Eurowings Europe A320ceo with Maltese registration | |||||||
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| Founded | December 3, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-12-03) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 3 December 2022; 3 years ago (2022-12-03) | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Miles & More | ||||||
| Fleet size | 29 | ||||||
| Parent company | Eurowings Lufthansa Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | St. Julian's, Malta | ||||||
| Website | eurowings | ||||||
Eurowings Europe A320ceo with Austrian registration | |||||||
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| Commenced operations | June 23, 2016; 9 years ago (2016-06-23) | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | January 30, 2023; 3 years ago (2023-01-30) | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Miles & More | ||||||
| Parent company | Lufthansa Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Vienna,Austria | ||||||
Eurowings Europe is alow-cost airline registered inMalta.[2] Eurowings Europe operates and maintains aircraft used on flights that are scheduled, marketed and sold by its sister airline, the Germany basedEurowings. Both airlines are wholly ownedsubsidiaries of theLufthansa Group.[3]
About a week after obtaining itsair operator's certificate from the Austrian civil aviation authorities, Eurowings Europe departed its initial base inVienna[4] forAlicante on 23 June 2016, its maiden flight.[5] It has adopted thecorporate identity of its German sister airline,Eurowings.
In September 2019,Lufthansa Group announced, thatAustrian Airlines will lease fourAirbus A320-200 from Eurowings Europe starting January 2020. The airline will also take over some of Austrian Airlines' flights fromSalzburg Airport andInnsbruck Airport.[6] The Austrian Airlines wet lease contract for four aircraft in Vienna was withdrawn in April 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
In October 2019, Eurowings Europe took over the base inPristina from its sister airlineGermanwings.[7]
In June 2021 it was announced that Eurowings Europe would expand its European network with the opening of a new base inPrague Airport starting October 2021 with two aircraft based for the winter season and three for the summer. Destinations would include European cities in the likes ofBarcelona andMilan and holiday destinations such as the Balearics, Canaries andTel Aviv.
In July 2022 it was announced that Eurowings Europe GmbH would leave its Austrian registration and it would register in Malta and be renamed as Eurowings Europe Ltd.[8] The move to Malta was expected to lower taxes and cost of operations for the airline, along with reducing income taxes that employees would have to pay. The change took effect on 3 November 2022.
Eurowings Europe operates regional flights throughout Europe.[4] As of 2022, it maintains six bases inVienna,Salzburg,[3]Palma de Mallorca,Prague,Stockholm Arlanda andPristina.[7] As of 2022 base Vienna is only a crew base and no aircraft are stationed there. In December 2022,Graz was announced as a summer base, but further extended to an all-year operation due to demand.[9]

As of August 2025[update], Eurowings Europe (Malta) operates an all-Airbus fleet composed of the following aircraft:[10]
| Aircraft | In service | Passengers | Notes |
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| Airbus A319-100 | 6 | 142 / 150 | operated forEurowings |
| Airbus A320-200 | 24 | 172 / 180 | |
| Total | 30 | ||
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