Lufthansa Group’s newest airline, Eurowings Discover today makes its official inaugural flight to Zanzibar, Tanzania with a stopover in Mombasa, Kenya.
The flight with registration (4Y134), departs its parking bay in Frankfurt Airport operated by an Airbus A330-200 and flown with Captain Wolfgang Raebiger, who is also Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Eurowings Discover.
The aircraft has a total of 270 seats, 22 of which are in Business Class (lie-flat seats). Eurowings Discover aircraft will gradually become equipped with up to 31 Premium Economy Class seats over the next few months and for the first time ever, guests on board the flight 4Y134 will have the opportunity to test the product and service of Eurowings Discover.
In all three classes, guests can look forward to a special, high-quality travel experience with all meals and non-alcoholic beverages included in the price. In Business Class, all beverages will be offered free of charge, while in the Premium Economy Class there will also be a complimentary selection of beer and wine. There is also a variety of Buy-on-Board offers from which travelers in Economy Class and Premium Economy Class can select additional snacks and alcoholic beverages.
Next to the culinary experience, Eurowings Discover also provides excellent entertainment onboard the its flights your vacation. With their own screens, travelers can choose from over 50 movies, 80 TV programs, and numerous sound tracks.
Another special feature onboard Eurowings Discover: guests can quickly and easily connect to the Onboard-Cloud via their own device to receive an extended entertainment offer with a wide selection of magazines and over 50 cutting-edge games, gaming streams as well as an integrated gaming platform.
In addition to the sunny destinations Mombasa and Zanzibar, Eurowings Discover will be flying to Punta Cana from August 9 and to Windhoek from August 10. On September 30, the airline will start operating from Frankfurt to Las Vegas and from October 1 to the dream island of Mauritius. Bridgetown (November 1), Cancún (November 1), Varadero (November 2) and Montego Bay (November 3) will also be added in the winter flight schedule.
The airline will also add attractive medium-haul routes to its portfolio starting in November 2021, with flights from Frankfurt to the Canary Islands of Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Tenerife, as well as to Hurghada and Marsa Alam in Egypt, and Marrakech in Morocco. From summer 2022 onwards, Eurowings Discover will also be operating short-, medium- and long-haul flights out of the Munich hub.
Eurowing Discover is Lufthansa Group’s new leisure airline and it obtained its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from the German Federal Aviation Authority on June 16 this year and will be commencing flight operations this summer as planned under the airline’s own flight code “4Y”.
As a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the airline draws on the expertise and experience of one of the world’s leading aviation companies
By Victor Shalton Odhiambo