Lufthansa Group low-cost subsidiary Eurowings plans to launch 2X-weekly Cologne-Orlando services beginning July 8, 2017 and 3X-weekly Cologne-Seattle services from July 11, 2017.
The company said in a statement the new routes will double the carrier’s US network, in addition to flights to Las Vegas and Miami. It will also re-launch seasonal Cologne-Boston Logan services in 2017.
Dusseldorf, Germany-based Eurowings operates 310-seat Airbus A330s on long-haul flights, which are wet-leased from SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines. It launched its first long-haul flight from Cologne to Varadero, Cuba, on Nov. 2, 2015. The fleet should grow to six A330s by the end of 2016; a seventh aircraft will be delivered in 2017.
So far in 2016, Eurowings said it transported 420,000 passengers on long-haul flights.
Separately, Karl Ulrich Garnadt, the Lufthansa director responsible for Eurowings, will step down next year, because the airline has a rule requiring management board members to retire at age 60, according to the German daily Handelsblatt. It’s unclear when he will leave and who will succeed him.
Eurowings was not immediately available for comment.
Lufthansa established Eurowings in 2015 as a pan-European LCC platform and is expected to grow quickly to about 100 aircraft to remain competitive in the market.
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