Showing posts with label Eurowings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eurowings. Show all posts

16 February, 2024

New Eurowings designed gate at Dusseldorf Airport

Eurowings passengers travelling to Berlin and Hamburg enjoy faster access to security checks and shorter distances to the gates at Dusseldorf Airport with ‘Wings Express’. In addition, the flights are always positioned at the same, nearby gates in Pier A so that only a few steps are required for boarding even after the security check. 

From now on, this is also visible from the outside at gate A25: this gate, branded in Eurowings design, is located just a few meters behind the security checkpoints and is reserved for Eurowings flights to Berlin and Hamburg. Travellers who have already checked in online in advance can reach their flight within 40 minutes.


Stuttgart Airport: new Senator Comfort Area

From now on, waiting will be even more comfortable for Miles & More passengers with Senator status at Stuttgart Airport: Whether travelling on business or on holiday, the new Senator Comfort Area offers free snacks and drinks at every seat, as well as power sockets at every seat and a view on the apron that invites you to linger. It is located in the security area of Terminal 3, level 4 near gate 310 and is available exclusively to all authorized passengers on Lufthansa Group flights between 5 a.m. and 8 p.m. every day.




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With Eurowings and ChatGPT to an affordable dream holiday......Tour operator brand Eurowings Holidays goes live with AI-supported travel advisor

Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof with the new AI chatbot
Eurowings goes ChatGPT: Eurowings Holidays, the tour operator brand of Germany's largest leisure airline, has gone live with an artificial intelligence (AI) powered travel advisor called “Holly”. It is the first online travel advisor that not only provides travel ideas tailored towards individual preferences within a very short time, but also enables the immediate booking of complete package holidays via the Eurowings Holidays website in the same step – a first in German tourism. The AI tool takes personal preferences into account and compares them with billions of flight and hotel combinations.


On the Eurowings Holidays website (German only), interested parties can now find tailor-made holidays that take special requests such as food preferences, sporting activities, excursion ideas or physical limitations into account right from the start. The more the digital travel consultant learns about their customers' wishes, the lower the risk of being disappointed on holiday. The technology finds exactly the travel package that best suits the preferences entered. The Eurowings Holidays AI travel advisor also takes, for example, hotel reviews into account, and immediately checks whether suitable adventure excursions or car hire offers are available.


Faster to the right destination with artificial intelligence

Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof: “We know that many travellers find the search for the right holiday destination time-consuming and tedious. With the digital travel advisor from Eurowings Holidays, the often complex path to the perfect holiday takes a shortcut and is radically simplified. Learning AI software recognises patterns and personal preferences for the benefit of our customers. Eurowings Holidays is thus increasing the quality of tourist offers and makes them much more individualised. We are delighted that we are taking on a pioneering role with these new-generation travel offers.”

The AI travel advisor “Holly” has been developed by the Hamburg-based start-up Honeepot. “The technology used ensures that customer data is fully protected and never passed on,” emphasises Honeepot CEO Torsten Ostmeier.

Eurowings expands BIZclass

Eurowings expanding its BIZclass offering.

One of the leading airlines in Germany, Eurowings is expanding its BIZclass offer in response to the significant increase in demand on short and medium-haul flights. 

As of recently, the first four rows on all Eurowings A319 and A320 flights have been reserved for BIZclass travellers instead of the previous three. Passengers who book the premium fare benefit from advantages such as a preferred seat, a free middle seat, more baggage, à la carte catering and lounge access.

29 November, 2023

Eurowings brings back blind booking - flights to a surprise destination


From now on, travellers seeking adventure, spontaneous trips and short vacations will get their money's worth with Eurowings: The Lufthansa Group's value airline recently started offering the popular Blind Booking service again. With this flight offer, which has been popular in the past, travellers are surprised by their holiday destination. Customers do not find out where the journey will take them until after the booking has been completed. Interested parties enter the key data of their planned trip in the booking process. They can also exclude destinations in advance, for example if they have already travelled there. In principle, however, the more flexible the booking is, the cheaper the flight will be.

Eurowings relaunches booking offer for adventurous travellers

Offer for travellers seeking adventure, spontaneous trips and short breaks





With the newly launched Blind Booking offer, Eurowings is expanding its product portfolio for a target group that is open to new things and likes to engage in unfamiliar (travel) experiences. Flights to the random destinations are offered in the BASIC fare from Germany, Austria, Sweden, and the Czech Republic and are available from as little as 44 euros (one-way).

Selection from seasonal theme categories

Travellers can choose from various categories and thus narrow down the surprise destination thematically. Depending on the season, different headings are available, a first selection includes the following:

Europe Lies at your Feet
Around the Corner
Happiness is Coming to Shore
Into the Wild
Shop till you drop
Work hard, play hard
Pizza, Pasta & Amore
Greek Feast
Go East!
Nordic Explorer
Selfie Hotspots
No Rain in Spain
An Island in the Sun
Concrete Jungles
Christmas Markets
Be a Snowbird

This is how the booking works

Flights via Blind Booking can be booked from one day to 42 days before departure via https://blindbooking.eurowings.com. After selecting the departure airport and the theme category, Eurowings customers are shown possible destinations, which – if desired – can also be deselected. In the next steps, the travel dates, including all details of the stay, can be entered. The minimum stay is 18 hours for one night, and 36 hours for two nights. In the next step, the interested passenger receives the final price. After payment, the surprise destination is displayed so that passengers have enough time to prepare for the trip. The booked flights cannot be rebooked or cancelled. Additional services such as additional checked baggage can still be booked afterwards.

Bookers discover the destination of their trip after payment
One-way flights in the BASIC fare available starting at 44 euros




26 September, 2023

Eurowings focuses on northern lights as a tourist magnet

The winter timetable for 2023/24 offers fascinating snowy landscapes in Scandinavia, sunny destinations on medium-haul routes and new insider tips for vacations.

As the summer season draws to a close, the travel season continues at Eurowings: with fascinating winter landscapes in Scandinavia, sunny destinations far away from Europe, and exciting metropolises, Germany's largest airline is offering a varied portfolio in the winter of 2023/24 for everyone who still has a few vacation days left. In particular, Eurowings is expanding its flights to the green highlights in northern Europe, which are becoming increasingly popular. Whether Tromsø in Norway, Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland or Kuusamo in Finland – these destinations are attracting more and more adventure-oriented vacationers, winter sports enthusiasts, and nature lovers. 

The winter flight schedule comprises a total of 105 destinations – including new highlights such as Dubai and Tel Aviv. All routes can be booked now.



The new routes from Germany


BER: In the winter of 2023/24, the German capital's airport will host flights to five new destinations: Dubai, the Georgian capital Tbilisi, Rovaniemi in Lapland, Tromsø in Norway, and Innsbruck in Austria. Three of Northern Europe's city gems – Gothenburg, Helsinki and Copenhagen – as well as the Spanish coastal city of Málaga – are now also accessible from Berlin with Eurowings in winter (extended from the summer flight schedule).

DUS: From the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Eurowings will be flying to Tel Aviv and the two Finnish cities of Ivalo and Kuusamo in the coming winter. Now also accessible from Düsseldorf in the winter months: Yerevan in Armenia.

HAM: From Hamburg, there is one new destinations: the Norwegian winter destination of Tromsø.

HAJ: From Hanover – one of Eurowings' two new domestic bases in Germany – there are now flights to Gran Canaria and Tenerife on the Canary Islands and to Hurghada in Egypt.

CGN: From now on, Eurowings will also be flying from the cathedral city on the Rhine to Scotland's historic capital – Edinburgh – during the winter months.

NUE: From Nuremberg, the second new German base, Eurowings is expanding its winter flight schedule to include connections to Gran Canaria and the Egyptian destinations of Hurghada and Marsa Alam.

STR: From the capital of Baden-Württemberg, the airline will be traveling to one new sunny destination: Dubai. Now also available in winter with Eurowings from Stuttgart: Bucharest (Romania) and Tirana (Albania).

New connections from the European Eurowings bases

New from Graz: Berlin, Hamburg, Hurghada, Gran Canaria and Tenerife.

New from Prague: Agadir and Geneva.

New from Salzburg: Amsterdam and Marsa Alam.

New from Stockholm: Stuttgart and Beirut in Lebanon.

08 September, 2023

Largest Eurowings medium-haul jet A321neo on more than 100 flights to Mediterranean and Canary Islands

D-AEEA has already flown holidaymakers to more than 16 holiday destinations.
Three more A321neo scheduled to join the fleet in the course of the year

The Airbus A321neo, the largest and longest Airbus medium-haul jet, which joined the Eurowings fleet around a month ago, has successfully completed its first 100 flights to the most popular holiday destinations in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands. The flight programme for the first weeks included 16 different destinations. Flight EW9856 from Düsseldorf to Palma de Mallorca was the first flight with which the latest addition to the fleet, registration D-AEEA, entered scheduled service on 20 July. Since then, the long "Mallorca Airbus" has flown many thousands of travel-happy passengers to their holidays.

The "Mallorca-Airbus": Highly efficient and quiet

The Airbus A321neo is by far the most efficient and quietest short-haul and medium-haul jet in the world and is the most visible sign yet of more than 50 sustainability initiatives at Eurowings. The aircraft has a significantly improved environmental performance compared to previous generations: 50 per cent reduced noise emissions, up to 20 per cent less fuel consumption and equally reduced CO2 emissions.

The seating capacity for up to 232 guests earns the newcomer the nickname "Mallorca-Airbus" - fitting for the Cologne-based company's well-known "Mallorca Shuttle". In the summer season, the A321neo will be increasingly deployed towards the Balearic island to serve the continuing high demand for the most popular destination in the Eurowings network. The Lufthansa subsidiary flies to the island's capital Palma up to 400 times a week in the high season. With the A321neo, Eurowings is continuing its fleet modernisation. In the course of the year, the airline will take delivery of another three aircraft of this type - the addition of a further A321neo is planned for February 2024. Together with the seven A320neo aircraft, the neo fleet of Eurowings will then comprise 13 aircraft.


Airspace Cabin for even more passenger comfort

The luggage compartments of the new Airspace Cabin have a 40 per cent larger volume and can even hold 60 per cent more suitcases, as these can be stowed vertically in the compartments. Another highlight is the new flexible lighting system, which is geared to passengers' biorhythms depending on the phase of the flight and time of day and illuminates the cabin in either warm orange or cooler blue tones.

To underline the importance of the A321neo for the topic of sustainability, Eurowings has made a comprehensive documentation of the introduction of the "sustainability ambassador": With more than 30 different cameras in a wide variety of positions and using state-of-the-art drones, a film crew followed the transfer of the aircraft from the Airbus factory site in Hamburg Finkenwerder to its home base in Düsseldorf. Thanks to close coordination with German Air Traffic Control and DUS Airport, a video was created that provides completely new perspectives on one of the most modern commercial aircraft in the world and sets new standards in communicating the topic of "sustainability".


22 August, 2023

Eurowings expands partnership with Smartwings

Eurowings pushes pan-European growth at its Prague base. Germany's largest leisure airline intensifies its cooperation with the leading Czech airline Smartwings. As part of a bilateral codeshare agreement, connections operated by Smartwings from Prague can now also be booked under Eurowings flight codes.

At launch, the codeshare cooperation between the partner airlines includes flights to the Mediterranean metropolis of Tel Aviv, to the historic city of Valencia in Spain, to Split on Croatia's Dalmatian coast and to Nice on the Côte d'Azur. There are plans to gradually expand the range of routes.

Eurowings customers will thus benefit from a wider range of direct connections from the Czech capital. Eurowings connections from Prague will also continue to be offered under Smartwings flight numbers and marketed via smartwings.com and other channels. The first phase of the codeshare agreement between the two airlines already started in March 2022.

"The cooperation between Eurowings and Smartwings strengthens our position at our European base in Prague and enables us to offer our customers even more travel options from the Czech Republic. Our partnership with Smartwings, which is well established in the Czech domestic market, strengthens our pan-European growth strategy," says Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof.

Smartwings flights from Prague to Tel Aviv, Valencia, Split and Nice now bookable under Eurowings flight number, with more destinations planned.

Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof: "Partnership with Smartwings strengthens pan-European growth."

Travel-intensive strong first half of 2023: Eurowings carries 300,000 passengers to/from Czech capital.

New direct connection Prague – Agadir in Morocco starting in 2023 winter season.



15 August, 2023

Eurowings returns to Nuremberg and Hanover

Germany's largest vacation airline is returning to Nuremberg and Hanover airports and significantly expanding its tourist services after the crisis. With the start of the 2023/24 winter flight schedule, Eurowings will fly to Gran Canaria, Hurghada and Marsa Alam as well as to Mallorca from the Franconian metropolis. From Hanover, the winter flight schedule includes the destinations Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Hurghada, Pristina and Mallorca.

In the 2024 summer flight schedule, the commitment will be strengthened, and travellers from Lower Saxony and Bavaria can look forward to many new nonstop destinations: for example, Eurowings will fly from Nuremberg to Heraklion three times a week. The new Greek destinations of Preveza and Rhodes will each be served twice a week. From Nuremberg, Eurowings will fly to the Balearic Island of Mallorca 14 times a week.

Strong expansion of direct tourist flight services for Lower Saxony and northern Bavaria / Sites to become new Eurowings bases

Winter focus 2023/24: Nonstop to the Canary Islands and Egypt

Strong Italy offers from Hanover in summer 2024

14 flights per week from Nuremberg and Hanover to Mallorca in summer

Eurowings to station Airbus A320 aircraft at new bases

CEO Jens Bischof: “Better connections between the regions of Lower Saxony and northern Bavaria and sunny destinations in southern Europe”



In addition to two weekly flights to Faro in Portugal and the new destination of Malaga (four times a week), the Eurowings program from Hanover places a clear focus on Italy: With Rome (four times a week), Catania and Naples (three times a week), Bari, Olbia and Lamezia Terme (twice a week each), Eurowings ensures good and direct connections to one of the most popular vacation destinations for North Germans. The summer offer from Lower Saxony's most important airport is supplemented by flights to Thessaloniki (twice a week), 14 weekly connections to Mallorca and the connection to Pristina (once a week).

“Out of the crisis, we have fundamentally changed Eurowings and developed into Germany's largest vacation airline,” said Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof. “We will now expand this position in a targeted manner and also strengthen ourselves very significantly at Nuremberg and Hanover airports. With our program of attractive direct flights, we will ensure better connections from Lower Saxony and northern Bavaria to the most popular sunny destinations in southern Europe in particular.”

As part of this growth, Eurowings will again station one aircraft each permanently at its new bases in Nuremberg and Hanover from the 2023/24 winter flight schedule. From summer 2024, the base in the capital of Lower Saxony will be increased by a further Eurowings aircraft.

The Eurowings destinations in winter 2023/24 from Nuremberg:

20 May, 2023

Eurowings and Volotea form sales partnership

CEO Jens Bischof: “Significantly larger range of direct flights within Europe” Volotea CEO Carlos Muñoz: “Important step in our growth plans in Europe”
Eurowings and the Spanish airline Volotea have signed a special sales partnership that covers the sale of tickets for 150 European routes operated by both airlines on each other's websites. These include 104 routes offered by Eurowings and 46 by Volotea. As the route networks of the two airlines do not overlap, the partnership will result in a strong growth in-flight offerings, both on Volotea's website and for Germany's largest vacation carrier.

The connections also include eight new routes flown by Volotea that will connect German airports such as Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Stuttgart directly with French and Italian cities starting in late May and mid-October. As a result, Bordeaux, Lyon, Nantes, Florence and Verona will also be reached non-stop from Germany via Volotea going forward.

Jens Bischof, CEO of Eurowings: “The partnership with Volotea is another milestone on our way to strengthening the ‘Euro’ in the Eurowings brand name. From now on, our customers will benefit from a much wider range of affordable direct flights within Europe. In addition to this, we are significantly strengthening our sales power, particularly in southern Europe.”

Carlos Muñoz, founder and CEO of Volotea: “We are thrilled to make our partnership with Eurowings official and expand our reach to the German market, an important step in our larger growth plans in Europe. This agreement represents an exciting opportunity for Volotea to offer even more customers affordable, non-stop flights to explore new destinations across our extensive network.”

05 May, 2023

Eurowings corporate customer programme relaunched.

From an attractive discount on the airfare to a prioritized call centre hotline: The new Eurowings corporate customer program “EW4Business” now offers business travellers special benefits when they book Eurowings flights. Starting at 2,000 euros in annual revenue, participating companies benefit and save at least two percent on tickets for non-stop and connecting flights in the entire Eurowings route network for every flight booking – regardless of whether the BASIC, SMART or BIZclass fare is chosen. There is no additional participation fee.

Participation possible from 2,000 euros annual revenue; no monthly fee

Corporate customers receive a discount of at least two percent on all Eurowings fares

Discount applies to direct and connecting flights throughout the entire route network

Business travelers additionally benefit from a dedicated service team in the call center

Imke Schepers, Head of Corporate Customer Program: “With this offer, we are also appealing to the self-employed people and small and medium-sized companies.”




Apart from the discount, corporate customers receive access to a dedicated service team in the call centre. They can also earn status and award miles by quoting their Miles & More customer number.

“After Covid-19, flexible rebooking up to 40 minutes before departure is part of the standard repertoire of Eurowings' product portfolio. That is why we have completely relaunched our corporate customer program to provide business travellers with another important benefit – namely a financial discount – in addition to flexibility,” said Imke Schepers, Head of Corporate Sales & Program Management. “With this offer, we also want to appeal to self-employed people and smaller as well as medium-sized companies. That is why we have also lowered the entry threshold significantly compared to the previous corporate program – from the original 15,000 euros to now 2,000 euros in annual sales.”

13 April, 2023

Eurowings Digital hires 150 new employees at Cologne site

A better customer experience creates a digital travel companion

Additional employees strengthen digital product development

Focus on digital customer touchpoints via Eurowings website and app



Developing products tailored to travellers, redesigning existing self-service options, and expanding the digital product range even further: To achieve these goals, Eurowings Digital is hiring 150 digital professionals this year. In particular, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the airline Eurowings is looking to hire talents in the areas of e-commerce, software development and digital product & customer experience. “The combination of business and IT skills in integrated in-house teams makes all the difference,” says Michael Erfert, Head of Sales & Distribution at Eurowings and Managing Director of Eurowings Digital.

“With 300 digital experts going forward, we are continuously investing in a state-of-the-art platform that offers passengers improved products and services along the entire travel chain,” adds Johannes Hansen, the second Managing Director of Eurowings Digital and CIO of Eurowings. Inspiration for the next trip and a simple search function for affordable flights and prices are just as much a part of the digital product range as services for travel preparation, such as online check-in or the option to reserve a time slot for the security checkpoint. During the trip, customers can receive up-to-date information about their itinerary on request and can flexibly adjust their bookings via extensive self-service options, whether in the event of flight delays and cancellations or their own changes to travel plans.

In the future, a special focus will be placed on personalization in order to offer customers an individualized travel experience for vacation and business trips. The product range will also be gradually expanded to include travel packages from Eurowings Holidays, flights from partner airlines, and other ancillary services. These include, for example, options for the sustainable air travel, but also digital booking of all types of group travel, payment with miles from the Miles&More frequent flyer program via ‘Cash&Miles’ or the new corporate program ‘EW4Business’.

03 April, 2023

Eurowings doubles flights from Berlin

Direct flights to 30 holiday and city destinations 

With the summer flight schedule and in time for the Easter vacations in Berlin and Brandenburg, Eurowings doubles its flight offering to 30 destinations from BER. At the same time, the airline has now stationed a total of six aircraft at the Berlin-Brandenburg airport location.

Jens Bischof, CEO Eurowings: “Berlin is and remains a real tourist magnet and is one of the most exciting metropolises in Europe in terms of history and culture. Therefore, it is only logical that we, as Germany’s biggest holiday airline, expand our presence and bring more Eurowings to the capital. At the same time, our growth in Berlin demonstrates the first undisturbed summer without travel restrictions. Passengers from Berlin and Brandenburg can look forward to a number of new Eurowings destinations that are at the top of holidaymakers’ wish lists.”

Aletta von Massenbach, Chief Executive Officer of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH: “I am delighted that Eurowings is flying from BER to more destinations with more aircraft. It is a powerful signal for growing tourist traffic to the capital region and for holidaymakers from Berlin and Brandenburg. The airline’s varied range of flights allows people in the region to fly directly to many exciting holiday and city destinations in Europe.”



22 March, 2023

Eurowings expands summer 2023 flight schedule

New from Dusseldorf: Adana, Malta, Monastir, Oslo, Samsun, Verona, Yerevan
New from Hamburg: Malta, Nador, Tunis
New from Stuttgart: Monastir, Volos
New from Prague: Geneva, Zakynthos
New from Salzburg: Thessaloniki
 


The German leisure airline, Eurowings has further enhanced and extended its 2023 summer flight schedule by adding new routes from its bases in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. With the additional connections, Germany's largest vacation airline is responding to the strong demand for vacation travel. At the same time, Eurowings is increasing its “Family and Home Visits” offering, providing travellers with more direct connections to their home countries. A few weeks ago, Eurowings had already announced a significant program expansion at the Berlin and Grazbases for the 2023 summer flight schedule. In total, travellers can choose from more than 140 destinations in 37 countries with Eurowings. All new routes can be booked as of now – at www.eurowings.com and very quickly and conveniently via the Eurowings app.

New from Dusseldorf

Eurowings has launched the most extensive program of new routes at its largest base, Dusseldorf. From 29 May, Eurowings will be flying four times a week (Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays) from the North Rhine Westphalian state capital to the Norwegian capital Oslo. The Italian city of Verona will be served on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 13 May. From 22 June, Eurowings will be flying to Samsun, the largest city in the Black Sea region of Turkey, on Thursdays, and to Adana in the south of the country on Sundays from 25 June. From 27 May, Eurowings will be taking off for Malta every Tuesday and Saturday. The Tunisian coastal city of Monastir will be served by Eurowings from 5 April on Wednesdays from Dusseldorf. From 29 May, Eurowings passengers will be able to reach the Armenian capital Yerevan every Monday.

New from Hamburg

From 4 July, Eurowings will connect Hamburg with Tunis every Tuesday. From 5 July, Eurowings will be operating direct flights to Nador, Morocco, every Wednesday. The island of Malta will also be part of the Eurowings program from the Hanseatic city from 14 May and will be served every Sunday.

New from Stuttgart

Eurowings will be taking off from the capital of Baden-Württemberg to two new destinations in the future: Starting on 3 June, there will be flights to the Greek port city of Volos every

Saturday. Also on 31 May, Eurowings will add the Moroccan city of Monastir to its program on Wednesdays.

New from Prague

In addition to the new routes from Germany, Eurowings is also expanding its pan-European offering. From 4 June, the value airline will be offering flights to the island of Zakynthos on the western coast of Greece every Sunday. In addition, Eurowings will be connecting the Czech capital with Geneva, Switzerland, up to five times a week from 26 March.

New from Salzburg

New routes also from Austria: From its Salzburg base, Eurowings will be flying to the Greek city of Thessaloniki every Saturday from 13 May.




08 March, 2023

Eurowings Holidays expands....

Eurowings Holidays, the tour operator brand of Eurowings, which is operated by the HLX Group Vacation is expanding its offering of holiday packages.

Growing brand benefits for tourism comeback.
Eurowings Holidays targets 1,000 vacation guests per day in the current year.


Eurowings Holidays covers the entire range of travel preferences, from city breaks and beach vacations to all-inclusive and family vacations and last-minute offers. The advantage for travelers: Eurowings Holidays combines know-how from two areas – an efficient airline and efficient tour operator. In doing so, Eurowings works closely with the HLX Group of Karlheinz Kögel, who looks back on 35 years of experience in travel sales and tourism and is considered a pioneer of “dynamic packaging” – the flexible combination of different travel services.

“Since the end of the Covid pandemic, we have seen a significant increase in bookings via Eurowings Holidays,” says Michael Erfert, Head of Sales, Distribution & Digital at Eurowings and Managing Director of Eurowings Digital GmbH. “We want to use this upswing to establish ourselves among the top 10 German tour operators in the coming years. To this end, we are currently recruiting a large number of IT and marketing experts at Eurowings Digital in the Cologne startup campus Carlswerk – 30 of around 150 planned new hires will work exclusively on the expansion of Eurowings Holidays alone.”

“Nothing will remain as it was – the traditional sales channels will change. Through digitalization and artificial intelligence, airlines and also hotels will be able to go completely new ways. With Eurowings Holidays, we will link these channels,” explains Karlheinz Kögel, who has been running the tour operator brand Eurowings Holidays with his HLX Group since December 2019.

Targeted customer approach via digital channels

In the future, Eurowings is set to play an even greater role in its partnership with HLX: for example, the airline's digital division will take over web development, marketing and data analysis going forward. In addition to this, the Eurowings Holidays offering will be be integrated even more deeply into the company's own homepage eurowings.com. This will make it possible to offer customers fully comprehensive, attractive travel packages in addition to flights. Flexibility is also an important plus with Eurowings Holidays: the booked vacation can be rebooked free of charge up to 14 days before the start of the trip and can also be cancelled for a small fee of 50 euros.




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07 March, 2023

Eurowings doubles destinations from Berlin

Eurowings is taking off from the capital - just in time for the world's largest travel trade fair, ITB: Flight EW8536 to Malaga will open a new chapter for Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) on 26 March at 5.35 am. Just in time for the Easter holidays in Berlin and Brandenburg, Germany's largest holiday airline is significantly expanding its range of attractive direct flight destinations at BER. Travellers will then be able to choose from 30 destinations with Eurowings, twice as many as before.

As part of the largest network expansion of the year, Eurowings is particularly expanding its services to Northern Europe: From the end of March 2023, the Lufthansa Group airline will connect the German capital non-stop with Gothenburg, Helsinki and Copenhagen. Heading south, Eurowings will in future offer direct flights from Berlin to the new destinations Graz, Ibiza, Nice, Porto and Zakynthos. At the same time, the airline is significantly increasing its connections to existing destinations: for example, the most popular island among Germans - Mallorca - will be served up to three times a day in future, for a total of around 20 times a week. The portfolio also includes more direct flights to the Canary Islands, such as Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Tenerife.

"Our growth in Berlin is an example of the first summer without travel restrictions and contact bans. Air traffic and tourism are breathing a sigh of relief – finally holidays, finally ITB again," says Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof ahead of the start of the world's largest travel trade fair in the Berlin exhibition halls. "As Germany's largest holiday airline, we belong to the capital, because it is an absolute tourist magnet and one of the most exciting major cities in Europe. But we also bring a lot to the capital. Passengers from Berlin and Brandenburg can look forward to numerous new Eurowings destinations that are at the top of the wish list of German vacationers.

02 March, 2023

The first ”Mallorca Airbus” has arrived for Eurowings

Airbus' largest medium-haul jet, with 230 seats, now serves popular holiday destinations such as Mallorca, Crete and the Canary Islands.
Eurowings to receive delivery of ten Airbus A321 aircraft in the next few months
Fleet swap with Lufthansa: The first A321ceo is already wearing Eurowings colours



Eurowings is relying heavily on Airbus A321 aircraft in the summer, internally nicknamed the ”Mallorca Airbus”: Germany's No. 1 holiday carrier will deploy Airbus' largest medium-haul jet specifically to top holiday destinations in order to better serve the high demand to Palma de Mallorca, Crete or the Canary Islands, for example. With around 230 seats, the A321 can carry about a third more passengers than its A320 family relative.

Four brand-new A321neo join the Eurowings fleet in summer
First travel season without restrictions generates strong catch-up effects
A321 brings significantly more capacity per flight to top holiday destinations

The first A321ceo, which is coming from Lufthansa as part of a fleet swap, is already wearing Eurowings colours. After the end of the transformation work, six A321ceo are to be successively deployed in Eurowings flight operations from May 2023. In addition, four brand-new Airbus A321neo will join the fleet by the end of 2023. They are part of a roughly 1.5-billion-euro investment package in 13 jets of the Airbus ”neo” family. The ”neo” are considered the most modern, efficient and by far the quietest medium-haul jets in the world. All A321s will be operated by Eurowings in a 16-seat BIZclass configuration.

2023: Comeback of the freedom to travel

With the additional capacity, Eurowings is responding to the noticeably strong pent-up demand – especially for holiday travel. For the first time, there will be a year without travel restrictions, and there will no longer be a test and mask requirement. For many travellers, a reliably plannable and, above all, relaxed holiday was not possible for years – this is different in 2023 with the comeback of freedom to travel and also reflected in the increasingly long-term bookings showing confidence in air travel.

With more than 140 destinations in 37 countries, Eurowings offers an attractive flight programme with a total of more than 380 different routes, seamlessly continuing the pre-Covid travel season 2019. Holiday favourites in 2023 will again be Greece, Italy and Spain: Eurowings offers direct flights to around 50 regions in these countries only. The clear front-runner remains the Balearic Island of Mallorca, which Eurowings flies to more frequently than any other destination, with around 400 flights a week from over 20 airports.






19 January, 2023

Eurowings flies at pre-Covid levels again with 140 destinations

New routes from Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Cologne and Stuttgart

A total of 16 destinations in Greece, 15 in Italy and 14 in Spain

Almost 400 flights per week to Mallorca

Additional flights also offered from Prague and Stockholm bases


January is traditionally the strongest booking month for summer vacations in Germany and, as of now, customers can also include the complete Eurowings flight schedule from the end of March to the end of October in their plans. The selection includes 37 countries, over 140 destinations and more than 380 routes – the value airline is offering its guests an attractive flight program for the summer of 2023 that seamlessly follows on from the 2019 travel season, before the onset of the pandemic. Greece, Italy and Spain remain the three most popular vacation destinations and all offer a wide range of choices: 16 travel regions in Greece, 15 in Italy and 14 in Spain can be reached with direct flights from Germany operated by the Lufthansa subsidiary. Mallorca is connected with almost 400 flights per week.

New additions to the program from the five largest Eurowings bases in Germany:

From Berlin


A total of around 30 direct destinations
Around 20 flights to Mallorca per week
New connections to: Alicante, Antalya, Gothenburg, Graz, Helsinki, Ibiza, Copenhagen, Larnaca, Malaga, Nice, Porto, Rhodes and Zakynthos
More frequent flights to Mallorca and Stockholm (eleven times per week)

From Düsseldorf


A total of 116 direct destinations
Up to 65 weekly flights to Mallorca
New routes: Bergen (up to two flights weekly) and Tangier (once weekly)
More frequent flights to Crete (nine times per week)

From Cologne


A total of 81 direct destinations
Up to 47 flights per week to Mallorca
New connection: Up to four flights per week to Valencia
More frequent flights to Barcelona (13 times per week), Rome (nine times per week), Kos and Rhodes (seven times per week), Alicante and Málaga (five times per week), Antalya and Stockholm (four times per week) and Burgas (twice a week)

From Hamburg


A total of 51 direct destinations
Up to 35 weekly flights to Mallorca
New connection: four flights per week to Graz
More frequent flights to Faro (five times per week) and Malaga (four times per week)

 

From Stuttgart


A total of 75 direct destinations
Up to 41 weekly flights to Mallorca
New connection: four flights per week to Stockholm

 

Eurowings connects Europe – program expansion in Graz, Prague and Stockholm


Eurowings passengers from Germany are not the only ones who can look forward to a wide variety of offers. Passengers from the Czech Republic, Sweden and Austria will also be able to choose from a wider selection in the summer of 2023. Twelve vacation and city destinations will be accessible from Graz in the new schedule. From Prague, the program will include 18 routes in the future – Geneva, Rhodes and Corfu are new destinations. In the future, Eurowings will also connect the Swedish capital with Rome and Stuttgart.






Eurowings offers flexible mileage redemption with Cash & Miles


Eurowings is offering a new service for Miles & More participants for flights booked through eurowings.com and the Eurowings app: thanks to Cash & Miles, the total price of the next trip can easily be reduced using collected award miles and the remaining amount can be paid using the usual means of payment. This way, Eurowings passengers can benefit from their Miles & More credit more quickly instead of waiting until they have reached the required amount of miles for Eurowings award flights.

Cash & Miles now available as an option in the payment process at eurowings.com

Pay for flight bookings in full or in part with Miles & More award miles

Flexibly and easily reduce the total price of the flight with miles and pay the remaining amount

Cash & Miles option available with a Miles & More account balance of 3,000 award miles or more



Cash & Miles can already be used with a Miles & More account balance of 3,000 award miles. If Miles & More participants have already collected enough miles, they can also use them to settle the booking price in full. This applies to all flight bookings of regular Eurowings flights on the Eurowings website and in the Eurowings app.

How Cash & Miles works

After selecting the flights and entering passenger and contact details, Eurowings customers will see the Cash & Miles option in the last booking step Payment. In the next steps, the collected award miles can then be selected and finally redeemed:

Click on To Cash & Miles to be redirected to the Miles & More website.
Log in with Miles & More access details.
If the account balance is at least 3,000 award miles, you can use the slider to select how many miles you would like to redeem for your flight booking.
Confirm the selected number of miles by clicking on Redeem miles.
After being directed back to the Eurowings booking step Payment, choose a payment method to complete the booking if the selected miles do not fully cover the booking price.
For more information on Cash & Miles, please visit the Eurowings homepage.








21 December, 2022

Eurowings expands in Prague after successful first year


Eurowings has been connecting the Czech capital Prague non-stop with European metropolises and holiday regions for a year now. Starting with four destinations for the winter flight schedule 21/22, travelers could already choose from 14 different destinations in the summer of 2022. The Lufthansa Group airline quickly established itself in the Czech market and met with great customer interest right from the start.

Lufthansa Group Airline has quickly established itself in the Czech Republic
Three new routes in the 2023 summer flight schedule
Eurowings now also connects the Czech Republic with Geneva, Rhodes and Corfu; Oslo and Funchal now also connected in summer
CEO Jens Bischof: "Prague and Eurowings are a match"
Czechs' New Year's Eve trips lead to metropolises




Eurowings CEO satisfied with first year

"Prague and Eurowings are a match. We dared to take the step to the Czech Republic in a still very uncertain situation, but it is becoming more and more clear that people all over Europe now want to travel again after the Corona restrictions," says Jens Bischof, CEO of Eurowings. "Our concept as a value airline is also working: Czechs like to fly cheaply, but they also value our additional services such as flexible rebooking up to 40 minutes before departure or our Priority Service."

Jaroslav Filip, Director of Aviation Business at Prague Airport, also welcomes the Lufthansa subsidiary's commitment. "In the summer, Eurowings brought many guests to popular destinations and also expanded the offer in the winter. After the first year, it is clear that this is a successful cooperation, which we will continue to expand in the future.

Outlook: New destinations in summer 2023 and New Year's Eve trends

Evaluations show that Czech customers preferred to fly to Spain with Eurowings in the summer. Alicante on the Costa Blanca, Barcelona and Europe's most popular sunny island Mallorca were particularly popular. The most popular metropolis in 2022: the Danish capital Copenhagen.

In summer 2023, both holiday and business travellers from Prague will be able to choose from an even wider range of Eurowings services. New in the programme are connections to Geneva, Rhodes and Corfu. More frequent connections will be offered to Copenhagen (eleven times a week), Stockholm (six times a week), Malaga (four times a week), Athens and Alicante (three times a week). The programme now comprises a total of 18 routes, which are served by three stationed aircraft. Prices start from 39.99 euros.

But many Czechs don't wait until summer for their next trip, they also take a plane on the occasion of New Year's Eve. The most popular destinations over the New Year are the metropolises of Barcelona, Rome and Stockholm.







10 December, 2022

Eurowings significantly expands its offering at Graz Airport

12 holiday and city destinations in the program as of Summer 2023
Graz to become new Eurowings base
Hamburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart connected with high frequency






Eurowings is significantly expanding its presence at Graz Airport and will be expanding its range of attractive direct flight destinations in the summer of 2023. With the new destinations Chania (Crete) and Larnaca, as well as Hurghada, Karpathos, Corfu, Kos and Rhodes, seven destinations in the popular holiday destinations Greece, Egypt and Cyprus are on the schedule. An expansion of capacity to Mallorca is in the planning stage.

In addition to the expansion towards the south, Eurowings is increasing its range of city connections to Germany: the Lufthansa subsidiary will connect Graz, the capital of Styria in Austria, with Berlin and Hamburg in the 2023 summer flight schedule. Together with the connections to Düsseldorf and Stuttgart, travellers from Graz will then be able to choose from up to 25 weekly flights to the German city destinations. Business travellers in particular will benefit from greater flexibility on their trip.

In the course of this expansion, Eurowings will also station an aircraft at Graz Airport, making Graz  the eleventh Eurowings base and part of the growth course of the leading value carrier. The Eurowings offerings for the summer can be booked from Monday, 19 December 2022. Flights in the BASIC fare are already available from € 39.99 for a one-way flight.

"We are delighted to be offering a wide program of attractive destinations from Graz next summer, which are at the top of many holidaymakers' wish lists," explains Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof. "At the same time, we are connecting Styria more strongly than before with the most important German metropolitan areas. Holidaymakers and business travellers alike benefit from our value concept, which addresses the core needs of today's air travellers with flexibility, comfort and sustainability. Our expansion is also a strong commitment to Graz and the entire region."

"Hamburg and Berlin represent a great enhancement of our flight schedule, which will also benefit Styria as a tourism and business location," explain Wolfgang Grimus and Jürgen Löschnig, Managing Directors of Graz Airport. "The intensive economic relations between Germany and Styria form the basis for a corresponding volume of business travel to/from Berlin and Hamburg. At the same time, we expect strong impulses in city travel, both in incoming and outgoing tourism. With this broad flight programme, Eurowings will become one of our strongest partners."

Holding GrazCEO Wolfgang Malik, as the owner's representative, points to many years of experience, according to which the strategic importance of a regional airport can be increased enormously if criteria such as "central location at the hub of international transport transversals", "competition from airline alliances with international hub feeder functions" or "airline base for direct service to destinations" are fulfilled. Malik: "Our airport in Graz, as the largest regional airport in the Alps-Adriatic region, fulfils these requirements excellently with the commitment of Eurowings to establish its 11th base in Graz.

Centrally located, the stationing of an efficient and modern Airbus in Graz not only strengthens the popular connections to southern Europe, but also brings northern Germany closer to Styria, which is particularly attractive for business and tourism. Malik: "I am confident that Graz will soon return to the "highs" of the ever-popular "airport of short distances".

Eurowings destinations in the coming summer flight schedule:

Destination

Weekly freqencies

Day of operation

Berlin                         new

5x

MO, WED, THU, FR, SUN

Düsseldorf                 more frequently

8x

MO - FR

Hamburg                   new

4x

MO, THU, FR, SO

Stuttgart                    more frequently

8x

MO - FR

Chania                      new

1x

TUE

Hurghada                  new

2x

WED + SUN

Karpathos                 new

1x

TUE

Corfu                         new

1x

FR

Kos                            new

2x

MO + FR

Larnaca                     new

1x

SAT

Palma de Mallorca    more frequently

2x (3x)

THU + SUN 

Rhodes                     neu

2x

THU+ SA











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