmed up the previously reported Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and signed a contract for five Airbus A319s. Germania will thus become a new Airbus operator. Deliveries of the aircraft will start in 2011.