21 Facts About Eurowings

Eurowings GmbH is a German low-cost carrier headquartered in Dusseldorf and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group.

Eurowings has gone through a major transformation in recent years.

Since spring 2015, Eurowings has been redeveloped into a low-cost airline for short- and long-haul flights.

At that time, Eurowings was the owner of Germanwings, thus creating a low-cost branch within the Lufthansa trust.

In September 2010 Eurowings closed its headquarters and technical infrastructure in Dortmund, Germany, and moved both to Dusseldorf, where Eurowings operated most of its flights since the airline was part of Lufthansa Regional.

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All Eurowings flights operated on behalf of Lufthansa Regional ceased by autumn 2014 and were rebranded to Germanwings, the last ones to and from Dusseldorf.

In July 2014, the Lufthansa Group announced that Eurowings would replace its 23 Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft with 23 Airbus A320s.

Eurowings announced the establishment of its first base outside of Germany, at Vienna International Airport, where the aircraft were planned be operated by Austrian Airlines under the Eurowings brand.

Eurowings has been solely responsible for all sales under the Germanwings brand since October 2015.

From November 2015, Eurowings were offering one-way fares to destinations in the Caribbean and Thailand for as little as 99 euros.

Lufthansa stated that unexpected technical difficulties and a small fleet were to blame; Eurowings started its first seven long-haul routes with only one own aircraft.

In January 2016, Eurowings cancelled their planned service from Cologne to Tehran, and reduced Dubai flights from year-round to seasonal service.

Shortly after, Eurowings announced it would terminate its last route to Moscow, and therefore Russia, due to low demand.

Also in August 2016, Eurowings announced it would open its second Austrian base after Vienna, at Salzburg Airport, with flights to six European metropolitan destinations from January 2017.

On 15 February 2017, Eurowings retired their last Bombardier CRJ900 after a flight from Karlsruhe to Hamburg.

In February 2018, Eurowings announced the relocation of all its long-haul routes currently operated from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dusseldorf Airport, from which it already flies long-haul routes, by late October 2018 to strengthen their presence there.

In March 2019, the Lufthansa Group announced that starting in October 2019, Eurowings would introduce long-haul flights from Frankfurt Airport and further its Munich hub to expand Lufthansa's tourist-oriented presence and cooperation with these two hubs.

All long-haul flights operated by Eurowings will be transferred to other network airlines- Lufthansa, Brussels Airlines, Austrian Airlines, and Swiss.

Also in early 2021, Eurowings removed all of their long-haul destinations, which had been served from Dusseldorf, Munich and Frankfurt from their network.

Integration of Brussels Airlines within Eurowings was stopped during 2019; it will instead move closer to Lufthansa Network Airlines, and report as part of that operating segment from 2020.

Business and operating results of the Eurowings Group are fully incorporated into the Lufthansa Group accounts; key trends since 2015, when it moved towards the low cost model, are :.