LTU International

LTU International Airways
IATA ICAO Call sign
LT LTU LTU
FoundedMay 1955 (1955-05)
(as Lufttransport Union)
Commenced operations20 October 1955 (1955-10-20)
Ceased operations13 October 2009 (2009-10-13)
(merged into Air Berlin)
Hubs
Frequent-flyer program
Subsidiaries
Parent companyAir Berlin
HeadquartersDüsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Key peopleHelmut Weixler (CEO)

LTU International Airways,[1] usually shortened to LTU and legally incorporated as LTU Lufttransport-Unternehmen GmbH, was a German leisure airline headquartered in Düsseldorf. It operated medium and long-haul routes and maintained hubs in Düsseldorf, Munich and at Tegel Airport in Berlin. LTU was acquired by Air Berlin in 2007.[1][2] Use of the LTU brand ceased in 2009, and LTU itself was dissolved by April 2011.[3]

  1. ^ a b ch-aviation.com - LTU International Airways retrieved 4 March 2023
  2. ^ "Kontakt." LTU International. Retrieved on 21 June 2009. "LTU International Airways Flughafen Düsseldorf, Halle 8 D40474 Düsseldorf"
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference dissolved was invoked but never defined (see the help page).