"Eurowings Europe" on track to start in March 2016

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"Eurowings Europe" on track to start in March 2016

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Eurowings Europe (Austria) will hire 600 crew members as its fleet expands to 19 A320s by end of 2017. The airline will have its AOC in Austria with initially two A320s based in Vienna. Other bases in Europe are under evaluation.

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Eurowings Europe (Vienna) is on track to make its commercial debut this March, the Austrian Aviation Net news portal has reported.

In terms of operations, the start-up, which recently revised its trading name from EWAT GmbH to Eurowings Europe GmbH, is looking to operate a fleet of seven A320 Family aircraft by the end of this year. Over the course of 2017, it will add a plane a month which should bring its fleet to an overall total of nineteen come January 2018.

As part of the Lufthansa Group's ambitious Eurowings LCC programme, Eurowings Europe will, as its name suggests, focus on developing a regional European network out of its Vienna hub initially. It is currently completing its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) with the Austrian authorities and is also in the process of finalizing staffing requirements. It plans to operate from two to three bases by the end of the year.
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At this rate the boarding theme music will probably be the Eurovision theme song... European Eurowings Euro Europa Airlines.

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Eurowings will feature an A330 on 4x daily domestic flights between Cologne and Hamburg from March to June.
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For training purpose, or for high demand on domestic routes?

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maybe because they have a spare A330 as they use other airliners to operate their long haul flights at the moment

or just a feeder for CGN
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sn26567 wrote:Eurowings will feature an A330 on 4x daily domestic flights between Cologne and Hamburg from March to June.
Is it confirmed ? A friend tried to look for several dates but their booking system only show A319s or CRJs...

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Got some news from my friend who asked on a german forum, apparently it's only in march, and only on tuesday and friday two times daily for crew training.

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Eurowings took delivery of two brand-new A320s on order from parent Lufthansa. In 2016, 16 new A320s will be operated by the carrier.
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Eurowings will expand its winter 2016 Vienna network with new service to Gran Canaria/Las Palmas, Jerez de la Frontera, Nuremberg, Pisa, Fuerteventura, Malaga.

An idea of what will happen to SN after LH takes over? Nothing to be frightened of...
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Sounds a bit like what Vueling is to Iberia.

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Eurowings Europe was awarded its AOC by regulators, allowing it to begin commercial flights. From Vienna, if everything goes like previously scheduled.
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sn26567 wrote:Eurowings Europe was awarded its AOC by regulators, allowing it to begin commercial flights. From Vienna, if everything goes like previously scheduled.
What's the impact of this on their long haul operations? Will it be à la Norwegian: DY/Europe and DU/Intercontinental or a different approach?

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Karl Urlich Garnadt, member of the executive board of Lufthansa, has stated that Ryanair is the benchmark fir eurowings in terms of cost.

That very clearly sets out the business strategy that SN employees may expect when LH takes over. Work more, be more flexible, work longer, earn less.

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Eurowings starting later this month will begin service operated by its new Eurowings Europe entity, with first base in Vienna. The transition will take place between June and July 2016, continues to use EW-coded flight numbers. Planned effective date for Eurowings Europe operation as follow.

eff 22JUN16 Vienna – London Stansted (all service by Eurowings Europe from 30JUN16)
eff 29JUN16 Vienna – Hanover (all service by Eurowings Europe from 28JUL16)
eff 29JUN16 Vienna – Rome
eff 30JUN16 Vienna – Alicante
eff 02JUL16 Vienna – Bastia
eff 02JUL16 Vienna – Palma Mallorca (all service by Eurowings Europe from 28JUL16)
eff 05JUL16 Vienna – Valencia (all service by Eurowings Europe from 30JUL16)
eff 28JUL16 Vienna – Barcelona
eff 30JUL16 Vienna – Faro
eff 30OCT16 Vienna – Gran Canaria/Las Palmas
eff 30OCT16 Vienna – Hanover
eff 30OCT16 Vienna – Jerez
eff 30OCT16 Vienna – Nuremberg
eff 30OCT16 Vienna – Pisa
eff 31OCT16 Vienna – Dusseldorf
eff 01NOV16 Vienna – Fuerteventura
eff 02NOV16 Vienna – Malaga
eff 05NOV16 Vienna – Marsa Alam

Source: Routes Online
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Eurowings may open a second Austrian base in Salzburg, according to some reports.
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Eurowings Europe receives its own IATA and ICAO code: E2 / EWE

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Carsten Spohr has big ambitions for Eurowings. Besides his appetite for Brussels Airlines, SAS and Thomas Cook, he is now in discussions with air berlin and its main shareholder Etihad. Eurowings could integrate some aircraft, crew and routes from the German carrier which has serious financial problems.

http://www.airliners.de/lufthansa-air-b ... ahme/39120
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Maybe you can earn more at mcdonalds? Pffff.

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SLM wrote:Maybe you can earn more at mcdonalds? Pffff.
How is your comment related to the topic?

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luchtzak wrote:
SLM wrote:Maybe you can earn more at mcdonalds? Pffff.
How is your comment related to the topic?
It is quite clear that Eurowings is nothing more than a cost cutting exercise.
Contracts at EW are amongst the worst on offer in Europe, probably SLM knows this.

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