German low-cost carrier Eurowings is a key member of the Lufthansa Group. With more than 100 aircraft at its disposal, the airline caters to European leisure markets for passengers looking to travel on a budget. In recent years, Eurowings has diversified its network to also include operating bases outside of Germany, as well as opening a long-haul division. But what aircraft does it fly?
Eurowings' least numerous aircraft types
According to data from ch-aviation.com, Eurowings presently has 116 aircraft in its fleet. These planes are spread across just six aircraft types, with two being dominant forces, and four playing a far smaller role. Let's begin by looking at the carrier's rarer aircraft, of which certain designs operate on a leased basis.
First of all, Eurowings is presently flying two Boeing 737-800s on lease from the German division of TUI. Registered as D-ABMQ and D-ABKJ, data from ATDB.aero shows that these twinjets have been flying for Eurowings since September 2020 and March 2021 respectively. A quick look at FlightRadar24.com suggests that both are based at Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN).
The remainder of Eurowings' fleet consists primarily of Airbus A320 family jets. The rarest of these at the German low-cost carrier is the stretched-fuselage A321, of which Eurowings has two. However, these 200-seat twinjets are both presently in storage in Berlin. Both examples flew there from Kaunas in April 2022, following almost two years of storage in the Lithuanian city.
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A recent development in the Eurowings fleet has seen it receive the first three of eight Airbus A320neos, an aircraft type that it recently debuted on the Düsseldorf-Mallorca route. Going forward, it also plans to take delivery of five stretched-fuselage A321neo aircraft. Another rare design at Eurowings is the A220-300, of which the carrier flies four examples on a leased basis from airBaltic.
Dominated by the A320ceo
In terms of the dominant forces in Eurowings' present fleet, the most numerous aircraft type is the original Airbus A320. Otherwise known as the A320ceo (Current Engine Option), there are 69 examples of this twinjet in the current Eurowings' setup, accounting for more than 59% of its total fleet. Of these, 13 are registered with Eurowings Europe, which serves its non-German bases.
Six of these 13 aircraft have Austrian registrations with 'OE' prefixes. A further 13 of Eurowings' A320s are also registered with another carrier, namely Avion Express Malta. Overall, Eurowings' A320s are 11.3 years old on average.
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Small but mighty - the Airbus A319
The remaining 36 aircraft in the Lufthansa Group's low-cost carrier's fleet are examples of the shorter Airbus A319. These are Eurowings' oldest narrowbodies, with an average age of 13.3 years. Like the A320, a handful are affiliated with Eurowings Europe, with six of these seven bearing Austrian registrations. Eurowings has flown a further five examples of the Airbus A319-100 in previous years.
Looking at the seat maps available on SeatGuru, we can see that Eurowings A319s, like its A320s, have a three-row business class cabin at the front of the aircraft. Like many European carriers, the seats are the same as in economy, but the middle one is blocked to allow premium passengers extra space. What the A319s also have in common with the A320 is a lack of a row 13.
Eurowings Discover
It is also worth touching upon the aircraft flown by Eurowings Discover, a Lufthansa Group brand that primarily specializes in serving long-haul leisure destinations. Data from ch-aviation shows that this carrier has 24 aircraft at its disposal. This includes seven leased planes (three airBaltic A220s and four Finnair A350s).
In terms of non-leased aircraft, Eurowings Discover has seven A320-200s, three A330-200s, and seven A330-300s at its disposal. Going forward, ch-aviation also lists a further three A320-200s and one A330-300 as yet to be delivered.
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