Well done!  This is probably the most fitting and succinct description of a great success the supporters of our international airport have achieved in the internet voting competition “Vote & Fly” organized by Eurowings airline. In the final round of voting Košice got almost 20 000 votes within an hour what represents 61% of all votes cast during the live internet voting. Thanks to this great result, Košice will get a new scheduled route from Eurowings starting from the winter schedule 2018/2019. The exact destination in Germany was not announced before we went to press. Anyway, we are proud to emphasize that Košice will be first Eurowings destination in Slovakia.

Here is some basic information on the low-cost carrier Eurowings. The airline was formed on 1 February 1993, following a merger of Nürnberger Flugdienst (NFD) and Reise- und Industrieflug (RFG), two commuter airlines based in Nürnberg and Dortmund, respectively. Flight operations using an initial fleet of ATR 42 and 72 aircraft inherited from Eurowing's predecessors were launched on 1 January 1994. Subsequently, BAe 146 aircraft were added to the fleet, which were later followed by larger Airbus A320 family aircraft and even an Airbus A310. Lufthansa took an initial 24,9% stake in Eurowings in 2001, increasing it to 49% in 2004. It has exercised full control of the airline since 2005 and assumed complete ownership in 2011.

The airline currently offers a total of more than 160 destinations in over 50 countries in Europe, North and Central America, Africa and Asia. According to information we retrieved on internet Eurowings has 104 aircraft in its fleet, the majority being the A320 family planes – 29 A319 and 46 A320. Long- haul are served by seven A330 planes leased from SunExpress Germany and by one A340 operated by Brussels Airline. One B767 and 20 turboprop DHC-8s (from the fleet of Air Berlin which ceased operations last October).