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Eurowings
is the airline with the best price-performance ratio in Germany. In cooperation
with Handelsblatt, the opinion research institute YouGov has selected the
winners for 2024: Eurowings takes first place in the “Mobility & Tourism”
category. The award once again underlines the successful repositioning of
Eurowings from a former low-cost airline from NRW to a value airline for
Europe. With high customer satisfaction ratings and a portfolio of high-quality
services at fair prices, Eurowings now clearly sets itself apart from low-cost
airlines. More information on the ranking (German only)
New
routes: Eurowings further expands codeshare with Smartwings
As
part of the bilateral codeshare agreement, further connections operated by
Smartwings from Prague can now be booked under Eurowings flight numbers. These
include three routes in the winter flight schedule from Prague to the Canary
Islands to Fuerteventura, Las Palmas and Tenerife as well as a route from
Prague to Hurghada, Egypt. In addition, flights between Prague and the Canary
Island of Lanzarote and the Italian destinations of Brindisi, Cagliari and
Catania can already be booked for the summer flight schedule.
Route
launch: Eurowings connects Dusseldorf with Leipzig/Halle
From
8 April, Eurowings will be flying from Dusseldorf to Leipzig/Halle Airport. The
Lufthansa subsidiary will fly the route weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays, using aircraft from the Airbus A320 family. Bookings can be made
immediately via all known sales channels. To the Eurowings homepage
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