Eurowings hopes to strengthen its position at Berlin Brandenburg (BER) with the launch of a new base and plans to enter the British leisure market for the first time in response to what the carrier describes as “holiday fever” in the UK.
Three Airbus A320s will be stationed at Berlin Brandenburg from April, while in May the Lufthansa-owned carrier intends to begin flying between the UK and Mallorca.
Lufthansa Group is planning to further expand its long-haul tourist offer from Frankfurt (FRA) at the start of the winter 2021/22 season with the addition of flights to Montego Bay in Jamaica and Varadero in Cuba.
Eurowings expects that demand from leisure and visiting-friends-and-relatives (VFR) travelers will drive the recovery and so plans to expand its offering to these customers.
Lufthansa LCC subsidiary Eurowings—taking advantage of Ryanair’s base closure at Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) in Germany—plans to take over up to 95% of the routes that have been operated by the Irish LCC.
Ryanair Group’s Austrian subsidiary Lauda faces an “existential crisis” with its main base in Vienna expected to close before the end of the month, group CEO Michael O’Leary has warned.
More European airlines have outlined how they intend to rebuild their networks over the coming weeks after the mass fleet groundings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
German regional carrier Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (LGW) filed for self-administered insolvency April 22 after it lost its only wet-lease contract with Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings.
Lufthansa is to permanently decommission more than 40 aircraft including six Airbus A380s, reduce Eurowings’ long-haul business and scrap its Germanwings brand.
