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What we compareAir BerlinGermanwings
Country in archiveGermanyGermany
Founded1978October 27, 2002
FounderKim LundgrenEurowings
HeadquartersBerlin, Berlin, GermanyCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Name originThe sources used here do not state the naming reasoning explicitly. The name combines the word "air" with Berlin, the city the airline was founded to serve from Tegel Airport in 1978, and the company first traded as Air Berlin USA.The name Germanwings combines the English words German and wings. The sources used here do not document who chose it, but the airline became a separate company under that name on 27 October 2002.
HighlightsBerlin Tegel hub, Düsseldorf hub, Oneworld membershipCologne Bonn hub, Berlin Bearbus livery, Lufthansa short-haul transfer
Earliest archived brand logo19782002
Latest archived logo20082012
Archived logo assets52

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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