The FINANCIAL — Starting on November 9 Eurowings is offering new flight connections from Vienna. The airline will operate direct flights from the Austrian capital to the destinations of Barcelona, London-Stansted and Palma de Mallorca.
The new flight service was officially inaugurated on the occasion of the initial flight from Vienna to London-Stansted within the context of a ribbon cutting ceremony with Michael Knitter (COO Eurowings) and Max Kownatzki (Managing Director Eurowings Europe) as well as Julian Jäger (Member of the Management Board of Flughafen Wien AG) and Norbert Kettner (Managing Director Vienna Tourist Board), according to Vienna Airport.
New from Vienna: Eurowings
Based on the model of the successful airline Germanwings, the new independent low cost airline network has been established under the brand name Eurowings. This airline is commencing flight service in the fall of 2015 and will offer flights in Europe and to attractive long-haul destinations in the future.
Eurowings comprises Lufthansa’s new point-to-point brand. The Eurowings network is designed to become one of Europe’s leading low cost carriers, with point-to-point offerings in Europe as well as intercontinental flights originating in Europe. For this purpose wwo Airbus 320 aircraft will be stationed in Vienna.
“With Eurowings we have a new carrier launching flight service from Vienna, and we look forward to the cooperation with the airline. As a result, our passengers will have new attractive flight offerings to interesting travel destinations to choose from”, says a pleased Julian Jäger, Member of the Management Board of Flughafen Wien AG.
For Norbert Kettner, who heads the Vienna Tourist Board, the new airline represents “extremely welcome and effective support in implementing the Vienna 2020 tourism strategy- There is little which promotes a destination more than increasing accessibility by air travel“.
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