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Centralwings
IATA C0	ICAO CLW	Callsign CENTRALWINGS
Founded		2004
Hubs		Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice
Fleet size		12
Destinations		36
Parent company		LOT Polish Airlines
Company slogan		Pay less, expect more
Headquarters		Warsaw, Poland
Key people		Waldemar Królikowski (CEO)
Website: http://www.centralwings.com/

Centralwings is a low-cost airline based in Warsaw, Poland. It is a low-fare subsidiary of LOT Polish Airlines, operating international services in Europe, using Boeing 737 aircraft. Its main base is Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport, with hubs at Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport and John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice^[1].

There are reports that Centralwings could be shut down in a couple of months [[1]].

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 4 External links 5 References

[edit] History

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The airline was established in December 2004 and started operations in February 2005. Centralwings, as its name suggests, competes in the Central European market, namely Poland, with a fleet of LOT Boeing 737 aircraft.

[edit] Destinations

A detailed list of cities served can be found in Centralwings destinations. Centralwings is discontinuing flights on the following eleven routes:

• Manchester - Gdańsk
• Manchester - Warsaw
• Manchester - Kraków
• Manchester - Poznań
• Edinburgh - Poznań
• Shannon - Gdańsk
• Cork - Kraków
• Lille - Warsaw
• London-Gatwick - Wroclaw
• Birmingham - Kraków
• Dortmund - Szczecin

[edit] Fleet

The Centralwings fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2008):

• 3 Boeing 737-300
• 9 Boeing 737-400

As of May 2008, the average age of the Centralwings fleet is 12.3 years ([2]).

[edit] External links

• Centralwings
• Centralwings Fleet

[edit] References

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