Darwin Airline is a regional airline based in Lugano, Switzerland. It operates scheduled services to Italy, France and the UK. Its main base is Lugano Airport (LUG). A Boeing 747-400 belonging to Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... Location within Switzerland Lugano is a city in south-east Switzerland, in the Italian speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy. ... Lugano Airport lies closer to the village of Agno than to Lugano itself. ...

Code Data

• ICAO Code: DWT

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. ...

History

The airline was established on 12 August 2003 and operations started on 28 July 2004. August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Services

Darwin Airline operates the following services (at January 2005): 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Bern, Geneva and Lugano.

• International scheduled destinations: London City, Olbia and Rome Fiumicino.

Location within Switzerland The city of Bern, English traditionally Berne (Bernese German Bärn , German Bern , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna ), is the Bundesstadt (capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city (after Zürich, Geneva and Basel). ... Geneva (French: Genève) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland located where Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman, but the Genevois are fond of calling it Lac de Genève) empties into the Rhône River. ... Location within Switzerland Lugano is a city in south-east Switzerland, in the Italian speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy. ... For Pontic Olbia, the Greek colony on the Black Sea coast, see Olbia, Ukraine. ...

Fleet

The Darwin Airline fleet consists of 2 Saab 2000 aircraft (at January 2005). Categories: Stub | Saab aircraft | Swedish airliners 1990-1999 ...

External Links

• Darwin Airline