Low cost carrier Eurowings has removed twenty weekly flights from its network to markets in the former Yugoslavia during the peak 2026 summer season. The airline is discontinuing three routes in total, including Dusseldorf - Ljubljana, which was launched in the summer of 2025 and operated three times per week, Dortmund - Split, also served with three weekly rotations, and Hamburg - Dubrovnik, which ran once per week. In addition, frequency reductions will affect several other services to Croatia, as well as routes to Tivat, Sarajevo, Mostar and Pristina.
A year-on-year comparison of Eurowings’ July operations shows the airline is removing two weekly frequencies on its flights from Zadar to Dusseldorf and Cologne, with both services to be maintained just once per week. Flights from Tivat and Split to Dusseldorf will also see a reduction of two weekly services, with the routes to operate twice and eight times per week, respectively. Meanwhile, operations between Rijeka and Dusseldorf will be halved, from four weekly flights to two.
Several other routes will see a reduction of one weekly frequency. These include services from Stuttgart to Pula, Pristina, Split and Zadar; from Dusseldorf to Dubrovnik, Pula, Pristina and Mostar; as well as from Cologne to Sarajevo, Split, Rijeka and Dubrovnik. Some of these frequencies will be restored in August, aligning with levels from the previous year, however, they will only be in place for a limited number of weeks.
As previously reported, the Lufthansa subsidiary will introduce a weekly service between Berlin and Sarajevo and will also launch flights between Cologne and Pristina.
Its not the airports it's Eurowings. Their scheduling sucks, and route selection is poor. No idea what they were thinking opening up Dus instead of Ber from Ljubljana where Easyjet proven that the load factors will be in the high 85s... Well I'm happy to see Easyjet flying there instead
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DeleteEurowings is truly lost.
Just compare them with Transavia and Vueling, LH really messed up with Eurowings.
Maybe in your head. In the real world, it's a profitable unit of the biggest airline group in Europe.
DeleteOne of if not the worst airlines in Europe now that Air Albania is gone
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DeleteI used to think Bulgaria Air was the worst but their A220 fleet is great and have improved a lot in the last few years.
DeleteWhat makes them the worst? They are optimising their route network.
DeleteFlew from DUS to PUY with Eurowings. After landing in Pula, during taxi, the guy in the first row used phone and spoke croatian. The purser started shouting and screaming at him, unfastened her belts, came to him and threatened she would call police. The airport was empty, we were on ground, no danger of interference, he didn't even speak too loud. She returned to her seat, we were still taxiing, and another guy, from row 5, stood up, came along the aisle and asked, in german, to go to the toilet. His life was in danger for possibility of sudden braking, and he posed threat to others in case of potential emergency. She smiled at him and let him use the toilet. Clear discrimination of passenger based on language/nation, deviation from safety procedures, double standards, lack of decent behavior of the cabin crew, that's what make them the worst in this, and many similar situations, just like their Mutti Lufti.
DeleteYou are allowed to use to the toilet upon landing during taxi, on your own responsibility. You are not allowed to use your phone before opening the doors. Easy as that.
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Delete"remain fastened until the final stop of the aircraft and until fasten seat belt sign is off"
Deleteeasy as that
I still can't believe they scheduled Sarajevo - Berlin as a one weekly flight
ReplyDeleteThats just a clear scenario to collect the subsidies nothing else
DeleteAnd people still think the economy does well.
ReplyDeleteHow come most other airlines are expanding and have record profits?
DeleteThe economy is not an excuse for poor management decisions.
All the cuts within their network have to do with less aircraft they have as the wetlease with Avio Express is not renewed for 2026. They had more than 10 aircraft wetleased from Avion in the past...
DeleteIt is not Eurowings, it is the sh*t German politics plus bad Eurowings route management. I flew several times LJU-DUS and flight was 80% full, not only once.
ReplyDeleteEW good VERY good reviews so I think it is totally exaggerated to name it "the worst" airline in Europe. But I agree there are made wrong decisions being made, moreover, if a route is reduced to "one flight per week", they can just forget about it in total.
Can you please explain your reasoning? You would rather have no fights than weekly flights?
DeleteNot surprising at all. Eurowings has been quietly trimming the region for some time now. The Lufthansa Group clearly sees better yields elsewhere, especially in Spain and Greece.
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DeleteSo true. They shift capacity were they can fill their aircraft with the highest yields.
It has nothing to do with it. They are cutting Spain and Greece too.
Delete^ Are you sure about that?
DeleteAll I am seeing is them opening new routes to the major Med destinations.
Eurowings never really figured out its role in the Balkans. Not cheap enough to beat Ryanair, not premium enough to compete with Lufthansa mainline or network carriers.
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DeleteIs this the result of the new Lufthansa Group strategy where everyone is flown through Frankfurt and Munich.
ReplyDeleteAll the cuts within their network have to do with less aircraft they have as the wetlease with Avio Express is not renewed for 2026. They had more than 10 aircraft wetleased from Avion in the past...
DeleteWhy don't they add new routes from Frankfurt and Munich then?
DeleteListened recently to an interview with some airline executive how they were all caught off guard by the German government's decision to decrease the aviation tax. So maybe there is hope now that things will start to improve on the German aviation market.
ReplyDeleteNo as EW has less aircraft for now for the summer season. Avion Express Malta used to be a backbone for their ops in summer the past 5 years. Not anymore unless they secure sth. else.
DeleteInteresting that Stuttgart sees reductions across several markets. That airport used to be a stronghold for Balkan traffic, but competition there is fierce now.
ReplyDeleteBerlin–Sarajevo at 1 pw is only being launched to collect subsidies. Nothing else.
ReplyDeleteThen we should expect Eurowings to launch Hamburg, Hannover and Düsseldorf as well, even if it's also just 1 pw, since they've been granted subsidies for those too.
DeleteEurowings’ summer 2026 network is much more conservative than in the past.
ReplyDeleteThere is a lot of uncertainty what next year will bring.
DeletePity
ReplyDeleteGerman leisure routes are launched and cut almost annually depending on demand and yields.
ReplyDeleteNot good for LJU.
ReplyDeleteNot a disaster, but definitely a step back compared to last summer. Let’s see if other carriers fill the gaps.
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