Herpa 508018 Eurowings ATR-72 New in Box Retired 1998

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Herpa 508018 Eurowings ATR-72 New in Box Retired 1998
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Eurowings
Luftverkehrs AG, part of Lufthansa Regional, is an airline with its head office in the
Düsseldorf
Administrative
Center
(Verwaltungsstandort Düsseldorf) in
Düsseldorf
,
Germany
. Eurowings operates scheduled domestic and European flights on behalf of Lufthansa. Previously its head office was in the
Dortmund
Administrative
Center
(Verwaltungsstandort Dortmund) at
Dortmund
Airport
in
Dortmund
, with Düsseldorf designated as the seat of the company. The headquarters and maintenance base at
Dortmund
Airport
were recently closed. The airline was formed in 1993 following a merger of Nürnberger Flugdienst (NFD) and Reise- und Industrieflug (RFG), two commuter airlines based in Nürnberg and
Dortmund
, respectively. Flight operations using an initial fleet of ATR 42 and 72 aircraft inherited from Eurowing's predecessors were launched on 1 January 1994. Subsequently, BAe 146 aircraft were added to the fleet, which were later followed by larger Airbus A320 family aircraft and even an Airbus A310. Independent flight operations came to end when Eurowings was acquired by Lufthansa. As at 31 December 2006, Lufthansa had a 49% shareholding in Eurowings with a call option for 50.91% of the remaining stakes, bringing the company into the Lufthansa Group fold. At that time, Eurowings was the owner of Germanwings, thus creating a low-cost branch within the Lufthansa trust. Plans to merge these two airlines with TUIfly (controlled by TUI Travel) into a joint and independent holding company, were brought forth during 2008, but did not materialize. Instead, Lufthansa announced in December 2008 to acquire Germanwings from Eurowings. In September 2010 Eurowings closed its headquarters and technical infrastructure in
Dortmund
,
Germany
, and moved to Düsseldorf. In March 2011, the maintenance division at
Nürnberg
Airport
was also closed. In late 2013/early 2014 Eurowings will start to operate flights for sister airline Germanwings as short haul flights, that are not operated from Frankfurt or
Munich
, are transferred from Lufthansa to Germanwings.
The
ATR 72
is a twin-engine turboprop short-haul regional airliner built by the French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR. ATR and Airbus are both built in
Toulouse
, and share resources and technology. It seats up to 78 passengers in a single-class configuration and is operated by a two-pilot crew. The ATR 72 was developed from the ATR 42 in order to increase the seating capacity (48 to 78) by stretching the fuselage by 4.5 metres (15 ft), increasing the wingspan, adding more powerful engines, and increasing fuel capacity by approximately 10 percent. The 72 was announced in 1986, and made its maiden flight on 27 October 1988. Exactly one year after that, on 27 October 1989, Finnair became the first airline to put the plane into service. Since then, at least 408 ATR 72s have been delivered worldwide with orders pending on at least 28 more.
New condition, in the original packaging
1:500 scale
diecast plane
From Herpa
Small scale and life-like model for adult collectors or kit for the assembly of detailed scale model, not a toy! Not suitable for children under 14 years!
Just like the manufacturers of the originals, Herpa utilizes the latest technology and quality assurance for development and production. Herpa airplanes are aviation fans leading collectors and model building scales 1/500 and 1/200 live up to their big originals in quality, design and fascination. At Herpa, collectors of other scales too, for instance 1/400 or 1/1000 will find a nice model selection for their hobby.
This scaled aircraft model makes great gifts for airline employees, retirees and aviation enthusiasts of all ages. This detailed diecast airplane model was produced to specifications from the aircraft manufacturer and the airline company. It reflects, as accurately the paint scheme of the airline and has many details that are not usually found on other models in this scale. Each model is meticulously finished for unsurpassed quality. This scaled model was produced is accurately painted and professionally detailed.
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