Eurowings announced (22-Aug-2022) it will "significantly increase" its business travel offer by increasing its capacity to business destinations from Sep-2022 by 30% compared to 2021, as well as expanding the capacity of its BIZclass product on numerous routes. The carrier outlined the increase is in response to strong growth in demand for business destinations such as Vienna, Zurich, London and Milan. Highlights include:
- Düsseldorf: Connections to Berlin, Zurich and Milan will be increased with up to 10,000 additional seats on offer. In addition, Eurowings will offer twice daily frequencies to Stockholm, Prague, Dresden, Birmingham, Geneva, Lyon and Salzburg;
- Cologne/Bonn: Up to six daily frequencies to Berlin to add 6000 additional seats on the route from Sep-2022;
- Hamburg: Doubling of frequencies to Amsterdam, with the connection to Milan also to be significantly increased. From Sep-2022, the routes to Vienna and Munich will be operated three times daily;
- Stuttgart: Offer will be increased by over 150,000 additional seats for business destinations, including through the resumption of service to Bremen, and a 30% increase in frequencies to Budapest, Hamburg and Milan;
- Berlin: Daily Stockholm service, and high frequency connections to Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf and Salzburg.
CEO Jens Bischof stated: "We see very clearly that after the end of the summer holidays in some German states, the demand for business flights has increased significantly". Mr Bischof added: "Even though we have not yet reached the pre-Corona level, the incoming bookings clearly show us the progressive normalisation in this segment as well". [more - original PR]