Eurowings Europe

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This article is about the Austrian low-cost airline. For its larger German sister company, see Eurowings.
Eurowings Europe
IATA ICAO Callsign
E2[1] EWE[1] EUROWINGS
Founded2015
Commenced operations23 June 2016
Operating bases
Frequent-flyer program
Fleet size19
Parent companyLufthansa Group
Websitewww.eurowings.com

Eurowings Europe is a low-cost airline registered in Austria that is a subsidiary of Lufthansa Group.[2] It began operations in June 2016.

History

In January 2016, ch-aviation reported that Eurowings Europe expected to start operations in the middle of the year, operating routes throughout the continent from an initial base at Vienna.[3] About a week after obtaining its air operator's certificate from the Austrian civil aviation authorities, Eurowings Europe departed Vienna for Alicante on 23 June 2016, its maiden flight.[4] It has adopted the corporate identity of its German sister airline, Eurowings.

In September 2019, Lufthansa Group announced, that Austrian Airlines will lease four Vienna-based Airbus A320-200 from Eurowings Europe starting January 2020. The airline will also take over some of Austrian Airlines' flights from Salzburg Airport and Innsbruck Airport.[5]

In October 2019, Eurowings Europe took over the base in Pristina from its sister airline Germanwings.[6]

Destinations

Eurowings Europe operates regional flights throughout Europe.[3] As of October 2019, it maintains four bases in Vienna, Salzburg,[2] Palma de Mallorca[7] and Pristina.[6]

Fleet

Eurowings Europe Airbus A320-200

As of November 2019, the Eurowings Europe fleet consists of the following aircraft:[8]

Eurowings Europe fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Airbus A319-100 9 — 12 144 156[9] Operated for Eurowings
Airbus A320-200 10 — 12 162 174 Operated for Eurowings

Four to be operated for Austrian Airlines from January 2020.[10]

Total 19 —

References

  1. ^ a b "Eurowings Europe". ch-aviation. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b Hofmann, Kurt (12 January 2017). "Eurowings Europe opens Salzburg base". Air Transport World. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Lufthansa's Eurowings Europe eyes Summer 2016 launch". ch-aviation. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Eurowings Europe commences operations". ch-aviation. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Austrian Wings - Austrian lease A320". www.austrianwings.info. Retrieved 2019-09-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b "Eurowings eröffnet Basis und stationiert A319 in Pristina". airliners.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  7. ^ "Eurowings Europe outlines Palma de Mallorca base routes". ch-aviation. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Eurowings - Lufthansa Group Fleet". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2017-10-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "AUA und Eurowings sagen "österreichischer Ryanair" den Kampf an". Austrian Wings (in German). Retrieved 2019-09-28.

External links

Media related to Eurowings Europe (Malta) at Wikimedia Commons

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