Monday 12 January 2026 was a noteworthy day for German aviation with the launch of a new virtual airline, AIR UNIQON. The carrier, which uses a 78-seat Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 operated by Avanti Air will connect Friedrichshafen in south-west Germany with Berlin (4-weekly), Düsseldorf (4-weekly) and Hamburg (3-weekly). Berlin connection resumes after almost 10 years […]
January 15, 2026 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis
Eurowings introduced seasonal flights between Dusseldorf and Ponta Delgada in Portugal on Saturday 10 May. The 2,950-kilometre service will be maintained weekly with the 180-seat A320neo aircraft. The carrier is the sole operator between the two cities. The route will run until 4 October and marks the LCC’s entry onto the Azores market. Flight EW9608 […]
May 19, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Eurowings added flights between Dusseldorf and Ljubljana on Saturday 12 April. The 800-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with the A320-family fleet. The carrier faces no competition between the two cities. What they said Reinald Frankewitz, Head of Airport and Network Relations at Eurowings, said: “Another route for Eurowings, another […]
April 22, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Eurowings commenced flights between Düsseldorf and Cairo on Wednesday 30 October. The 3,110-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, with the 180-seat A320 aircraft. The carrier will compete against EGYPTAIR’s 4-weekly rotations between the two cities. Düsseldorf is Eurowings’ number one airport Eurowings is by far Düsseldorf’s largest capacity provider. In 2024, the […]
November 7, 2024 | Latest Route News +
Eurowings introduced a new seasonal winter service between Düsseldorf and Kuusamo in Finland on Sunday 21 January. The 2,070-kilometre route will be maintained weekly by the 180-seat A320 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition between the two cities. Flights will be maintained until 17 March. Flight EW9276 departs Düsseldorf at 08:30 local time, arriving in […]
January 23, 2024 | Latest Route News +
Royal Jordanian introduced flights between its Amman hub and Düsseldorf on Saturday 23 September. The 3,230-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays with the 180-seat A320 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition on the route. Flight RJ137 takes off from Amman at 10:55 local time, arriving in Düsseldorf at 15:00 local time. […]
September 25, 2023 | Latest Route News +
PLAY launched a new seasonal service between Reykjavik and Dusseldorf on Thursday 8 June as it continues to expand operations this summer. The Icelandic carrier will maintain the 3-weekly 2,220-kilometre route on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with its A320neo aircraft. The LCC will compete directly against Eurowings’ 4-weekly flights between the two airports. The outbound service, operating as OG730, departs […]
June 16, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Volotea introduced two new routes to Germany on Friday 26 May from its Bordeaux base to both Dusseldorf and Stuttgart. Both the 910-kilometre service to Dusseldorf and the 870-kilometre route to Stuttgart will be maintained 2-weekly on Mondays and Fridays with the A320-family aircraft. The LCC faces no competition on either of the two. The […]
May 31, 2023 | Latest Route News +
FlyOne Armenia (IATA code 3F) introduced flights between Yerevan and Dusseldorf on Thursday 18 May, becoming the German airport’s first link to Armenia. The 3,140-kilometre route will be maintained 2-weekly on Thursdays and Sundays with a 180-seat A320 aircraft. Since airlines registered in Armenia are on the European Commission’s “blacklist”, prohibiting them from entering EU […]
May 23, 2023 | Latest Route News +
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
More than 100 European airports have Middle East flights this winter. With 250,000 one-way seats, Düsseldorf ranks 21st, based on Cirium schedules information data. Capacity has risen by a 13% versus W19, helped by the launch of various new routes – including daily service from Doha with Qatar Airways. Five new and resuming Middle East […]
November 23, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
This winter, 49 African countries have non-stop or one-stop flights to European airports, based on Cirium schedules data information. When non-sub-Saharan states are removed, South Africa has more Europe capacity than any other. In seventh place is Senegal, with 651,000 two-way Europe seats, more than Nigeria. Senegal’s European capacity has risen by 10% versus W19, […]
November 16, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story