Lufthansa establishes Eurowings Europe GmbH in Austria
Deutsche Lufthansa AG established (11-Aug-2015) Eurowings Europe GmbH in Austria on 10-Aug-2015, and reported "promising" bookings for Eurowings' planned long-haul services. The company "will serve as the starting point for further growth, which will see the establishment of several more operating bases throughout the European continent." Lufthansa also reported Eurowings Europe "is currently setting up its flight operations, which includes creating its own cockpit and cabin crew corps." Lufthansa German Airlines CEO Karl Ulrich Garnadt said: "As the customer demand confirms, what we're offering here is a highly attractive long-haul air travel product. Our strategy of offering our further Eurowings brand, which is aimed particularly at price-sensitive leisure travellers, clearly meets a market need. And our decision to commence these operations in Cologne and the North Rhine Westphalia region has proved a prudent one, too." [more - original PR - English/German]