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Eurowings Discover

A - 30 years EW

Eurowings at 30; domestic flights down 48% v 2019 Q2; 11 countries added and four dropped since 2019

Lufthansa’s lower-cost subsidiary Eurowings can trace its origins back to 1993 and has just celebrated its 30thanniversary. A brief history of the airline’s evolution from regional carrier to its current incarnation can be found on the Eurowings corporate website. The basic Eurowings brand (IATA code EW) has been joined in recent times by the long-haul […]

February 10, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

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Air Belgium and Eurowings Discover launch flights to South Africa; UK tops Europe-SA country rankings

There are more flights between European airports and South Africa this northern winter than between Europe and any other country in sub-Saharan Africa. According to Cirium schedules information data, there are 780,000 one-way seats. Europe-South Africa capacity is down by a quarter Even though it is now South Africa’s summer, Europe-South Africa seats remain down […]

December 7, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

FRA - MLE

ITA and Virgin Atlantic add Maldives routes; Middle East carriers still heavily dominate Europe-Male

Europe to the Indian Ocean tourist destination of the Maldives is a large and growing market. It saw an estimated 1.2 million passengers between January and September 2019. Despite the pandemic, or because of it, traffic increased by around 12% versus the same nine months in 2019. Especially good growth was seen from Russia (+106%), […]

November 30, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, Top Story

FRA - SLC

New Route of the Day (23 May 2022): Eurowings Discover between Frankfurt and Salt Lake City

Eurowings Discover (IATA code 4Y), the mostly long-haul leisure brand from German flag-carrier Lufthansa, launched a new route to the US on Monday 23 May. Using an A330-300, the airline has started 3-weekly service (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) between Frankfurt and Salt Lake City in Utah. The 8,400-kilometre route becomes the carrier’s fourth US destination […]

June 1, 2022 | Latest Route News +

IST - EWR

Over 70 US-Europe routes launched since start of pandemic; United passes Delta for most routes

After non-essential travel between Europe and the US was once again permitted last November, airlines on both continents appear to be hoping that there is plenty of pent-up demand for crossing the Atlantic this summer, as capacity data from Cirium shows that the number of planned seats for the peak summer period is down just […]

March 11, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story

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Eurowings Discover set to exert pressure on Condor at Frankfurt; 21 aircraft planned by mid-2022

Germany’s Luthansa Group already has a wholly-owned, lower-cost subsidiary, Eurowings (IATA code EW). It even used the airline prior to the pandemic to launch long-haul services from Frankfurt. Cirium Data and Analytics shows that in late October 2019, Eurowings was offering flights from Frankfurt to Barbados, Las Vegas, Mauritius and Windhoek in Namibia. So why […]

July 29, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, North America, Top Story

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