As well as providing an insight into the range of holidays on offer from Eurowings Holidays, representatives from Turismo de Tenerife and eleven hotel partners presented the wide variety of holiday and leisure options available on the Canary Island. The focus is particularly on active holidaymakers with an interest in sport, outdoor activities and culinary experiences.

The close cooperation between the two partners is also reflected in a joint sales promotion: for bookings made between 29 June and 12 July 2026, customers will receive a 60 per cent discount on the additional charge for cycling, sports and golf luggage for trips to Tenerife. Instead of the standard 50 euros per leg, this means that transporting such luggage costs just 20 euros per leg, or 40 euros for a return flight. The offer is valid for flights until 27 March 2027, subject to availability.

The roadshow also highlights the potential of joint marketing initiatives between destinations and Eurowings Holidays. “The partnership with Turismo de Tenerife is a prime example of how we can work together to develop offers targeted at specific audiences,” says Jan Osmers, who is responsible for partnerships at Eurowings Holidays. “The combination of a tour operator’s product, flight offers and suitable additional services creates new opportunities for reaching shared target groups.”

A particular highlight of the launch is the exclusive sweatsuit, consisting of joggers and a hoodie, created jointly by Eurowings and ABOUT YOU. It symbolises relaxed travel and reflects the ambition to bring fashion and travel even closer together.

“Together with ABOUT YOU, we are presenting Eurowings in a new environment – unexpected, high-impact and entirely true to our brand,” said Dirk Otto, Marketing Director at Eurowings. “With the Travel Collection, we are making our promise of relaxed travel tangible and creating a presence that conveys lightness, stands out and stays in people’s minds.”

The sweatsuit was unveiled for the first time during the show and will first be available as a giveaway on Eurowings’ social media channels. It is also now available to pre-order via the Eurowings merchandise shop, with joggers starting from €34.90 and the hoodie from €39.90. The full Travel Collection is now available for pre-order via ABOUT YOU online fashion store.

Technical foundation for future growth
The project was developed over a period of almost two years in close cooperation with Lufthansa Group Hub Airlines, Lufthansa Systems, and Lufthansa Group Digital Hangar, and creates the technical basis for the future integration of additional partner airlines – both in the codeshare and non-codeshare sectors.

“With the expansion of our marketplace on eurowings.com, we are bundling all relevant flight options in a single booking channel for the first time – giving our customers more choice, flexibility, and significantly more convenient handling,” says Michael Erfert, Head of Sales & Distribution at Eurowings and Managing Director of Eurowings Digital. “At the same time, we are strengthening our market position in digital sales and laying the foundation for the continuous expansion of our platform offering.”

With this new feature, Eurowings is one of the few airlines worldwide to offer both “ticketless” and “ticketed” flights on a single booking platform. This means that Germany's largest leisure airline is not only enabling combined bookings of Eurowings and codeshare flights for the first time, but is also further expanding the competitiveness of its online platform.

Electricity-based fuels play a key technological role in making flying more sustainable in the future. The real-world laboratory, which upon completion is slated to be one of the world’s largest facilities for the production of so-called ‘direct air capture to sustainable aviation fuel’ (SAF), is being built on the airport grounds next to the motorway and the Skytrain line.

DAC-to-SAF: synthetic kerosene from the air

With its innovative and highly efficient technology, the North Rhine-Westphalian start-up Greenlyte extracts CO₂ directly from the atmosphere, produces green hydrogen in the same process and converts both into synthetic fuel. The electricity requirement is covered proportionally by a photovoltaic system installed locally at the airport. The real-world laboratory's total annual production capacity of PtL-SAF is projected to be around 150 tonnes. Mathematically, this is enough for 60 flights between Düsseldorf and Palma with the currently maximum permissible SAF blending ratio of around 50 percent. The plant in Düsseldorf is primarily supposed to serve as a proof of concept and pave the way for commercial plants with a significantly higher capacity.

To date, PtL-SAF is up to ten times more expensive than fossil kerosene. Currently, it is only produced in a few laboratories and test facilities. To make the wide use of electricity-based aviation fuels possible, their availability must increase and prices must fall significantly. Only then can blending quota requirements be met.

The managing directors involved in the NRW project partnership

“The future of flying must be both more sustainable and affordable. The SAF real-world laboratory at our largest site in Düsseldorf demonstrates in concrete terms how electricity-based SAF can be made technologically feasible. However, commercial viability is just as crucial. In order to get the market ramp-up underway, policymakers should develop measures that promote investment in PtL production facilities and, through this, help close the price gap between PtL-SAF and fossil kerosene,” says Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof.

“Eurowings‘ declaration of intent to purchase SAF produced at our airport is an important and strong signal,” said Lars Redeligx, CEO of Düsseldorf Airport. “The provision of sustainable fuels is of central importance for the sustainable transformation of our industry. In order for electricity-based SAF to be offered at a lower price in the future, production ramp-up must be strengthened and improvements in the manufacturing process achieved through innovative approaches. That is why we are very pleased to be working with Euref Campus and Eurowings to advance the project of the Essen-based start-up and thus move one step closer to the SAF real-world laboratory at our airport.

“We are proud to have found two pioneering partners in North Rhine-Westphalia in Eurowings and the airport, who believe in the potential of our technology for climate-neutral flying,” says Florian Hildebrand, CEO and co-founder of Greenlyte. “With this project, we are taking the next big step: we want to show that eSAF can be produced cost-effectively and scalably – and that this is precisely how our technology will become a catalyst for transforming aviation. The project fits seamlessly into our project portfolio and underlines that defossilization cannot be achieved through innovation alone, but through bold partnerships.”

The team airbus - an eye-catcher at Europe's airports

Even the first version of the team airbus, which celebrated its premiere in 2016, attracted attention far beyond the football scene. The BVB Airbus, completely decked out in black and yellow, was a real highlight every time it arrived at airports - and at times was the most photographed aircraft in Europe. In 2022, Eurowings became the first airline in the world to dedicate its own aircraft to millions of football fans: BVB fans were actively involved in the design of the ‘Fan Airbus’ and were able to help decide which moments and personalities from BVB's history should be immortalised on the aircraft.

“We are proud that BVB and we are among the most emotional and popular brands in our respective industries," says Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof. "Together we share a team spirit and the sporting ambition to be among the best. We are therefore delighted to be able to continue to support and inspire Borussia Dortmund in the new team airbus with a state-of-the-art design.”

“The new team airbus will not only inspire our team, but above all the fans and will once again be an eye-catcher at airports throughout Europe,” says BVB Managing Director Carsten Cramer. “We are not only taking on a pioneering role in terms of design, but also in terms of sustainability: we are the first club in the Bundesliga to promote innovative fuel technologies and reduce our CO2 emissions on domestic flights by using 100 per cent SAF.”

Eurowings flight attendants will serve selected winners food and drinks from the FC kiosk range free of charge before and after matches and during half-time breaks: Whether Kölsch beer, pretzels or Bratwurst - they will be served three times directly at the seat. The Eurowings Holidays service has its own reserved seats in the stadium for 2x2 winners (Block W2). For a special stadium experience, they will be met by Eurowings flight attendants two hours before kick-off and accompanied to their seats in Block W2 - all in all, a relaxed and (almost) holiday-like experience.   

The new FC partner Eurowings Holidays, founded in 2017, is a Cologne spin-off and is now one of the fastest growing holiday brands in Germany. Whether beach holidays or city breaks, family trips or last-minute offers: Every day, more than 1,000 travel enthusiasts currently book easily combinable packages of flights and hotels or holiday homes on the website www.holidays.eurowings.com and other sales channels. The partnership with 1. FC Köln is not only intended to emphasise Eurowings' connection to its home base in Cologne. The holiday provider also sees great potential to further strengthen the still young Eurowings Holidays brand in the region.   

“Football is pure emotion, just like every holiday trip promises emotional experiences”, says Eurowings Head of Sales Michael Erfert. “With 1. FC Köln at our side, we will position Eurowings Holidays as the first choice for relaxed package holidays. In future, we will jointly pursue our goals of playing in the top league of our respective industries.”  

“Eurowings Holidays and FC - two Cologne brands that simply fit together. We are united by a high level of emotion and the desire to inspire people and create special moments. We will tackle this together in future,” says FC Managing Director Markus Rejek.  

The first all-inclusive relaxed stadium experience will be raffled off via the FC's social media channels for the home match of 1. FC Köln against Karlsruher SC on 29 September 2024.   

A key component of the contract extension is a newly designed Airbus A320 aircraft in Borussia Dortmund's club colours. Starting next season, it will accompany the Black & Yellows to numerous away matches in the UEFA Champions League and the Bundesliga and bring them home again. The so-called ‘team airbus 2.0’ is set to return to the Eurowings fleet at the start of 2025: just in time for the BVB professionals' next assault on Europe's football throne – and then in a new, exciting design. 

The first version of the team airbus, which celebrated its premiere in July 2016, attracted attention and caused a furor far beyond the football scene. The BVB airbus, completely decked out in black and yellow, was a real highlight every time it arrived at an airport – and at times was the most photographed aircraft in Europe. A ‘club change’ of the jet from Eurowings to the Lufthansa fleet required a new livery at the end of 2022 – and thus a temporary break for the team Airbus.  

Nevertheless, BVB and Eurowings remained in the air together: Eurowings was the first airline in the world to dedicate its own aircraft to football fans in 2022: the fan airbus – an A320 jet in a special black and yellow livery - has been flying BVB fans to all sporting destinations in Europe ever since. BVB fans were actively involved in the design of the fan airbus in advance. They had a say in deciding which favourite moments and personalities from BVB's history should be immortalised on the aircraft.  

“BVB and Eurowings – it's a perfect match,” says Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof. “Just like Borussia, Eurowings also has its roots in Dortmund. We share the sporting ambition of wanting to be among the best in our field throughout Europe. And both partners are now among the most emotional and popular brands in their industry. We are therefore all the more pleased to be able to continue to support and inspire the Borussia Dortmund success story.” 

BVB Managing Director Carsten Cramer explains: “We are delighted to have extended our long-standing partnership. The ‘team airbus 2.0’ will not only take our professionals to Bundesliga and Champions League matches from the coming season, but will also be a popular photo motif for fans across Europe, just like its predecessor.” 

The partnership with the BVB women, which has been in place since 2022, is also being extended. Eurowings will thus continue to act as a training and warm-up wear partner for the women's teams on their way to the top. 

Picture From left to right: Thomas Joos (Vice President Sportfive), Svenja Schlenker (Head of Women's Football BVB), Jens Bischof (CEO Eurowings), Carsten Cramer (Managing Director BVB), Clemens Strauss (VP Customer Experience & Marketing Eurowings). Photo credit: Giulio Coscia 

With the clear statement ‘Yes to Europe’ on the fuselage of an Airbus A320neo, Eurowings, together with the Lufthansa Group, is sending a visible signal in favour of a united, free and peaceful Europe and promoting participation in the EU elections. Airport employees came together with colleagues from Eurowings for a photo in front of the ‘Yes to Europe’ aircraft on the apron to jointly promote participation in the elections.

‘We are actively calling on people to vote on Sunday because every vote counts and voting protects against extremism. As an international commercial airport, we maintain daily connections to our neighbouring European countries, strengthen economic ties and bring people together. Voting means taking responsibility for a Europe that remains free,’ says Airport Managing Director Dr Michael Hupe.

‘As Eurowings, we show our affinity with Europe in our brand name - which is why we feel particularly committed to the European idea. With our ‘Yes to Europe’ Airbus as a flying ambassador, we are sending a clear message for the European elections to take a stand and strengthen democracy - not only at an altitude of ten kilometres, but also everywhere on the ground - and today here in Nuremberg,’ says Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof.

Jens Bischof, CEO of Eurowings: “We have a very attractive product portfolio with our network of Eurowings flights and the expertise to expand these flights into attractively priced package tours. Low down payment, free rebooking, and low-cost cancellation up to 14 days before departure - only Eurowings Holidays currently offers this combination of benefits. Together with our partner DERTOUR Deutschland, we can now reach holidaymakers who choose the personal advice from a travel agency when booking their vacation even better. DERTOUR with its more than 400 offices is the ideal partner here.”

“As one of the leading European tour operators, we can draw on an extremely extensive hotel portfolio for different target groups. By combining our diverse range of hotels with Eurowings flights, Eurowings Holidays creates attractive travel packages aimed specifically at price-conscious travelers and short-break travelers. We are thus further expanding our partner landscape in the tourism sector,” explains Dr. Ingo Burmester, CEO Central Europe DERTOUR Group. Sales have already started in the first selected travel agencies of the DERTOUR Group's sales organization. “And we are also looking forward to further cooperation in our travel agencies,” says Burmester.

The company HLX Touristik headed by Karlheinz Kögel is responsible for packaging the trips. The entrepreneur from Baden-Baden is considered a pioneer of “dynamic packaging” - a strong growth area in tourism that enables to fulfill the often very individual travel wishes. The company holidays.ch is responsible for production.

About Eurowings Holidays
Eurowings Holidays is a sales brand operated by the HLX Group (including HLX.com and Lufthansa Holidays). The main shareholder of the company is Karlheinz Kögel, who founded the last-minute specialist L'tur back in 1987. Via Eurowings Holidays, flights can be combined with inexpensive accommodation and rental cars in all categories to create a package. The extensive portfolio includes flights within Europe, but also to North America, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa.

About the DERTOUR Group 
The DERTOUR Group, based in Cologne, is the travel division of the REWE Group. It is one of the leading travel groups in Europe. More than 130 companies belong to the DERTOUR Group. It employs over 9,200 people in 16 European countries. Every year, millions of guests travel with one of its tour operators or specialists. The DERTOUR Group includes the tour operators DERTOUR, ITS, Meiers Weltreisen, Kuoni, Helvetic Tours, ITS Coop Travel, Billa Reisen, Koning Aap, Apollo, Exim Tours, and Fischer, over 2,100 travel agencies (including DER-TOUR, DERPART, Kuoni, Exim, Fischer and franchise and cooperation partners), the hotel brands Sentido, Aldiana, Calimera and COOEE and the online travel portal Prijsvrij Vakanties. The DERTOUR Group is also locally active for its guests: with 72 offices, the Group's own agency network is present in 30 travel countries. The employees of the destination agencies look after DERTOUR Group guests from arrival to departure at their vacation destination. Further information can be found at www.dertour-group.com.

The bilateral codeshare agreement between AEGEAN and Eurowings offers passengers a great experience from a growing range of direct connections to the highly popular tourist regions of Greece and Germany. Selected flights operated by AEGEAN, the airline that knows Greece best, will also be bookable under Eurowings flight numbers, while Eurowings flights will also be available under AEGEAN flight numbers and marketed via the partner airline's respective channels.

In a first step, AEGEAN will assign its (A3) code to direct flights operated by Eurowings connecting Heraklion (Crete) and Thessaloniki with Eurowings bases in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. Eurowings, on the other hand, will assign its code to AEGEAN flights – directly connecting Athens and Thessaloniki with its bases in Germany and the Czech Republic. The plan of both airlines is to gradually expand the joint route offering.

Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof said: “The cooperation is part of our European growth strategy and strengthens our position as the largest German leisure airline. In the tradition of the Lufthansa Group, we stand for a cooperative approach that allows Europe to grow closer together. The agreement comes at exactly the right time, as we are currently recording the strongest incoming bookings in four years – a clear indication of how strongly the market will develop in the 2024 travel summer.”

Roland Jaggi, AEGEAN’s Chief Commercial Officer added: “We are very pleased with this codeshare agreement as it further expands our network, offers extended options to our customers and supports our commitment to create value through synergies with eminent partners. This collaboration creates new opportunities for our passengers and paves the way for another successful step for the benefit of both airlines and the Greek tourism industry as well”.

Pan-European focus with partners from the south
he codeshare agreement with AEGEAN complements the cooperation that Eurowings has been nurturing with the leading Czech airline Smartwings since 2021 and enables a growing number of direct connections from Prague for customers. Eurowings has also entered a sales partnership with the Spanish airline Volotea in 2023. It offers customers of both airlines more than 140 connections on the websites of the respective partner and thus access to a significantly larger range of travel options throughout Europe.

“Since the end of the Covid pandemic, we have seen a significant increase in bookings via Eurowings Holidays,” says Michael Erfert, Head of Sales, Distribution & Digital at Eurowings and Managing Director of Eurowings Digital GmbH. “We want to use this upswing to establish ourselves among the top 10 German tour operators in the coming years. To this end, we are currently recruiting a large number of IT and marketing experts at Eurowings Digital in the Cologne startup campus Carlswerk – 30 of around 150 planned new hires will work exclusively on the expansion of Eurowings Holidays alone.”

“Nothing will remain as it was – the traditional sales channels will change. Through digitalization and artificial intelligence, airlines and also hotels will be able to go completely new ways. With Eurowings Holidays, we will link these channels,” explains Karlheinz Kögel, who has been running the tour operator brand Eurowings Holidays with his HLX Group since December 2019.

Targeted customer approach via digital channels

In the future, Eurowings is set to play an even greater role in its partnership with HLX: for example, the airline's digital division will take over web development, marketing and data analysis going forward. In addition to this, the Eurowings Holidays offering will be be integrated even more deeply into the company's own homepage eurowings.com. This will make it possible to offer customers fully comprehensive, attractive travel packages in addition to flights. Flexibility is also an important plus with Eurowings Holidays: the booked vacation can be rebooked free of charge up to 14 days before the start of the trip and can also be cancelled for a small fee of 50 euros.

About Eurowings Holidays
Eurowings Holidays is the tour operator brand of Eurowings, which is operated by the HLX Group (including HLX.com, holidays.ch, Lufthansa Holidays). The company's main shareholder is Karlheinz Kögel, who founded last-minute specialist L'tur in 1987. Through Eurowings Holidays, flights can be combined with inexpensive accommodation and rental cars in all categories to form a package. The extensive portfolio includes air travel within Europe, but also to North America, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa.

Now Eurowings is bringing the French fries back on board – using a new manufacturing process from Dutch partner Foodcase International: this process uses less fat than conventional French fry production. A patented, ovenable packaging ensures that heat is conducted to all areas of the potato frites. This results in a hot, crispy dish above the clouds after about 20 minutes, which has been nominated for the Onboard Hospitality Awards 2022.

From now on, passengers can order fries on their flights with Eurowings – and get in the mood for summer above the clouds. The fries are accompanied by a vegan mayo that tastefully complements the gluten-free snack: the Lufthansa subsidiary is the only airline in Germany to offer fries and vegan mayo. A blast especially for the many young guests on board – they are likely to be particularly pleased with the tasty addition to the menu. The packaging for fries and mayo is also recyclable.

Fresh and light summer snacks new on board Eurowings

The Lufthansa subsidiary is currently experiencing strong growth in demand for business and leisure travel. Many people want to travel again after two years of pandemic – which is why popular summer-sun-beach destinations such as Palma de Mallorca, the Greek islands or Portugal are currently particularly popular. Eurowings has responded to this trend and, in addition to French fries, has made its entire culinary offering summer ready: the wintery sandwiches have been replaced by summery, light versions, such as pretzel corn wedges with chicken breast and cranberries or bagels with Brie. Also new to the in-flight range: a pre-mixed Negroni as a summery aperitif for all vacation lovers.

Eurowings: Value airline for Europe

With the new catering concept, which is specially tailored to the season, Eurowings is further distinguishing itself from the field of low-cost competitors and positioning itself as a value airline for Europe. Other core components of the Eurowings value proposition "carefree travel" include access to Miles & More, the Lufthansa Group's attractive loyalty program, free middle seats starting at ten euros, CO₂ compensation with just one click, and flexible rebooking options up to 40 minutes before departure.

The focus on Miles & More contributes to Eurowings' positioning as a value airline for Europe – a move that also goes hand in hand with the pan-European expansion of its flight business. "Eurowings continues to stand for affordable flying, but with a stronger emphasis on 'value'. By upgrading our customers to the Miles & More world, we are not only offering an attractive loyalty program, but also another clear differentiation from the field of low-cost competitors," says Jens Bischof, CEO of Eurowings.

Eurowings customers benefit from numerous advantages with Miles & More

Through Miles & More, award miles can be conveniently collected and redeemed with around 40 airline partners via the Miles & More website or app. Price-conscious participants benefit from mileage bargains and early-booking offers like the "Early Bird" flight award when planning their trips. Miles can be earned and redeemed in a variety of areas – from flying to finance to online shopping.

Going forward, Eurowings customers will also be able to benefit from the attractive rewards and exclusive shopping offers of the Miles & More world, such as Miles & More online shopping with access to over 500 online stores: customers earn one award mile or more for every euro they spend. Those who want to use miles for a good cause can also donate them to help alliance, the charitable aid organization of the Lufthansa Group.

Partner offers along the entire Eurowings travel chain

To make the entire travel chain as pleasant and attractive as possible, the partners of Miles & More include companies from many different sectors, including aviation, the hotel industry, travel, mobility, entertainment, shopping, and finance: as of July, Eurowings customers will be able to redeem their Miles & More miles for hotel and rental car bookings, among other things, making their trip as flexible as possible. In addition to Lufthansa and aviation, the online store worldshop.eu offers more than 3,500 attractive rewards in categories such as luggage, electronics, and wine.

From the Boomerang Club to Miles & More

The Eurowings Boomerang Club – the airline's outgoing bonus program – will be discontinued on 30 June 2022. Until then, customers can continue to earn Boomerang Club miles on all Eurowings flights and with Boomerang Club partners. The miles earned can then be redeemed for a Eurowings award flight for up to twelve months. As of 1 July 2022, Boomerang Club miles can also be conveniently converted into Miles & More award miles.

The popular Eurowings credit cards from Barclays, which have won several awards, remain valid and can still be used. Customers can continue to earn Boomerang Club miles for their purchases until 23 June 2022. Eurowings credit card holders will shortly be receiving a separate notification from Barclays with all the information they need to continue using their credit card and earning Miles & More award miles.

Child-friendly airline: Eurowings once again rewards its youngest guests

This discount promotion by Eurowings Holidays for families and travelers with children once again highlights the airline's child- and family-friendly focus: last summer, families travelling with Eurowings were already delighted by surprise gifts for children on board. The airline distributed 15,000 beach balls and 100,000 Schleich animal figures to its youngest guests during boarding – and thus got them in the mood for their summer vacation during the flight.

Stress-free travel planning with Eurowings Holidays

With Eurowings Holidays, families and travelers with children in particular, whose travel plans can change quickly, benefit from a high degree of flexibility: all trips booked through the tour operator brand can be rebooked free of charge up to 14 days before departure.  When booking, only a deposit of 50 euros is due. Eurowings Holidays customers pay the remaining amount only 28 days before the trip. If travel plans change, cancellation is possible up to 14 days before departure. Travelers receive the down payment of 50 euros back as a voucher.

Flexible rebooking options for all Eurowings flights

In addition to a special Eurowings Covid insurance, which offers maximum protection at the destination, Eurowings customers continue to benefit from flexible rebooking options as well as a basic return flight guarantee: passengers can change their Eurowings flights free of charge up to 40 minutes before departure, rebook as often as they like and change to another destination within Europe. If the new flight is more expensive, only the difference in price to the old flight will be charged. Eurowings passengers who are already in their destination country are guaranteed to be returned to Germany in the event of a newly issued travel warning or lockdown.

With the expanded offer, different car rental providers can be conveniently compared with each other and the preferred offer can be selected. As part of a partnership with the mobility provider SIXT as a "Preferred Partner" of Eurowings, customers of the airline can now book rental cars from SIXT at particularly attractive conditions. As a leading international provider of high-quality mobility services, SIXT is present in around 110 countries worldwide. The company stands for consistent customer orientation, a high proportion of premium vehicles in its fleet and an attractive price-performance ratio. 

CarTrawler is the  leading global B2B provider of car rental and mobility solutions and already has partnerships with  other airlines of the Lufthansa Group. Customers of Swiss Airlines, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines already book their rental cars via CarTrawler.

Rental cars can be conveniently reserved via the Eurowings website both during the flight booking process or afterwards independently of a flight booking. All bookings via CarTrawler automatically include flexible cancellation conditions in case travel plans change at short notice. This gives Eurowings customers the greatest possible leeway when booking their rental cars.

"We are pleased to have found two strong and innovative partners in CarTrawler and SIXT, who have convinced us with their strong customer focus. Our passengers can choose from a variety of flexible offers and book at particularly attractive rates. Through a seamless digital experience, we thus offer our passengers the perfect complement to their flight," comments Irina Ens, Unit Lead Digital Marketing & Sales at Eurowings Digital GmbH.

Aileen McCormack, Chief Commercial Officer at CarTrawler commented: “At CarTrawler, our purpose is driving successful partnerships. We have proven this within the Lufthansa Group through our existing partnerships by driving long-term sustainable ancillary revenue growth year after year and this is core to why Eurowings selected CarTrawler for their car rental platform. We are delighted to announce this exclusive agreement with Eurowings which will ensure that their car rental offering aligns with their innovative and customer experience focused proposition. Our travel technology is world class and launching a partnership of this scale as the world still recovers from the pandemic is a testament to the quality of that technology but also an acknowledgement of the value that we are already adding within the wider Lufthansa Group.”         

Regine Sixt, Senior Executive President International Marketing, Sixt SE says: "We are very excited to be working with Europe's leading airline in low-cost air travel. At SIXT, we understand and appreciate the value of strong partnerships. Eurowings is a strong partner, and a leading brand in the travel industry with whom we share many commonalities. This is not least true for the company's customer-centric approach and excellent value for money."

Existing car rental bookings remain unaffected by the change of provider.

"Avoiding waste is another important part of our more sustainable in-flight product. We have redesigned our onboard retail program with high attention to product provenance, sustainable packaging and working with partners who have the same interests at heart. By 2025, 100 percent of our packaging onboard will be made from renewable or recycled materials" said Lorenza Maggio, Vice President of Customer Experience & Marketing at Eurowings.

Eurowings already uses wooden stirrers and cardboard cups instead of their plastic alternatives, and largely does without cellophane packaging in its Wings Shop offerings.

Also high on the agenda: reducing the amount of food waste. To achieve this goal, Eurowings has decided, among other things, on an exceptional campaign: the airline is introducing a "Happy Hour" on the last flight of each day. Guests will be able to purchase fresh food such as sandwiches or snacks at a 50 percent discount. With the help of artificial intelligence, Eurowings will acquire data from each flight and continuously adjust the loaded amounts to the actual demand in order to reduce waste.

As part of Lufthansa Group, Eurowings has also committed to reducing its carbon emissions to 50 percent compared to 2019 by 2030 and to becoming carbon-neutral on board and on the ground by 2050. But sustainability does not stop at carbon emissions. Social and societal issues are another important part of Eurowings' sustainability strategy. Accordingly, the airline also considers social sustainability in the selection of its cooperation partners and products on board.

More choices and sustainability in the Wings Bistro

Eurowings passengers will have a wider selection of vegan and vegetarian snacks and meals in the Wings Bistro going forward – vegan rolls with selected regional ingredients, for example.

Eurowings has been successfully cooperating with the company "share" for several years now. With each bottle of water purchased on board, passengers invest in clean drinking water supply for people in Zimbabwe or Kenya. New on board: the "Lemonaid" brand – each lemonade purchased not only supports fair trade, but also social projects in the countries where its ingredients are originally grown. For those who prefer to enjoy a hot beverage, Eurowings now also offers "ChariTea" brand organic tea. As before, the tried and tested "bring your own cup" concept remains in place – passengers who bring their own cup not only reduce the use of plastic, but also receive a 50-cent discount on the drink they ordered.

New sustainable products in the Wings Shop

With "STOP THE WATER WHILE USING ME!", Eurowings has found another partner that meets strict sustainability criteria for manufacturing its products: the climate-neutral skincare range does not use any synthetic ingredients or animal testing. The purchase of a product supports the "Good Water Projects".

Passengers will also find "Bracenet" on board: high-quality, upcycled bracelets which are handcrafted in Hamburg from old fishing nets recovered from the ocean.

Beyond this, Eurowings passengers have the opportunity to make an active contribution on board by donating one euro that directly benefits the aid organization "help alliance" when they purchase a meal or product. Each donation provides two children with a full, healthy meal at school each day.

Eurowings’ commitment to more sustainability does not end with the products offered on board. It can also be seen in the production of the new bistro and shop cards: in addition to a shiny new design, they are also more eco-friendly and are made of 100 percent FSC-certified recycled paper. The carbon equivalents emitted during production are completely offset.

About help alliance
help alliance is the central pillar of the social involvement of Lufthansa Group. As an internationally operating company and as part of the community in Germany and internationally, Lufthansa Group assumes responsibility for current social challenges beyond its actual business activities with help alliance. The non-profit limited liability company supports numerous projects around the world that provide young people in particular with access to education, with the aim of empowering them to lead self-determined lives. In addition to its focus on education, help alliance promotes entrepreneurship. Around 150 projects have been supported in recent years. All project content is aligned with the strict standards of the UN Conventions on the Rights of the Child and, in particular, with the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) "Quality Education" (SDG 4) and "Decent Work and Economic Growth" (SDG 8). The projects are funded entirely by donations.

For more information and donation opportunities, please visit www.helpalliance.org.

Contact:
help alliance gGmbH
Phone: +49 69 696 696- 70
E-mail: helpalliance@dlh.de

"We are delighted about the codeshare agreement with our partner Smartwings that will strengthen our position at our new Prague base. By operating from a highly attractive European city, we want to offer even more business and leisure travelers attractive non-stop connections throughout Europe," said Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof.

“Our long-term priority is to expand the range of destinations, and, thanks to a new partnership with Eurowings, we will be able to offer convenient connections to a wide portfolio of destinations to our customers”, said Roman Vik, Board member and CEO, Smartwings.

The first Eurowings codeshare flights with Smartwings will take off from Prague just a few weeks after Eurowings starts operations in the “Golden City”. By opening a new base in the Czech capital, Eurowings is expanding its services in Central Europe. As of October 31, 2021, Eurowings will connect Prague with 14 new European destinations. By summer 2022, the Lufthansa Group airline will station three Airbus A320 aircraft, including local crews, in the Czech capital. Flights will be operated by Eurowings Europe, Eurowings' pan-European flight operation.

About Smartwings:
Smartwings is the largest Czech airline. In the summer season, Smartwings offers flights from Czech airports to 80 destinations.  Besides the Czech Republic, Smartwings operates flights also from airports in Poland, France, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Canary Islands.

Specifically, the new service components take effect, for example, in the event of a failed temperature check at the departure airport or in the event of a suspected Corona infection. Corona protection also covers the additional costs incurred in the event of a delayed return journey.

Cover for quarantine costs

Quarantine costs remain covered: customers are covered by Corona protection against cancellation and travel costs if a quarantine is ordered due to a suspected Corona infection at home or at the vacation destination. Coverage is also provided if a vacation that has already begun must be canceled or extended due to a quarantine. If a customer books the full travel insurance, medical care is also covered in the event of a Corona infection.

The aim of this service extension is to provide guests with greater peace of mind when traveling. "People want to fly and travel but want more security for uncertain times. With our new Corona protection, which is automatically integrated into our insurance policies, we are responding to the specific wishes of our customers, for whom flexibility and safety when flying are currently the top priorities," says Jens Bischof, CEO and Chairman for the Management Board of Eurowings.

Flexible rebooking options for all Eurowings flights

In addition to Corona insurance, which offers maximum protection at the destination, Eurowings customers will continue to benefit from the existing flexible rebooking options as well as a basic return flight guarantee: customers can change their Eurowings flights free of charge shortly before departure, rebook as often as they like and change to another destination within Europe free of charge. Eurowings passengers who are already in their destination country are guaranteed to be brought back to Germany in the event of a newly issued travel warning or a lockdown - even by special flight if necessary.

By integrating the booking platform, Eurowings customers can book their preferred accommodation conveniently in addition to their flight and benefit from a best price guarantee, flexible payment terms and round-the-clock customer service. In addition, Eurowings customers have the opportunity to earn valuable miles through the Eurowings bonus program Boomerang Club. At the start of the partnership, up to triple miles will be awarded until 15 August 2020.

Eurowings customers who are currently planning their summer holidays can add a hotel from the Booking.com portfolio to their flight or get inspiration for trips planned in the future. More than 29 million accommodation entries are available worldwide - from family-run Bed & Breakfasts to executive apartments and luxury hotels. Eurowings thus simplifies and bundles the processes around its customers' travel bookings and has found the ideal partner for this in Booking.com. Anna Menke, Head of Customer Experience, Partner & Loyalty at Eurowings, comments: "Booking.com has a strong customer focus and as a leading hotel reservation portal is an ideal fit with Eurowings. Our passengers can choose from a broad portfolio and book at attractive prices".

The spectrum of holiday homes ranges from very attractively priced domiciles in the three-star segment to villas and houses in the luxury segment. Via the Eurowings Holidays portal, customers can easily and conveniently combine their preferred holiday home with just a few clicks, including their outgoing and return flight from the desired departure airport. In addition, it is also possible to book a transfer from the airport to the accommodation or a rental car online.

"The demand for holiday homes and apartments has already risen continuously in recent years. Due to the current situation, however, interest has again increased considerably – not only in the North and Baltic Seas, but also in the Mediterranean region. Individuality and personal freedom are becoming increasingly important for holidaymakers and families. This is the reason why we want to make very attractive offers to our customers in this segment with Eurowings Holidays", says Oliver Schmitt, Chief Commercial Officer of Eurowings.

Price examples:

• Port de Pollenca, Mallorca, Apartamentos Don Miguel (3 stars), 5 nights with flight from Düsseldorf from € 265
• Elounda, Crete, Elounda Ilion Hotel Bungalows (4 stars), 7 nights with breakfast, flight from Berlin from 365 €

About Eurowings Holidays

Eurowings Holidays is the tour operator brand of Eurowings, which is operated by the HLX Group. Via the travel portal Eurowings Holidays, passengers can book inexpensive accommodation in all categories and rental cars.  A total of around 50,000 accommodations are currently available.

About HLX

The HLX Group, based in Baden-Baden and Basel, is one of the leading travel providers in Central Europe with its tour operator holidays.ch, its own sales brand hlx.com and the travel portals Lufthansa Holidays, Eurowings Holidays, Swiss Holidays and Condor Holidays, which it operates. In 2011, L`Tur founder Karlheinz Kögel laid the foundation stone for today`s company, which is considered a pioneer in the segment of dynamic travel production. Travel packages are put together in real time, i.e. only at the moment of booking by the customer, from the daily updated offers of airlines and hotels. The dynamic production of trips is considered particularly efficient and therefore cost-effective. Every day, the HLX Group's modern and user-friendly travel portals offer a choice of over 100 million offers.

"As challenging as the current phase is, we are using the de facto travel ban to make Eurowings even more customer-friendly for the period after the Corona crisis and to position the airline as a strong and popular brand. The innovation challenge is only one of many measures on this path", says the new Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof.

Customers and interested parties can submit their ideas and suggestions via the website under this link until 13 May 2020 inclusive. The best suggestion of the competition will be implemented by Eurowings as soon as possible, after which other winning ideas from theory will be put into practice. The airline will draw attractive prizes from all participants and will choose the winner of the "ideas get wings" competition in September 2020. 

The criteria for taking part in the innovation challenge are simple: all service or product ideas proposed must bring concrete added value for passengers. They should, for example, help to ensure that private and business travelers feel particularly comfortable on board an aircraft again, even after the global corona pandemic, and book their next holiday with anticipation. It is also assumed that the proposals can be implemented quickly - if possible within three months.

Eurowings wants to redesign the future of travel together with its customers and bring people and cultures back together after the Corona crisis. After weeks of isolation, they want to reunite with their families, friends and colleagues, and their well-deserved holidays should also be within reach again.

By using a fully digitized version of the Eurowings in-flight entertainment programme, Eurowings is able to reduce printing, distribution and waste costs and, due to the lower weight, kerosene and associated CO2 consumption is also reduced – a further step towards greater sustainability.

Once the booking has been completed or via the "Inform" section on eurowings.com, Eurowings customers can now access a calculator that calculates the respective CO₂ emissions based on the booked flight route and class. For the calculated CO₂ emissions, the website then suggests an amount that customers can either accept directly or adjust: This makes it possible to donate either more or less.

At least 80 percent of the compensation money goes to climate protection projects in Madagascar, Indonesia, Kenya or Brazil. The myclimate carbon offset projects reduce emissions by replacing fossil energy sources with renewable energy or promoting energy-efficient technologies. You can see exactly which projects are involved here.

Ojo Meijers, CEO of TaxiTender, comments: "The new partnership with Eurowings contributes to strengthening our position in the growing market for airport transfers. Through our cooperation, Eurowings customers will benefit from an even more stress-free travel planning directly from their doorstep to their final destination".

The integration of TaxiTender extends the already existing mobility offer of the Cologne-based airline Eurowings, which as a digital 'travel companion' makes travel offers along the entire travel chain: Eurowings customers can already flexibly book Flixbus tickets, hotels from HRS, driver services via Free Now as well as bus trips via Distribusion to their Eurowings flight. In addition, Eurowings links other airlines, such as Norwegian Airlines and SunExpress, to Eurowings flights via ' virtual interlining', thus offering its customers attractive transfer connections that perfectly complement the route network. This digital strategy follows a clear goal: "We want to offer our customers the complete travel experience beyond the pure flight: the inspiration for the trip, the trip to the airport, the hotel accommodation, an event at the destination – and much more," says Oliver Wagner.

The partnership between Eurowings and TaxiTender is technically enabled by the Yilu digital platform – as with Free Now, Distribusion and Flixbus. Thanks to Yilu, Eurowings customers will be able to book their taxi ride directly in the airline app and soon also via the Eurowings website. With the start of the partnership, Eurowings customers benefit from a ten percent discount on TaxiTender bookings until the end of August.

 Following the existing cooperation with ‘mytaxi’ (passengers can book or pre-order a taxi directly from the Eurowings app) and the cooperation with hotel provider HRS, the cooperation with FlixBus is the next strategic step towards creating a smart travel platform for Eurowings customers. “Thanks to partnerships like the one with FlixBus, Eurowings is increasingly becoming a digital travel companion for its customers, accompanying them along every step of their journey and making a rich range of digital products and services available to them at the same time,” says Eurowings Managing Director and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) Oliver Wagner. This strategy has a clear goal: “Soon, we want to be able to seamlessly offer our customers the entire travel experience, beyond just the flight: the inspiration for the trip, the drive to the airport, their hotel stay, an event at their destination – and much, much more.”

“The cooperation between FlixBus, Europe’s largest long-distance bus travel provider and Germany’s largest domestic airline Eurowings is a logical move,” says Daniel Krauss, co-founder and CIO of FlixMobility, the parent company of FlixBus. “It sets a strong signal for how mobility can be intelligently networked through digitalization.” For travelers, the additional FlixBus option is ideal, says Krauss: “Booking a trip from your front door to your flight’s destination – it doesn’t get better than this.” He adds that FlixBus and Eurowings are already considering additional possibilities for cooperation.

The partnership between Eurowings and Flixbus is – like the mytaxi cooperation before it – made possible by the digital platform Yilu. Thanks to Yilu’s tech solutions, Eurowings customers can book their bus tickets in the airline’s customer app without having to leave the digital environment of the airline.

At Eurowings, the subsidiary Eurowings Digital is responsible for bringing the ‘digital travel companion’ to life for customers, as well as for the bundling and further development of all of the airline’s customer-relevant digital activities. The new company, based in Cologne, launched to high acclaim and has already received several thousand applications without doing much PR. Oliver Wagner emphasizes that an amount in the high double-digit millions will be invested and that the expansion of Eurowings Digital will be vigorously advanced: “Eurowings Digital will be hiring roughly 150 digital experts over the next three years and significantly increasing the ‘digital footprint’ of our airline in the aviation industry.”

About Eurowings:
Eurowings is the low-cost airline of Lufthansa Group, making it part of the world’s largest aviation group. With a rapidly growing fleet of currently 185 aircraft, Eurowings specializes in affordable non-stop flights within Europe. The German carrier offers flights to over 210 destinations in over 50 countries around the world, making it Europe’s third-largest low-cost airline after Ryanair and Easyjet. Last year, the company carried over 40 million passengers for the first time and expanded its staff to around 10,000 employees.

About FlixMobility:
FlixMobility is a young mobility provider, offering new alternatives for convenient, affordable and environmentally-friendly travel via the FlixBus and FlixTrain brands. Thanks to a unique business model and innovative technology, the startup has quickly established Europe's largest long-distance bus network and launched the first green long-distance trains in 2018. Since 2013, FlixMobility has changed the way over 100 million people have traveled and created thousands of new jobs in the mobility industry.

About Yilu:
Yilu is the smart platform for travel. Offering an end-to-end travel platform powered by a rich logic layer, Yilu makes it easy for airlines and hotel chains to provide personalised recommendations and relevant information to their customers while connecting with a global ecosystem of service providers. With great attention to research and user insights, Yilu ensures a smooth journey for the traveller and creates growth opportunities for travel companies. Backed by the Lufthansa Group, the fast-growing Yilu team is based in Berlin. Further information is available at www.yiluhub.com.

Now available: Eurowings and HRS are offering an exclusive loyalty benefit. Any customer booking a hotel with HRS via the Eurowings website and travelling up to 2 June 2019 will have the chance to earn double miles. Members of the Boomerang Club – Eurowings’ bonus and frequent flyer programme – can earn double miles for every hotel booking made via eurowings.com. The promotion applies to bookings up to 28 February 2019.

Exclusively for Eurowings, the HRS hotel portal has selected a range of exceptional hotels suitable, among other things, for city breaks or beach holidays.

This means holiday and business travellers can quickly and easily book the right hotel along with their flight via eurowings.com, thus benefitting from a seamless travel experience.

Eurowings and the HRS hotel portal have been collaborating since December 2018. The HRS offering is continually being expanded on the Eurowings website and on other channels, with constant adjustment to our customers’ needs. In this connection, customers of both partners also have the chance to earn miles: for every hotel booking on the Eurowings website, Boomerang Club members will be credited with miles for each euro spent.