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What we compareGermanwingsAir Berlin
Country in archiveGermanyGermany
FoundedOctober 27, 20021978
FounderEurowingsKim Lundgren
HeadquartersCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyBerlin, Berlin, Germany
Name originThe 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.The 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.
HighlightsCologne Bonn hub, Berlin Bearbus livery, Lufthansa short-haul transferBerlin Tegel hub, Düsseldorf hub, Oneworld membership
Earliest archived brand logo20021978
Latest archived logo20122008
Archived logo assets25

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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