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As of now, Eurowings Discover also offers seat reservation for package tour travelers on their flights - easy and free of charge.

The two leisure airlines of the Lufthansa Group, Edelweiss and Eurowings Discover, are to further expand their tourism competence in the future. Both airlines, which will remain independent in the future, will have a joint CEO: Bernd Bauer, CEO of Edelweiss airline in Switzerland will assume this position on October 1, 2022.

In the midst of its first real summer Lufthansa's leisure airline turns one year old. On July 24, 2021, the first Eurowings Discover flight took off under flight number 4Y134 from Frankfurt to Africa.

Finally! The long awaited miles upgrade function at Eurowings Discover is now available: As of now, Miles & More participants can redeem award miles for upgrades on all routes* and in all booking classes of the airline.

The leisure carrier Eurowings Discover is further expanding its flight offerings over the next three months.

Creative kick-off for Eurowings Discover's inaugural flight to Salt Lake City: Justus Becker creates artwork in downtown Frankfurt. From May 23, Lufthansa's leisure airline Eurowings Discover will be the first and currently only airline to offer a direct connection from the German-speaking region to Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah.

Leisure airline Eurowings Discover has announced it will implement salary adjustments in the cockpit and cabin as of September 1, 2022 due to the positive market development and the high demand in the tourism sector.

With the start of the summer flight schedule last Sunday, March 27, Eurowings Discover has added a number of attractive leisure destinations to its flight schedule.

Windhoek becomes the most frequently served destination in the flight schedule of Eurowings Discover. From March 27, the airline will increase its offer from five to seven weekly flights between Frankfurt and Windhoek. The program will then be further expanded to a total of ten weekly flights during northern summer peak season, lasting from July 2 to September 11, 2022.

In the winter flight schedule 2022/2023, the vacation airline of the Lufthansa Group, Eurowings Discover, will also fly from Munich to the island paradise in the Indian Ocean. By non-stop flight, travelers will reach Malé, the capital of the Maldives, twice a week (Wednesdays & Sundays) in around 10 hours flying time.

This year, the Lufthansa subsidiary will be the first intercontinental airline ever to start scheduled operations to South Africa's largest National Park. Between November 15, 2022, and March 25, 2023, Eurowings Discover will fly three times a week from Frankfurt to Mbombela, Kruger National Park, with a short stopover in Windhoek.

Just in time for the winter flight schedule, Eurowings Discover started flight operations on short- and medium-haul routes from Frankfurt on October 31. With the first Airbus 320 from the fleet of the young Lufthansa Group airline, guests on flight 4Y 306 took off at 9:40 am from Frankfurt to the island of Tenerife.