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Luxair, legally Script error: No such module "Lang".,[1][2] is a flag carrierTemplate:Efn of Luxembourg with its headquarters in Munsbach, Luxembourg,[3] and hub at Luxembourg Airport.[4] It operates scheduled services to destinations in Europe, North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Middle East with additional charter and seasonal services. It is Luxembourg's only passenger-carrying airline offering regular, non-charter service.

History

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Early years

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A former Luxair Lockheed L-1649A Starliner
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A former Luxair Boeing 747SP

Luxair descended from Luxembourg Airlines, which was founded in 1948. Luxair was set up in 1961 to meet the growing demand for air links between Luxembourg and other European cities. In 1962, Luxembourg Airlines becameScript error: No such module "Unsubst". Luxair and began flights by launching a Luxembourg–Paris route with a Fokker F27 Friendship.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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Luxair's first aircraft was this Fokker F27 Friendship, pictured here in 1966.

From 1964 to 1969, Luxair operated three Lockheed L-1649A Starliner aircraft in a cooperative agreement with Trek Airways, from Luxembourg to Johannesburg. The Starliners were painted in Luxair livery and were registered in Luxembourg.[5] By 1967, Luxair's fleet consisted of three Fokker F27 Friendships and one Vickers Viscount. The latter was written off in a non-fatal accident in 1969 and replaced the following year by the airline's first jet airliner, a Sud Aviation Caravelle. By 1976, Luxair was operating a Boeing 707 with a Boeing 737-200 then joining the fleet in 1977.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Over the years, Luxair gradually introduced further jet aircraft: Boeing 737-400s and Boeing 737-500s; as well as Fokker 50 turboprops and Embraer ERJ-135 and ERJ-145 regional jets. In the 1980s, Boeing 747SPs owned by South African Trek Airways and operated by LUXAVIA were painted in Luxair colours, flying routes between South Africa and Europe, as well as holiday charters from Luxembourg.[6] LUXAVIA was a joint venture between Trek Airways and Luxair, enabling Trek Airways to avoid the repercussions of widespread anti-Apartheid boycotts.[7]

Development since the 2000s

In March 2003, Luxair ordered two new Boeing 737-700s to replace its older Boeing aircraft.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The first of the new aircraft was delivered on 18 February 2004. A third aircraft was ordered in August 2003 and delivered in January 2005.

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Luxair's old logo, used from 21 October 1961 to 20 December 2003

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A former Luxair Boeing 737-500

To move to an all-jet fleet, the last Fokker 50 aircraft was withdrawn from service in April 2005. The rising cost of oil made operating regional jets increasingly difficult. To lessen its exposure,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Luxair decided to reintroduce turboprop aircraft, and in June 2006 it signed a firm order with Bombardier Aerospace for three Dash 8-Q400s, plus three options.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The last of the three aircraft was delivered in September 2007. Two additional Q400s were ordered later.

In October 2008, Luxair decided to place an order for its first Boeing 737-800. This aircraft replaced the last Boeing 737-500 in Luxair's fleet and facilitated Luxair's offer on its holiday destinations. In 2009, the airline was awarded as the most punctual scheduled operator at London City Airport during 2008 by Flight on Time, based on CAA statistics.[8] In 2011 Luxair carried 1,302,771 passengers.[9]

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Boeing 737-700 in 2000s livery

In 2013 and 2014, two new Boeing 737-800s fitted with Boeing Sky Interior became part of the fleet, which enabled Luxair to retire the last Boeing 737-500 from service.

In July 2015, Luxair's minority shareholder Lufthansa announced it would sell its 13 per cent stake in the airline it had held since 1993. The government of Luxembourg was named as the preferred buyer.[10] In November 2015, the sale was finalized when Lufthansa sold its entire stake to the state of Luxembourg.[11] Luxair also announced it would stop flying its route to Frankfurt Airport previously operated on a codeshare with Lufthansa as the latter started the same route itself.[12] Luxair is still part of the Lufthansa frequent flyer program Miles & More.[13][14]

After the bankruptcy of Air Berlin, Luxair announced they would begin flying from Saarbrücken Airport to Berlin Tegel Airport utilising a Bombardier CRJ700 which Luxair leased from Adria Airways based in Saarbrücken.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Corporate affairs

Ownership

As of November 2015, after Lufthansa sold its shares, the airline is owned by the State of Luxembourg (52.04%), Banque et Caisse d'Épargne de l'État (21.81%), Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (13.14%), the Luxair Group and others (13.11%).[15] In total, the State of Luxembourg owns 74.98% of the company through various state-owned corporations and its holding of 10% of Banque Internationale à Luxembourg.

Business trends

The key figures for the Luxair Group since 2008 are shown below:[16]

Turnover
(€m)
Net profit
(€m)
Number of
employeesTemplate:Efn
Number of
passengers
(m)
Passenger
load factor
(%)
Cargo carried
(000s tons)
Number of
aircraftTemplate:Efn
Notes/sources
2008 417 8.5 2,461 1.22 73.4 810 15 [17]
2009 383 1.3 2,334 1.18 72.9 672 16 [17]
2010 409 8.9 2,317 1.25 73.8 735 16 [17]
2011 429 3.6 2,344 1.30 72.4 678 16 [18]
2012 447 −21.2 2,309 1.37 73.4 638 16 [19]
2013 472 8.2 2,288 1.51 75.3 693 16 [20]
2014 495 −0.4 2,394 1.68 74.5 725 17 [21]
2015 505 9.7 2,438 1.81 72.8 759 17 [22]
2016 498 4.4 2,527 1.84 71.6 822 16 [23]
2017 535 9.5 2,658 1.93 71.6 940 17 [24]
2018 593 12.5 2,828 2.13 72.6 957 17 [24]
2019 615 8.1 2,877 2.14 73.0 893 19 [25]
2020 263 −154 2,820 0.66 58.4 947 19 [26]
2021 457 −2.3 2,705 1.08 68.6 1124 19 [27]
2022 683 67.1 3,118 1.2 995 19 [28]

Destinations

As of September 2024Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Luxair flies (or has flown) to the following destinations:[29]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Austria Innsbruck Innsbruck Airport Template:Airline seasonal [30]
Salzburg Salzburg Airport Template:Airline seasonal [30]
Vienna Vienna International Airport [29]
Belgium Antwerp Antwerp International Airport Terminated [29][31][32]
Brussels Brussels Airport Terminated [33]
Bulgaria Burgas Burgas Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Varna Varna Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Cape Verde Boa Vista Aristides Pereira International Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Praia Nelson Mandela International Airport [34]
Sal Amilcar Cabral International Airport [29]
São Vicente Cesária Évora Airport Template:Airline seasonal [30]
Croatia Brač Brač Airport [29][35]
Dubrovnik Dubrovnik Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29][36]
Split Split Airport Terminated [29]
Zadar Zadar Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29][36]
Cyprus Paphos Paphos International Airport Terminated [37]
Czech Republic Prague Václav Havel Airport Prague [29]
Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen Airport [29]
Egypt Hurghada Hurghada International Airport [29]
Marsa Alam Marsa Alam International Airport [30]
Finland Helsinki Helsinki Airport Resumes 2 July 2026 [38]
Rovaniemi Rovaniemi Airport Terminated [39]
France Ajaccio Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Bastia Bastia – Poretta Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Biarritz Biarritz Pays Basque Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Bordeaux Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport [30]
Calvi Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Châlons Châlons Vatry Airport Terminated [40]
Figari Figari–Sud Corse Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
La Rochelle La Rochelle – Île de Ré Airport Terminated [41][30]
Marseille Marseille Provence Airport Terminated [30]
Montpellier Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport [30]
Nantes Nantes Atlantique Airport Terminated [42]
Nice Nice Côte d'Azur Airport [29]
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport [29]
Toulon Toulon–Hyères Airports Template:Airline seasonal [30]
Germany Berlin Berlin Brandenburg Airport [29]
Berlin Tegel Airport Airport Closed [29]
Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport Terminated [43]
Hamburg Hamburg Airport [30]
Heringsdorf Heringsdorf Airport Template:Airline seasonal [30]
Munich Munich Airport [29]
Rostock Rostock–Laage Airport Terminated [30]
Saarbrücken Saarbrücken Airport Terminated [44]
Sylt Sylt Airport Template:Airline seasonal [30]
Greece Athens Athens International Airport Terminated [45]
Chania Chania International Airport [29][46]
Corfu Corfu International Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Heraklion Heraklion International Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Kos Kos International Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Mykonos Mykonos Airport Terminated [30]
Rhodes Rhodes International Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Santorini Santorini International Airport Template:Airline seasonal [30]
Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Airport Template:Airline seasonal [30]
Hungary Budapest Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport [30]
Iceland Reykjavík Keflavík International Airport Terminated [47]
Ireland Dublin Dublin Airport [29]
Italy Bari Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport [29]
Bologna Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport [30]
Brindisi Brindisi Airport Template:Airline seasonal [30]
Cagliari Cagliari Elmas Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Catania Catania–Fontanarossa Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Florence Florence Airport Template:Airline seasonal [30]
Lamezia Terme Lamezia Terme International Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Milan Linate Airport [29][48]
Milan Malpensa Airport [29]
Naples Naples International Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Olbia Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Palermo Falcone Borsellino Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Pescara Abruzzo Airport [29]
Rimini Federico Fellini International Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Rome Rome Fiumicino Airport [29]
Turin Turin Airport Terminated [49]
Venice Venice Marco Polo Airport [29]
Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg Airport Template:Airline hub [29]
Malta Luqa Malta International Airport [29]
Montenegro Podgorica Podgorica Airport Terminated [30]
Tivat Tivat Airport Template:Airline seasonal [30]
Morocco Agadir Agadir–Al Massira Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Marrakesh Marrakesh Menara Airport [29]
Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Terminated [50]
Rotterdam Rotterdam The Hague Airport Terminated [29][51]
Norway Oslo Oslo Gardermoen Airport [30]
Poland Kraków Kraków John Paul II International Airport
Warsaw Warsaw Chopin Airport
Portugal Faro Faro Airport [29]
Funchal Madeira Airport [29]
Lisbon Lisbon Airport [29]
Porto Porto Airport [29]
Romania Bucharest Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport [30]
Senegal Dakar Blaise Diagne International Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29][52]
Serbia Belgrade Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport Terminated [53]
South Africa Johannesburg O. R. Tambo International Airport Terminated [54]
Spain Alicante Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport Resumes 1 April 2026 [55]
Almería Almería Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Barcelona Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport [29]
Bilbao Bilbao Airport Resumes 16 July 2026 [56]
Fuerteventura Fuerteventura Airport [29]
Girona Girona Costa Brava Airport Resumes 2 June 2026 [57]
Ibiza Ibiza Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Jerez de la Frontera Jerez Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Lanzarote Lanzarote Airport [29]
Las Palmas Gran Canaria Airport [29]
Madrid Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport [29]
Málaga Málaga Airport [29]
Menorca Menorca Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Airport [29]
Tenerife Tenerife South Airport [29]
Valencia Valencia Airport Template:Airline seasonal [30]
Sweden Sälen/Trysil Sälen/Scandinavian Mountains Airport Terminated [29]
Stockholm Stockholm Arlanda Airport [30]
Switzerland Geneva Geneva Airport [29]
Zurich Zurich Airport Terminated [58]
Tunisia Djerba Djerba–Zarzis International Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Enfidha Enfidha–Hammamet International Airport [29]
Monastir Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport [30]
Tunis Tunis–Carthage International Airport Resumes 4 July 2026 [30]
Turkey Antalya Antalya Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Izmir İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport [29]
United Arab Emirates Dubai Al Maktoum International Airport Template:Airline seasonal [29]
Dubai International Airport Terminated [29]
Ras Al Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah International Airport Terminated [59]
United Kingdom Edinburgh Edinburgh Airport Begins 3 July 2026 [60]
London London City Airport [29]
Heathrow Airport Terminated [61]
Manchester Manchester Airport [62]
United States New York City John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminated [54]

Codeshare agreements

Luxair has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[63]

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Fleet

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Luxair De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400
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Luxair Boeing 737-800

Current fleet

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Luxair fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Boeing 737-700 4 141 [70]
Boeing 737-800 4 186
Boeing 737 MAX 7 4 TBA [71][72]
Boeing 737 MAX 8 2 4 186 2 to be leased.[73][74][75]
Boeing 737 MAX 10 2 TBA Order with 2 options.[76][77]
De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 11 76
Embraer E195-E2 1 5 136[78] Order with 3 purchase rights.
Deliveries from December 2025.[79][80][81]
Total 22 15

Historical fleet

Luxair previously also operated the following aircraft types:

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Special liveries

Starting from 2020, Luxair released special liveries for some of its aircraft. On 25 July 2021, the company introduced the SUMO Artwork Luxair's Boeing 737/800.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The livery was designed by the local street artist Christian "SUMO" Pearson. The special livery was meant to spread a positive message at the moment of the restart of operations after the first COVID-19 lockdownScript error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and was the main action of the company's broader "FlyingIsAnArt" project:[83] On 25 November 2020, the company released a de Havilland Q400 with an orange logo to raise awareness for violence against women.[84]

In July 2022, Luxair was the world's first airline to paint a livery of one of its aircraft in a rainbow, to support Luxembourg Pride Month.[85] This project inspired the German carrier Lufthansa, which one year later decided to do the same on one of its aircraft.[86]

In October 2022, Luxair painted one of its aircraft with pink artwork by the local artist Lisa Junius in partnership with Think Pink Lux, to contribute to the Pink October worldwide campaign.[87]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 22 December 1969, a Vickers Viscount (registration LX-LGC) arriving from Frankfurt Airport, Germany, landed 60% on the right-hand side of R24, hit a snowbank piled up by snowplows at the intersection with runway 20 during landing and rollout at Luxembourg Findel Airport in freezing fog weather. No passengers were killed, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It was scrapped in May 1970.[88]
  • On 6 November 2002, Luxair Flight 9642, a Fokker 50 (registration LX-LGB) incoming from Berlin, Germany, crashed in a field near the village of Niederanven during its final approach to Luxembourg Findel Airport. Twenty passengers and two crew members died, including artist Michel Majerus. Only the pilot in command and one passenger survived.[89] This is the only fatal accident in Luxair's history.[90]
  • On 30 September 2015, Luxair Flight 9562, operated by a Bombardier Q400, was taking off from Saarbrücken Airport when the first officer retracted the landing gear before the aircraft lifted off. The aircraft collapsed onto its belly and came to a stop on the runway.[91] The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and Luxair ordered a replacement Q400 to be delivered in August 2016.[92]
  • On 4 February 2024, Luxair Flight 5682 flying between Ljubljana and Luxembourg was forced to land in Munich, after pilots reported a crack in their cockpit windshield. The Dash-8 plane was grounded for approximately 31 hours in Munich, repaired, and returned to Luxembourg.[93]

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