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| Founded | 24 July 2021; 3 years ago (2021-07-24) (asEurowings Discover) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 5 September 2023; 22 months ago (2023-09-05) (asDiscover Airlines) | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Miles & More | ||||||
| Fleet size | 27[citation needed] | ||||||
| Destinations | 62[4] | ||||||
| Parent company | Lufthansa | ||||||
| Headquarters | Frankfurt,Hesse,Germany[5] | ||||||
| Website | discover-airlines.com | ||||||
Discover Airlines, legally incorporated asEW DiscoverGmbH and formerly brandedEurowings Discover, is a German leisure airline headquartered inFrankfurt,Hesse.[6] It is owned byLufthansa and serves leisure destinations around theMediterranean,North America,Black Sea,Africa and theCaribbean from its bases atFrankfurt Airport[2] andMunich Airport.[3]
Discover Airlines started operations on 24 July 2021 as Eurowings Discover, flying from Frankfurt toMombasa andZanzibar with a singularAirbus A330, having obtained itsair operator's certificate.[7] It adopted its brand name and originalcorporate identity from sister companyEurowings. It is considered to be the main competitor of German leisure carrierCondor (itself once owned by Lufthansa) which serves several of the routes Discover Airlines will also take up.[8]
The carrier has already expanded its network toPunta Cana,Windhoek and Victoria Falls. Later in 2021 Eurowings Discover added flights toLas Vegas,Mauritius,Bridgetown,Montego Bay,Varadero, Canary Islands, Egypt, and Morocco. The fleet is supposed to grow to 10A320s and 11 A330s by mid-2022.[9][10]
In September 2021,Lufthansa announced it would move responsibility for several mid-haul leisure routes to Eurowings Discover.[11] It based threeAirbus A320-200s in Frankfurt serving five destinations on theCanary Islands in late 2021.[12]
In summer 2022, Eurowings Discover established its second operational base atMunich Airport, focused on short-haul operations around the Mediterranean.[3]
In September 2022, Lufthansa moved some of its own routes toCanada to Eurowings Discover for the upcoming winter season.[13] In late 2022, Eurowings Discover announced it would focus its long-haul operations atFrankfurt Airport, terminating their North American and Caribbean services fromMunich Airport.[2] Prior to this, the flights were already suspended as the airline took over North American routes at Frankfurt Airport from parent Lufthansa due to staff shortages.[14]
In September 2023, the airline formerly known as Eurowings Discover announced its new identity as Discover Airlines.[15]
Discover Airlines is headquartered in the Frankfurt Airport Center (FAC) inFrankfurt Airport,Frankfurt.[6]
Discover Airlines hascodeshare agreements with the following airlines:[49]
As of June 2024[update], Discover Airlines operates the following aircraft:
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||||
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| C | W | Y+ | Y | Total | ||||
| Airbus A320-200 | 14 | — | 20 | — | 12 | 138 | 170 | Transferred fromLufthansa.[citation needed] |
| Airbus A330-200 | 3 | — | 24 | 17 | 44 | 187 | 270 | Inherited fromSunExpress Deutschland after its collapse. To be retired by 2026.[53] |
| Airbus A330-300 | 8 | — | 30 | 28 | 44 | 181 | 283 | Transferred fromLufthansa andBrussels Airlines.[citation needed] |
| 2 | 27 | 31 | 24 | 220 | 302 | Transferred fromEdelweiss Air.[citation needed] | ||
| Total | 27 | — | ||||||
EW Discover GmbH Hugo-Eckener-Ring 1 FAC, Building 234, D7.01 60549 Frankfurt
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