Lufthansan halpalentotytäryhtiö Eurowings Europe aloitti lennot

[Ilkka Mäkelä 1 228]

Lufthansan uusi halpalentotytäryhtiö Eurowings Europe on aloittanut lennot itävaltalaisella operaattoriluvalla Wienistä käsin. Eurowings Europella tulee olemaan 19 A320:tä vuoden 2017 loppuun mennessä. Koneet tarvitsevat myös miehistön, joten yhtiö palkkaa yhteensä 600 lisätyöntekijää.

 

Lufthansa Group low-cost (LCC) subsidiary Eurowings Europe has launched its first flight from Vienna to Alicante June 23.

 

The company received its air operator’s certificate (AOC) in Austria recently. Its first Airbus A320 is based in Vienna and the fleet should grow to up to three aircraft by October.

 

By the end of June, the network will include service from Vienna to Bastia (France), Rome, Hanover (Germany), Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Valencia (Spain) and London Stansted. From the end of October, the number of destinations will rise to 15, including Italy’s Pisa and Spain’s Fuerteventura and Jerez de la Frontera.

 

Eurowings will hire 600 crewmembers as its fleet expands to 19 A320s by the end of 2017.

 

Lufthansa has established Eurowings as a pan-European LCC platform, which should grow quickly to 100 aircraft as competition from LCCs such UK’s easyJet, Ireland’s Ryanair, and Spain’s Vueling rise to a 50% market share in Europe.

 

http://atwonline.com/airports-routes/eurowings-europe-launches-operations-0