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Austrian Airlines to take over some Eurowings routes from Vienna

Austrian Airlines has made this announcement:

Austrian Airlines and Eurowings are repositioning themselves in Austria and reinforce their cooperation. The common goal is to strengthen the Vienna hub and expand decentralised traffic from the Austrian federal states.

Austrian Airlines will be responsible for network planning at the Vienna hub in order to improve the management of transfer traffic. As of January 1, 2020, Eurowings will deploy four aircraft including crews in wet lease for Austrian Airlines.


At the same time, Eurowings will strongly expand its presence at Salzburg Airport and increase the number of Airbus A319 aircraft stationed in the City of Mozart to a total of three. Furthermore, Eurowings will expand its leisure flight program from Innsbruck Airport offering full charter flights to warm-water destinations. Thereby Eurowings is pursuing its strategy of consistently concentrating on decentralized routes i.e. point-to-point flight traffic. Today Eurowings is already number one at four major German airports, namely Dรผsseldorf, Hamburg, Cologne and Stuttgart.

Within the context of the closer collaboration of the two airlines, the following destinations will be offered in the route network of Austrian Airlines as of January 2020: two daily flights will be operated to Barcelona (expansion from twelve to 14 weekly flights). Birmingham will be served up to once daily (increase from four to seven flights per week). Up to two flights will be operated every day to Nuremberg (twelve weekly flights instead of eleven), and frequencies to Rome will rise to three daily flights (21 flights each week instead of twelve). Up to one daily flight will be offered to Zadar (thus raising the number of weekly flights from two to seven). The leisure flight program (of Austrian and Eurowings) of summer 2020 will be published at a later date.

Check-in for all these flights will take place at Austrian Airlines in Terminal 3 at Vienna Airport in the future. The existing scheduled flight connections of Eurowings between Vienna and Dรผsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, Stuttgart and Cologne will remain part of the Eurowings route network and will be operated out of Germany as in the past. These flights will continue to take off from Terminal 1 in Vienna.

For Austrian Airlines, this step provides added impetus to its #DriveTo25 strategy. The ten additional A320 aircraft already announced earlier this year will be complemented by four wet lease aircraft from Eurowings. In January, Austrian Airlines reported that it would phase out its smaller turboprop aircraft by 2021 and increase its medium-haul Airbus fleet from 36 to 46 airplanes. This change in the fleet composition is currently being implemented. The first of the ten A320 aircraft is planned to land in Vienna shortly. The 37th Airbus will take off on behalf of Austrian Airlines starting in December.

Austrian Airlines gradually reorganizes its decentralized routes

In connection with the strategic concentration on its home airport in Vienna, the decision was made by Austrian Airlines to reorganize decentralized routes between the Austrian federal states and Germany.

In an initial step, Austrian Airlines is reorganizing flight operations on the Salzburg-Frankfurt and Graz-Frankfurt routes within the Lufthansa Group and will likely transfer responsibility for these routes to Lufthansa at the turn of the year 2019/2020. The new flight connections can be booked as of October 23, 2019. The number of flights on these two routes will not change: In the upcoming winter flight schedule, a total of 28 weekly flights will be offered linking Salzburg and Frankfurt, whereas 26 flights will be operated between Graz and Frankfurt each week. The previous flight times will be maintained with the exception of a few small adjustments.

However, overall seating capacity between Salzburg and Frankfurt will increase due to the fact that Lufthansa will deploy Airbus A319 and thus larger aircraft than has been the case up until now. A mix of Airbus A319, Embraer 190 and Bombardier CRJ900 jets will be deployed on the Graz-Frankfurt route. Total seating capacity on this route will remain unchanged. In the future, Austrian Airlines will make use of two Embraer aircraft currently stationed in Salzburg and Graz for flights departing from Vienna to destinations in its European route network.

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Eurowings increases frequencies from Dรผsseldorf and Hamburg

Eurowings is adding two new flights to its existing direct services from Dรผsseldorf to Barcelona and will thus be operating the route daily from June 1, 2020 and a total of 18 nonstop flights per week.

The connection from Dรผsseldorf to Koลกice, which will be resumed in the 2019/2020 winter schedule, will also continue in the summer timetable. Flights will be offered on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays from a price of 59.99 euros per route.

There will also be an increased number of flights between Hamburg and Thessaloniki in Greece. With an additional direct connection, passengers will travel six times a week without detour to Thessaloniki from 3 July 2020. These flights can be booked from a one-way price of 49.99 euros.

The Spanish city of Barcelona is world-famous for its architecture. In particular, the Sagrada Famรญlia church and the many Gaudรญ works of art that characterize the cityscape attract countless tourists every year. Located in the northeast of the Iberian peninsula on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, the lively metropolis combines beach holiday and sightseeing in an outstanding way.

Koลกice is the second largest city in Slovakia and is located in the east not far from the Hungarian border. It is artistically influenced and is home to numerous museums as well as several theatres. The National Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra is of supra-regional importance. In the centre of Koลกice there are cinemas, bars, pubs and nightclubs. The nearby village of Wolovezkie Werkhi provides access to the mountains, which are ideal for hiking in summer and winter sports in winter.

Thessaloniki is a Greek port city on the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean and the second largest city in the country. Due to its immediate location on the water, it is still considered as an important transhipment point in the Balkans. Lively alleys, numerous bars and restaurants as well as historical buildings form an attractive backdrop for visitors.

Eurowings to add flights to Malta, Belgrade and Florence from Stuttgart

Eurowings has made this announcement:

Eurowings adds new destinations from Stuttgart to its summer flight schedule 2020: Starting on June 1, 2020, the airline flies twice a week, on Fridays and Mondays, to the Mediterranean island of Malta.

From June 1, 2020, Eurowings launches the connection from Stuttgart to Florence in Italy. The route will be operated four times a week โ€“ Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

Starting on June 2, 2020, passengers will also be able to fly from the Swabian metropolis to Belgrade on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

The island state Malta is located in the Mediterranean Sea and has three inhabited islands: Malta, Gozo and Comino. The Blue Lagoon is a popular excursion destination. The climate is pleasant all year round and even in winter at an average of very mild 15 degrees. Malta attracts its visitors with numerous bays, sandy beaches and rock caves to excursions and exploration tours.

Belgrade means “the white city” and is the capital of the Republic of Serbia. Due to its location at the estuary of the Sava into the Danube, Belgrade is often referred to as the gateway to the Balkans.

Florence is the capital of the Italian region of Tuscany and is famous for its numerous Renaissance masterpieces of art and architecture. It was also home to Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. In 1982, the historic city center was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

In other news,ย Eurowings will be flying thousands of football fans from 16 September 2019 to the guest appearances of their favorite teams throughout Europe: During the group phase of the European competitions, Eurowings has specifically increased flight capacity on its Europe-wide route network and offers football fans from Germany, England, Austria, Italy, Spain and Hungary a quick and easy journey to the respective venues. To date, 18 additional flights have already been scheduled: The Eurowings “fan pilots” not only fly between Barcelona and Dรผsseldorf as well as Cologne/Bonn, they also bring London fans to the Bavarian capital Munich. In addition, Eurowings is expanding its capacity on many existing connections by deploying larger aircraft – for example, on flights from Dรผsseldorf to Milan or Prague.

A very special highlight awaits fans of the European defending champion: for the first time, they can fly exclusively with Eurowings from Liverpool directly to the Mozart city of Salzburg for a match. In Salzburg, Eurowings now operates one of four bases outside Germany.

Eurowings has set up a special task force to provide these additional flights at short notice: Specialists from various fields work closely together here to ensure, in cooperation with the respective airports, that football fans can travel easily, quickly and punctually to the matches of their teams.

The Eurowings flight schedule to the games

Date Orig Dest FlNo Dep Time loc Arrival Time loc
16.09.19 BCN DUS EW9445 17:45 20:05
18.09.19 DUS BCN EW9444 15:55 18:10
27.11.19 CGN BCN EW520 07:00 09:10
27.11.19 BCN CGN EW521 09:50 12:10
28.11.19 CGN BCN EW520 08:10 10:20
28.11.19 BCN CGN EW521 11:00 13:20
09.12.19 LPL SZG EW5239 16:50 20:00
10.12.19 LPL SZG EW5239 08:00 11:10
11.12.19 LPL SZG EW5239 08:30 11:40
11.12.19 LPL SZG EW5241 14:35 17:45
09.12.19 SZG LPL EW5238 14:50 16:10
10.12.19 SZG LPL EW5238 06:00 07:20
11.12.19 SZG LPL EW5238 06:30 07:50
11.12.19 SZG LPL EW5240 12:35 13:55
11.12.19 STN MUC EW1705 10:10 13:10
12.12.19 STN MUC EW1705 15:10 18:10
11.12.19 MUC STN EW1704 08:30 09:30
12.12.19 MUC STN EW1704 13:20 14:20

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Gdansk and Sofia are new destinations in Eurowings winter timetable 2019/2020

Eurowings has made this announcement:

New destinations in the Eurowings route network for the winter timetable 2019/2020: With the Polish city Gdansk as well as Sofia in Bulgaria, the airline is further expanding its eastern European program. From October 27, 2019, Eurowings will be flying to the airport of Gdansk four times a week from Dรผsseldorf. The route will be operated Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at a one-way price starting from โ‚ฌ29.99.

The connection from Dรผsseldorf to Sofia will start on October 28, 2019. The route will be served three times a week โ€“ Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. From 27th of October, Eurowings will also be flying from Stuttgart Airport to the Bulgarian capital on Tuesdays and Sundays. Sofia is already available from โ‚ฌ24.99 from both departure airports. All routes can already be booked at eurowings.com.

Gdansk is also known as the “golden city” because of its amber deposits and is located on the Baltic coast of Poland. The colorful old town invites to explore. There are many historical buildings, monuments, the harbour area or the amber museum to discover.

The Bulgarian capital Sofia can be recognized by the golden domes, belonging to the famous Nevsky Cathedral, even from a wider distance. As one of the oldest cities in the world, Sofia impresses not only with its historical buildings, but also with its diverse nature.

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Eurowings to expand in Budapest

Eurowings has made this announcement:

Eurowings is increasing the number of its flights to Budapest: From April 2020, the point-to-point airline will fly up to three times a day from Stuttgart and up to two times a day from Hamburg to Hungary. Thus, Eurowings complements the already comprehensive service from Cologne/Bonn and Dรผsseldorf to the Hungarian capital. In spring, the airline flies from Hamburg to Budapest twice a day on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays instead of once a day. The service from Stuttgart will also be increased in the coming summer timetable from Monday to Thursday by one daily departure to a total of three connections.

The flight time from Stuttgart to Budapest takes one hour and 30 minutes. From Hamburg the flight takes only 15 minutes more. The route continues to be operated by an Airbus of the A320 family. With around 250 flights per week, the Lufthansa Group is further expanding its leading position on routes between Germany and Budapest.

Lufthansa Group will expand tourist-oriented long-haul program from Frankfurt and Munich in summer 2020

  • Eurowings strengthens long-haul program at Lufthansa hubs
  • North American campaign with connections to Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando, Anchorage, Seattle and Detroitย 
  • New: Munich to Bangalore, strengthens Asia hub in Munich
  • Flights can be booked with Lufthansa and Eurowings as of 7 August 2019
  • Harry Hohmeister: โ€œWe are continuing to expand Lufthansa Groupโ€™s long-haul program together with Eurowingsโ€ย 
  • Thorsten Dirks: โ€œCombine the strengths of both airlines and position Lufthansa Group in the growing market for long-distance tourist travelโ€

Lufthansa Group is consistently continuing the expansion of its tourist-oriented long-haul program from its hubs in Munich and Frankfurt. Beginning with the 2020 summer flight schedule, leisure travelers in particular will benefit from attractive new destinations. The focus is on North American destinations โ€“ as of next summer, Lufthansa will be expanding its services to include Las Vegas, Phoenix, Anchorage, Seattle/Tacoma, Orlando, Detroit. In addition, Bangalore, a destination in Asia, is added to the timetable in Munich. The majority of the flights will operate in cooperation with Eurowings, which will be using a fleet of Airbus A330 aircraft with up to 270 seats. Eurowings will already be present at Germanyโ€™s largest hub in Frankfurt beginning with the 2019/2020 winter flight schedule that goes into effect in late October, offering flights to the popular holiday islands of Barbados and Mauritius as well as to Las Vegas and Windhoek. From Munich, Eurowings has been offering long-haul connections to selected tourist destinations since Summer 2018.

โ€œLufthansa Group is significantly increasing its commitment at the Munich hub and continuing its expansion to a hub for Asia with the addition of Bangalore. At the same time, Lufthansa Group is one of Europeโ€™s largest providers of holiday travel. Demand in this area in particular is rising sharply. We will therefore be expanding our long-haul program from Munich and Frankfurt in cooperation with Eurowings in addition to the offers that have already been planned for Fall 2019. Lufthansaโ€™s feeder flights and the Frankfurt and Munich hubs will make it even easier for our passengers to reach the most beautiful places in the world in future,โ€ says Harry Hohmeister, Member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Chief Commercial Officer Network Airlines. Lufthansa will support the marketing of the new Eurowings long-haul destinations with its global sales strength and with high-quality service processes on the ground.

โ€œWith the new 2020 summer destinations from Munich and Frankfurt, we are demonstrating once more how we combine the strengths of the two airlines to the benefit of our customers: with a product range tailored to holidaymakers and families and with a fresh, modern, innovative on-board product from Eurowings โ€“ supported by Lufthansaโ€™s marketing and sales power. This superb line-up allows us to position Lufthansa Group in the growing long-haul tourist market,โ€ says Thorsten Dirks, Member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and CEO of Eurowings.

The new destinations from Munich in detail:

As of 1 June 2020, there will be flights to Seattle/Tacoma daily except Thursdays. The flight will depart from Munich at 3:30 p.m. and arrive at its destination at 4:55 p.m. local time. The return flight will take off in Seattle at 6:45 p.m. and land in Munich at 1:50p.m. the next day.

Another U.S. destination from Munich is Detroit. Beginning on 4 May 2020, Lufthansa will fly to the city in Michigan five times a week โ€“ on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The flight will depart at 12:40 p.m. and land at 3:45 p.m. local time. The return flight to Germany will take off at 5:35 p.m. local time, arriving in Munich at 7:45 a.m. the next morning.

As of 31 March 2020, Lufthansa will fly to the Indian metropolis of Bangalore five times a week โ€“ on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The flight will take off in Munich at 11:55 a.m. and land at 0:05 a.m. local time the following day. The return flight to Germany departs at 1:45 a.m. local time, arriving in Munich at 7:30 a.m.

All of these cities will be served from Munich for the first time with the state-of-the-art and efficient Airbus A350-900.

In addition to these flights, the Lufthansa Group will offer two additional U.S. destinations from Lufthansaโ€™s Munich hub: Eurowings will fly to Las Vegas twice a week as of 6 April 2020, on Mondays and Fridays. Flights will depart from the Bavarian capital at 11:45 a.m. and land in Las Vegas at 2:40 p.m. local time. The return flight takes off from Las Vegas at 4:30 p.m. and arrives in Munich at 12:55 p.m. the next day. These summer connections supplement the year-round connections to the glittering metropolis offered by Lufthansa from Frankfurt three times a week.

Another U.S. destination from Munich is Orlando. As of 7 April 2020, Eurowings will fly an Airbus A330 to the city in the Sunshine State Florida three times a week โ€“ on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Departure will be at 9:10 a.m. and the flight will land at 1:55 p.m. local time. The return flight to Germany departs at 3:45 p.m. local time, arriving in Munich at 7:20 a.m. the next morning.

The new destinations from Frankfurt in detail:

As of 29 April 2020, Eurowings will fly to Phoenix/Arizona from Germanyโ€™s largest hub five times a week โ€“ on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The flight will take off from Frankfurt at 2:05 p.m. and arrive at its destination at 5:05 p.m. local time. The return flight will depart from Phoenix at 6:55 p.m. and arrive in Frankfurt at 3:05 p.m. the next day.

New in the 2020 summer timetable from Frankfurt: the city of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. Eurowings will fly there three times a week beginning on 1 June 2020 โ€“ on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The outbound flight takes off from Frankfurt at 10:30 a.m. and lands in Anchorage at 11:55 a.m. local time. The return flight leaves Alaska at 1:55 p.m. local time, landing in Frankfurt at 10:45 a.m. the next day.

In addition to these flights, the Windhoek and Las Vegas destinations that are already available in the 2019/2020 winter flight schedule will continue to be offered in the summer of 2020.

Eurowings operates to Ohrid this summer

Eurowings made this announcement:

On July 1, 2019 an Airbus A320 took off for the first time to Ohrid in the southwest of North Macedonia: The passengers departed punctually at 07.20 a.m. from Stuttgart Airport.

The connection to the popular tourist city is offered twice a week on Mondays and Fridays during the summer months. Departure from Stuttgart is early in the morning and the flight duration is estimated at about two hours.

Starting on July 17, 2019, Eurowings will be expanding its service to Ohrid with the addition of a new connection from Dรผsseldorf. On Wednesdays in the afternoon, the route in the direction of Eastern Europe will be served by an Airbus A319.

The city of Ohrid captivates with its picturesque old town, many churches, monasteries and mosques and is situated on Lake Ohrid: the million-year-old water is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The old town is located directly on the waterside and invites you to take a walk along the lake promenade.

Photos: Eurowings and TAV Airports.

Lufthansa Group reverses course, Brussels Airlines will not now be integrated into Eurowings

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Lufthansa Group is announcing major changes, especially those concerning the Eurowings brand. The plan to integrate Brussels Airlines into Eurowings has been a failure (several Brussels Airlines aircraft have been repainted into Eurowings colors and were operating under the Eurowings brand). Brussels Airlines will now stand alone under it own brand and will now be aligned with the other network airlines (Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian).

Here is the full announcement:

  • Eurowings to focus on short-haul services in future
  • Commercial responsibility for Eurowings long-haul services to be transferred to the Network Organization in future
  • Re-orientation of Brussels Airlines: closer alignment with Network Airlines; integration into Eurowings will not be further pursued
  • Change in dividend policy to enable shareholders to participate more in the Groupโ€™s success

The Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG is informing investors and analysts about the further development of its airline strategy. The planned actions should sustainably enhance Lufthansa Groupโ€™s value creation. A key element is a comprehensive set of measures to turn around Eurowings, which should be returned to profit as swiftly as possible and sustainably generate value for shareholders.

To enable shareholders to participate more substantially in the Groupโ€™s results, the current dividend policy shall be changed. In future, 20 to 40% of the Groupโ€™s net income should be regularly distributed to shareholders. In the medium term, the Group aims to raise its free cash flow to at least EUR 1 billion a year.

Various planned actions will be presented to analysts and investors today. These include:

  • Eurowings turnaround: a clear focus on short-haul point-to-point operations
  • Eurowings long-haul: transfer of commercial responsibility to the Network Organization
  • Eurowings flight operations: less complexity and higher productivity through a reduction to one AOC in Germany
  • Eurowings fleet: standardization on the Airbus A320 family
  • Eurowings costs: a 15% reduction in unit costs (CASK) by 2022
  • Brussels Airlines: no integration into Eurowings and closer alignment to the Network Airlines (further details in the third quarter of 2019)
  • Brussels Airlines: turnaround plan in the third quarter of 2019
  • Network Airlines: innovations in sales and distribution to make a structural growth contribution to raising unit revenues by 3% by 2022
  • Network Airlines: continuous 1 to 2% annual reduction of unit costs.

โ€œWith the airlines in our Group we are excellently positioned in our home markets, which are among the strongest in the world,โ€ says Carsten Spohr, Chairman of the Executive Board & CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG. โ€œOur Groupโ€™s service companies are also world leaders in their fields. We want to translate this market strength even more consistently into sustainable profitability and value creation. And it is to this end that we are presenting concrete actions today which will enhance our efficiency and generate value for our shareholders. Because we donโ€™t just want to be Number One for our customers and our employees: we want to be the first choice for our shareholders, too.โ€

Top Copyright Photo: Eurowings (Brussels Airlines) Airbus A330-343 OO-SFL (msn 579) (BIZ class on board) BRU (Ton Jochems). Image: 946745.

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Eurowings moves to Terminal 1 at Munich Airport today

Eurowings made this announcement:

From June 1, 2019: Instead of Terminal 2, departures and arrivals will be handled in Terminal 1 of Munich Airport from now on. Munich’s second-largest airline will be moving into its new location soon. Eurowings passengers benefit from short distances and can use all Eurowings service facilities easily and comfortably in one connected area.

In addition to domestic German flights, Eurowings particularly offers touristic destinations around the Mediterranean Sea. Terminal 1 at Munich Airport is well suited for this point-to-point traffic with its short distances from the short-stay parking zones or car park P1 to the check-in area and gates. Check-in for all departures is in Area A. Passengers can enjoy attractive catering and shopping facilities after passing through the security checkpoint.

For transferring passengers, a free shuttle service is available, which carries them every 10 minutes between the two terminals.

In other news, the first Eurowings-branded Airbus A320 (OO-SNN) arrives in Brussels on May 31 for operation by Brussels Airlines.