Eurowings Europe

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

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

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. "Eurowings Europe". ch-aviation. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  2. Hofmann, Kurt (12 January 2017). "Eurowings Europe opens Salzburg base". Air Transport World. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. "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.
  6. "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.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.

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