The partnership signed with German low-cost carrier Eurowings allows Volotea to be present in Germany for the first time. Until now, the company has only operated regular charter flights on behalf of Airbus between Toulouse and Hamburg.
Volotea to offer eight new routes from Germany to France and Italywhere it operates from bases. The Spanish company will be offering Bordeaux, Lyon and Nantes to Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Stuttgart. These cities will also be served from Florence and Verona.
In detail, from 23 May, Volotea will launch the Bordeaux-Düsseldorf and Bordeaux-Stuttgart routes. Between 10 and 12 Octoberthe company will offer routes Bordeaux-Hamburg, Lyon-Berlin, Lyon-Hamburg and finally Nantes-Stuttgart. As usual, Volotea will offer two weekly flights on each of these new routes.
Prior to the signing of the agreement, Volotea announced last December that it would be launching a Toulouse-Hanover from 21 April with one flight a week.
140 Eurowings and Volotea routes on sale by the two airlines
Flights can already be booked on Volotea. At the same time, Eurowings plans to open up its distribution channels to Volotea. Booking on Eurowings should become effective at the end of April. These two booking channels will eventually enable customers of both airlines to book flights on the 140 combined routes of the two carriers.
Commenting on this cooperation, Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof said: " Step by step, we are strengthening the "Euro" of our Eurowings brand. If our roots are in Germany, we are increasingly becoming a European airline. After establishing Eurowings in Northern and Eastern Europe, with bases in Prague and Stockholm. extend booking opportunities to Southern Europe. This planned mutual commercial cooperation with Volotea enables us to offer our customers many new destinations in Europe. France and Italy. And better connectivity in Southern Europe" .
Carlos Muñoz, founder and CEO of Volotea, added: ". The strategic agreement with Eurowings is important and unique, as it covers more than 140 routes without internal competition and signals the potential for a stronger, long-term partnership. With eight new destinations, Volotea connects non-stop to important but often underserved cities" .
Volotea is also continuing to expand on the France-Italy route. The Spanish carrier is launching on 27 May services between Paris CDG, Ancona and Olbia. It is also adding flights on Lyon-Florence and Lyon-Milan/Bergamo from April, a Nice-Olbia route in June and a Toulouse-Olbia in May. Each route has two flights a week.
