How to Book Travel on Augsburg Airways

Augsburg Airways is owned by the Lufthansa regional group and is a regional airline, flying to international and domestic destinations. Based in Augsburg, Germany, Augsburg Airways has major presences at Hamburg Airport and Munich International Airport. If you need to fly within Germany or to Florence and want the lower fares of a larger carrier and the more personalized service of a smaller airline, this carrier might be a good fit for you.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Internet access

Book Your Tickets

1. Visit the Augsburg Airways Web site to begin the process of booking your tickets (see Resources below). The flight booking page of the Web site will direct you to the Lufthansa flight booking page, through which you can book your tickets for travel on Augsburg Airways.

2. Call Augsburg Airways directly if you want to book your ticket through them without going through Lufthansa. Note that if you want to schedule a charter flight rather than a scheduled air flight, telephone contact of this kind will be necessary.

Compile Contact Information for Augsburg Airways

3. Contact the company via email at [e-mail].

4. Send a fax to the company at 011 ([phone].

Know Your Airline

5. Learn about the company's early days. Augsburg Airways began flying in 1986, although it had established itself as a company as early as 1980. Initially, the airline was known as Interot Airways, and offered mainly commercial services between Düsseldorf and Augsburg.

6. Familiarize yourself with Augsbug's past. By 1993, Augsburg Airways was working for tour operators, shuttling tourists to major European holiday destinations. By 1994, Augsburg Airways had expanded enough to begin offering scheduled flights to Florence. When the company joined the Lufthansa group in 1996, it changed its name to Augsburg Airways. As of June 2002, Augsburg Airways became a wet-lease operation servicing Lufthansa.

7. Know where you stand now with travel on Augsburg Airways. Currently, the company fleet consists of Bombardier Dash 8 Q300s and Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s.

Tips & Warnings

• You can find low-cost Augsburg Airways flights by booking through major travel agents.
• All phone numbers include the United States international prefix "011." When calling internationally from outside the United States, check which prefix to use. All country codes are within parentheses and begin with a "+" sign.