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Eurowings to open Prague base this year

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Eurowings, a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group has announced that it will be launching a new short-haul base later this autumn from the capital city of the Czech Republic. This will also be Eurowings’ 10th base in Europe and will create “more than one hundred new jobs” and will provide “important employment impulses for the Czech aviation market,” according to the airline.

Eurowings stated that it plans to base two Airbus A320 aircraft at Prague’s Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) from the 31st of October and will position an additional A320 aircraft at the airport in the summer of 2022. Initially, the German carrier has stated that it will fly from Prague to Barcelona, Tel Aviv, Milan, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Athens and Birmingham.

In a company statement, the Chief Executive of Eurowings, Jens Bischof said “Eurowings will offer non-stop connections to Czech business travellers and vacationers alike – just in time for the relaunch of air traffic after the long-time corona crisis.” The CEO added that Eurowings “will offer local touch combined with top-notch customer-friendly services at our Prague base that will clearly distinguish Eurowings from low-cost airlines.”

Eurowings Airbus A319
Eurowings Airbus A319 registered D-AGWN at Hamburg Airport. Photo by Pascal Weste | AeroNewsX.

The announcement comes amidst growing confidence in the recovery of air travel in Europe, where vaccination is expected to allow governments to ease travel restrictions and open their borders to foreigners. As a matter of fact, the number of daily flights in most European countries has increased dramatically over the last number of weeks mainly due to the start of the summer season.

The opening of Eurowings’ Prague base comes as a major blow for Czech Airlines, the country’s former flag carrier which is mostly owned by leisure airline Smartwings. Czech Airlines filed for insolvency earlier this year in light of the severe impact the coronavirus crisis had on the industry and is now undergoing a restructuring process in an attempt to save one of Europe’s oldest airlines from disappearing.

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