Eurowings to launch low-cost flights to Thailand from October

NEW low-cost airline Eurowings announced the availability of its flights to the Caribbean, Dubai and Thailand for booking at its official sales launch at ITB Berlin last week.

Eurowings’ intercontinental flights will depart from Cologne/Bonn Airport, with the first flights taking off on October 25 to the Caribbean, Dubai and Thailand. Tickets on the longhaul routes are already on offer from 99.99 euros (US$109) per route.

The airline expects to expand its range of European and domestic routes with intercontinental city and holiday destinations. From the winter flight plan 2015/16 onwards, the new route network will include Dubai, Bangkok, Phuket, as well as the Caribbean destinations of Varadero and Punta Cana.

The intercontinental connections will be flown by longhaul route aircraft Airbus A330-200. From winter 2015/16, the fleet will initially consist of two aircraft and will be expanded to seven Airbus A330s.

As the first step of expansion, two Airbus A320s will be operated on European routes, also from the winter season.

Said Karl Ulrich Garnadt, CEO of Lufthansa German Airlines and member of the executive board of Lufthansa AG: “Our new Eurowings strategy is to strengthen our position in point-to-point traffic. The new Eurowings will tackle on longhaul routes with a new brand launch, affordable ticket prices and an attractive route network.”

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