Discover, Another Lufthansa Subsidiary...
Welcome to the latest chapter in the ever expanding saga of Lufthansa Group's subsidiaries... Here is their latest endeavour in the form of Discover Airlines.
Prior to being introduced in mid-2023, Discover Airlines was previously known as Eurowings Discover, initially created to take-over the long-haul operations of Eurowings which at the time was operated by Brussels Airlines and SunExpress Deutschland. With the closure of SunExpress Deutschland as well as Brussels Airlines focusing on their own network, Eurowings took on the long-haul fleet which were divested into the newly formed Eurowings Discover who obtained their own air operator's certificate in 2021. Eurowings would continue to focus on their regional network away from Lufthansa's main hubs.
The primary goal of Eurowings Discover, now Discover Airlines is to compete against a resurgent Condor who have filled a niche operating leisure-orientated flights. Eurowings Discover pretty much looked identical to the regular Eurowings, so in mid-2023 saw the Eurowings name dropped with simply Discover Airlines with an eye-catching two-tone blue and yellow livery, with discover. emblazoned as a billboard on the fuselage.
Discover Airlines utilises transferred Airbus A320s from Lufthansa, operating short-to-medium flights to leisure orientated destinations from their Frankfurt and Munich hubs; these routes were previously operated by Lufthansa but were transferred over to Discover Airlines.
Their long-haul fleet utilises a mixture of Airbus A330-200s previously operated by Eurowings via SunExpress Deutschland, alongside Airbus A330-300s coming from various Lufthansa Group subsidiaries, notably Brussels Airlines, Edelweiss and Lufthansa. Discover Airlines long-haul fleet operate from their Frankfurt hub only.
It will be interesting to see how Discover Airlines copes in the future...
Currently, Discover Airlines operates 11 Airbus A320 family aircraft, all of which are Airbus A320s. Discover Airlines are due to receive 4 Airbus A320s transferred from Lufthansa.
Alpha India Whiskey Bravo is one of 11 Airbus A320s operated by Discover Airlines, delivered new to Lufthansa on 24th May 2017 until transfer over to Discover Airlines on 16th October 2023 and she is powered by 2 CFM International CFM56-5B4/3 engines.
Airbus A320-214(WL) D-AIWB slows on Runway 28L at Munich-Franz Josef Strauss (MUC) on 4Y481 from Jerez (XRY).
Discover, Another Lufthansa Subsidiary...
Welcome to the latest chapter in the ever expanding saga of Lufthansa Group's subsidiaries... Here is their latest endeavour in the form of Discover Airlines.
Prior to being introduced in mid-2023, Discover Airlines was previously known as Eurowings Discover, initially created to take-over the long-haul operations of Eurowings which at the time was operated by Brussels Airlines and SunExpress Deutschland. With the closure of SunExpress Deutschland as well as Brussels Airlines focusing on their own network, Eurowings took on the long-haul fleet which were divested into the newly formed Eurowings Discover who obtained their own air operator's certificate in 2021. Eurowings would continue to focus on their regional network away from Lufthansa's main hubs.
The primary goal of Eurowings Discover, now Discover Airlines is to compete against a resurgent Condor who have filled a niche operating leisure-orientated flights. Eurowings Discover pretty much looked identical to the regular Eurowings, so in mid-2023 saw the Eurowings name dropped with simply Discover Airlines with an eye-catching two-tone blue and yellow livery, with discover. emblazoned as a billboard on the fuselage.
Discover Airlines utilises transferred Airbus A320s from Lufthansa, operating short-to-medium flights to leisure orientated destinations from their Frankfurt and Munich hubs; these routes were previously operated by Lufthansa but were transferred over to Discover Airlines.
Their long-haul fleet utilises a mixture of Airbus A330-200s previously operated by Eurowings via SunExpress Deutschland, alongside Airbus A330-300s coming from various Lufthansa Group subsidiaries, notably Brussels Airlines, Edelweiss and Lufthansa. Discover Airlines long-haul fleet operate from their Frankfurt hub only.
It will be interesting to see how Discover Airlines copes in the future...
Currently, Discover Airlines operates 11 Airbus A320 family aircraft, all of which are Airbus A320s. Discover Airlines are due to receive 4 Airbus A320s transferred from Lufthansa.
Alpha India Whiskey Bravo is one of 11 Airbus A320s operated by Discover Airlines, delivered new to Lufthansa on 24th May 2017 until transfer over to Discover Airlines on 16th October 2023 and she is powered by 2 CFM International CFM56-5B4/3 engines.
Airbus A320-214(WL) D-AIWB slows on Runway 28L at Munich-Franz Josef Strauss (MUC) on 4Y481 from Jerez (XRY).