Lufthansa Group’s new leisure airline, Eurowings Discover, completed its first flight to Namibia today.
Eurowings Discover operates five weekly connections from Frankfurt to Windhoek, with return flights on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. From summer 2022, the leisure carrier will even increase its service to daily flights with three weekly onward tag flights to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
Captain Wolfgang Raebiger, who is also the CEO of the new airline, operated the first flight to Windhoek, which was welcomed by an airport event and special guests including the German Ambassador Herbert Beck.
“This flight marks an important milestone for our new airline Eurowings Discover: starting from today, we will take over the route between Germany and Namibia, which has been served successfully over the past years by Lufthansa Group already. Windhoek has always been a popular holiday destination for travelers from all over the world and we are happy to continue offering our customers the possibility to travel to this beautiful country – even with an increased schedule. By handing over this route to its new leisure airline, the Lufthansa Group emphasizes both the importance of Namibia as a destination in its touristic portfolio as well as its commitment to the Southern African region,” says Wolfgang Raebiger, Chief Executive Officer of Eurowings Discover.
“In celebrating the launch of Eurowings Discover touching down for the first time on Namibian soil, not only are we making history today, but also offering our Namibian customers an opportunity to reconnect with their families and friends abroad, at very competitive fares. Furthermore, our corporate travelers can look forward to an attractive and sophisticated Business Class product. Lufthansa Group has a long-term commitment ensuring that Namibia remains connected to Europe and the rest of the world, which is underlined by our plans to further enhance our flight services to a daily schedule between Windhoek and Frankfurt, starting from March 2022”, says Dr. Andre Schulz, General Manager Lufthansa Group, Southern and East Africa.
Esther Kaapanda, Executive Director of the Ministry of Works and Transport appreciates the launch of Eurowings Discover on the Frankfurt – Windhoek route which has come at an opportune time.
“The Lufthansa Group continues to be a strategic partner in promoting Namibia to become a logistics hub in Southern Africa and a preferred tourist destination in line with national development endeavors. The arrival of Eurowings Discover at our international airport brings renewed hope to revive tourism, generate economic development, business and trade during these challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic.” She said
