The Airchive-Dusseldorf, Germany

	Dusseldorf International Airport DUS is the 3rd busiest airport in Germany behind Frankfurt and Munich. It is the secondary hub for Lufthansa but it is most famous for being the hub and homebase for LTU, which serves Fort Myers, Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando, and New York. Who can forget the splendor of the LTU L1011s that used to grace this airport? Delta is the only U.S. carrier serving DUS (from JFK). It is also noteworthy for the Privatair Airbus A-320 flights that serve has flights Chicago O'Hare and Newark airports, which are codeshared with Lufthansa. The stunning new terminal opened in 2001, 5 years after a deadly fire destroyed the old one. These images were taken around the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Special Thanks for all images on this page to: Daniel Kruschinski

	Lufthansa Ticket Counter
	Observation Deck and New Control Tower
	Old Control Tower on top of Observation Deck
	Concourse
	Germanwings Airbus A-320 on Gate Germananwings is a low-cost airline based in nearby Cologne/Bonn, Germany. It operates services to over 53 destinations in Europe; 8 within Germany and 45 destinations in Europe. Its main base is Cologne Bonn Airport, with secondary bases at Stuttgart Airport, Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport and Hamburg Airport. It's A320s serve Berlin from here.
	Germanwings Airbus A-320 "BearBus" This A320 commemorates the international mascot of the City of Berlin, the Bear.

	Air France Boeing 737-500 Air France, perhaps surprisingly, continues to operate a fleet of 737s as does its sister carrier, KLM. From DUS, AF serves Paris CDG.
	Air France (Britt Air) Fokker F-100 Air France serves Lyon from DUS
	Air Lingus Airbus A-320 tail The reinvigorated Air Lingus has completed its transition from an all Boeing to an all Airbus fleet. Air Lingus is now operating as a LCC/mainline hybrid which has proven so successful that it has challenged Ryanair on services to/from Ireland. Its former CEO Willie Wash is now CEO of BA where he has been hired to work some similar management.
	Austrian Arrows CRJ-200 Austrian Arrows is a regional subsidiary of Austrian Airlines serving Graz, Linz, Salzburg, and Vienna from DUS.
	Bulgarian Air Charter MD-80
	Carpatair Fokker F-100 Carpatair is a regional airline based in Timis¸oara, Romania operating Fokker F-100s, Saab 2000s, and Saab 340s.
	Croatia Airlines Airbus A-320 Croatia serves Zagreb from Dusseldorf
	Emirates Boeing 777-300 Many consider Emirates the world's best airline. It operates nonstop to Dubai from here.
	Emirates Airbus A-330 Emirates unusually operates nonstop to Dubai from DUS.
	Lufthansa Boeing 737-300 LH was the launch customer for the 737 and nearly 40 years later still operates a number of them. This example features a soccer ball (football) on the radome commemorating the 2006 German hosted World Cup.
	LTU Airbus A330-200 LTU was founded on October 20, 1955 in Frankfurt, and has been based in Düsseldorf since 1961. It was famous for being one of the last frontline operators of the Lockheed L1011 Tristar. Since retiring them in the late 1990s, it has converted to an all-Airbus fleet. LTU was once largely a charter carrier but now runs many very scheduled flights including US routes from DUS, competing on some of them with Lufthansa The airline is majority owned by dba (60%). LTU and DBA are currently planning to link their operations, and DBA flying inside Germany and LTU serving international destinations.
	LTU Airbus Airbus A-320
	Pegasus Boeing 737-400 Pegasus operates charter services to it's base in Istanbul, Turkey.
	SAS MD-87 SAS serves Copenhagen, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Stockholm-Arlanda from DUS. It has long been a McDonnell Douglas loyalist and is now one of the last frontline operators of the MD series in Europe.
	Pulkovo TU-154 Pulkovo operates elderly Tupelov's to Moscow-Vnukovo and St. Petersburg. It also flies Boeing 737s, but is mainly a user of Russian aircraft.
	Turkish Airlines Airbus A-321 Germany has a large Turkish population. Turkish serves Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul-Atatürk, Izmir, Kayseri, Samsun, Trabzon from DUS.