Eurowings carried more than 10 million passengers during the first six months of 2026, maintaining strong operational reliability and high customer satisfaction despite weather disruption, strike action and the impact of the Middle East conflict on its network. The Lufthansa Group’s leisure airline operated around 75,000 flights to more than 150 destinations, achieving a regularity […]
Eurowings and Lufthansa Aviation Training have opened their first joint crew training centre near Düsseldorf Airport, the airline’s largest operating base. The 2,000-square-metre facility provides safety and service training for cockpit and cabin crews and can accommodate up to 150 trainees daily. Lufthansa Aviation Training operates the centre on behalf of Eurowings. Equipment includes a […]
Aviation24.be•André Orban10 SeptAfter a week away, there’s much to discuss on this week’s episode of AvTalk. We start in Munich, where the Runway 26L took a great deal of abuse. We discuss the Vietnam Airlines 787 runway overrun and tail strike , followed two days later by a Lufthansa A380 touching down before the threshold on the same runway. We also examine what happened aboard Air India A320neo VT-EXO, which briefly lost pressure across all three hydraulic systems, causing an upset that injured nearly two dozen people. Plus, American puts two aircraft with the same call sign on the same frequency—again—and investigators say an unqualified passenger may have been flying a Phenom 100 that overran a wet runway. Elsewhere, a ramp worker is killed during the pushback of a French bee A350 in Montreal, a Frankfurt Airport employee dies from a rare case of malaria, and a Qantas A380 flies to Dallas and back with a maintenance light left inside its wing. We also discuss rising runway incursions in Australia, the return of the Delta–Aeromexico joint venture, Eurowings’ new Premium BIZ seats, the FAA’s war on plastic cups, United’s orphaned 737 MAX 10 seats, and American’s plan to bring seatback screens back—eventually. Please check back soon for a transcript of this week’s episode.
Flightradar24 Blog•Flightradar2428 Aug
Business Class comfort, more space and a genuinely relaxing travel experience: Eurowings is launching ticket sales for the Premium BIZ Seat alongside the resumption of direct flights to Dubai at the start of the 2026/27 winter schedule – and announcing additional routes on which guests can book this comfort upgrade from 1 December 2026.
Business class on narrow-body jets within Europe is known for being lackluster, generally just consisting of economy seats with blocked middles and improved service. In 2025, a Lufthansa Group carrier announced it would install more comfortable seats in business class on narrow-body aircraft. Ironically, it wasn’t a full-service airline like Lufthansa or SWISS, but instead the group’s low-cost carrier, Eurowings.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig19 AugEurowings has completed the first half of 2026 with stable operational performance and high customer satisfaction ratings. Despite weather-related disruptions to flight operations at the start of the year and strikes by the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) trade union, Eurowings operated 75,000 flights with a regularity rate of nearly 99 per cent. Eurowings was forced to make significant last-minute adjustments to its schedule due to the conflicts in the Middle East. In total, more than ten million passengers chose Germany’s largest holiday airline in the first six months of 2026.
Eurowings carried more than 10 million passengers during the first six months of 2026, maintaining strong operational reliability and high customer satisfaction despite weather disruption, strike action and the impact of the Middle East conflict on its network. The Lufthansa Group’s leisure airline operated around 75,000 flights to more than 150 destinations, achieving a regularity […]
Aviation24.be•André Orban4 Aug
LARA•Satu Dahl3 AugThe Lufthansa Group has unveiled a series of senior management appointments across three of its airlines, with new chief executives and operational leaders taking up their roles during the autumn of 2026. The most significant change sees Edi Wolfensberger appointed Chief Executive Officer of Edelweiss from 1 October 2026, succeeding Bernd Bauer, who is leaving […]
Aviation24.be•André Orban1 Aug
Matthias Spohr, currently Managing Director of Lufthansa Aviation Training GmbH, will join the Executive Board of Eurowings as Chief Operating Officer (COO) on 1 October 2026. He will be responsible for Crew Operations, Flight Operations, Ground & Customer Operations, Safety, Security & Compliance Monitoring, Lean Management, Digitalisation & Processes, as well as Technical Fleet Management/Eurowings Technik. As a member of the three-person Executive Board headed by CEO Max Kownatzki, Spohr will succeed Edi Wolfensberger. Wolfensberger will become the new CEO of Edelweiss, Switzerland’s leading leisure airline, which is also part of the Lufthansa Group.
Eurowings is expanding its presence at Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) with several new routes for the 2026/27 winter schedule. The German leisure carrier will launch twice-weekly services from Berlin to Porto and Bilbao, while flights to Lisbon and Sarajevo will be added in December. The airline said the new services build on routes that proved […]
Aviation24.be•André Orban22 JulEurowings Technik has broken ground on a new dedicated large-component warehouse in Niederkassel, Germany, as it prepares its logistics infrastructure for the…
Aviation Business News•Craig Waters22 Jul
Just in time for the start of the summer holiday season, Eurowings is expanding its range of in-flight services for children and families. From exciting facts for young aviation enthusiasts to a fluffy travel companion – when flying with the value airline, the holiday experience begins not just after landing, but whilst still in the air.
Eurowings will launch a new weekly non-stop service between Prague and Rovaniemi for the 2026/27 winter season, further expanding access to Finnish Lapland from Central Europe. The route will operate every Sunday from 20 December 2026 to 21 February 2027 using Airbus A320 aircraft. It is intended to meet growing international demand for winter travel […]
Aviation24.be•André Orban15 Jul
Following the German national team’s early exit from the World Cup, many people want just one thing: vacation! Eurowings has reported a significant rise in bookings since the DFB’s defeat by Paraguay – both for flights and for holiday packages from its tour operator Eurowings Holidays. Just in time for the start of the summer holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous federal state, the desire to travel is growing noticeably.
Aurélie Carina, the newly crowned winner of Germany’s Next Top Model (GNTM) and a flight attendant with Eurowings, is featured on the cover of the summer issue of the in-flight magazine WINGS. Following cover stories in leading fashion magazines, she is now set to feature on a truly exceptional cover: that of her own employer. Eurowings is thus celebrating the GNTM winner as a cover star in true fashion-world style – and with exactly the kind of attention reserved for exceptional personalities.
Eurowings is celebrating newly crowned Germany’s Next Top Model winner Aurélie Carina, who also works as a flight attendant for the airline, by featuring her on the cover of the summer edition of its in-flight magazine WINGS. Breaking with the magazine’s tradition of showcasing nature photography, Eurowings dedicated the cover to its employee following her […]
Aviation24.be•André Orban1 Jul
Whilst the thermometer in Germany is breaking historic records with maximum temperatures of over 40 degrees, visible changes are emerging in the travel market. As a result, more and more people are being drawn to the cooler north in summer. This trend, known in the travel industry as a ‘Coolcation’, is spreading rapidly as new temperature records continue to be set. As Germany’s largest holiday airline, Eurowings is leading the way in this trend – with an extensive route network to Northern Europe and many attractive destinations that not only promise but guarantee a cool escape.
Glasgow Airport has celebrated the launch of Eurowings’ new direct service to Hanover, with the inaugural flight departing today
Airline Routes & Ground Services•Eddie Saunders29 Jun
LARA•Keith Mwanalushi25 JunEurowings has introduced a comprehensive new corporate design aimed at better reflecting its evolution from a traditional low-cost carrier into a European value airline focused on comfort, flexibility and a more relaxed travel experience. Built around the brand promise “More ease for everyone“, the redesigned identity features a simplified and more digital-friendly design system intended […]
Aviation24.be•André Orban24 Jun