The airline Eurowings will set up a base at Graz Airport. New destinations include Hamburg and Berlin-Brandenburg. At the same time, the frequencies in the direction of Düsseldorf and Stuttgart are to be increased.
With Chania (Crete) and Larnaca, new destinations for Graz, as well as Hurghada, Karpathos, Corfu, Kos and Rhodes, seven destinations in the popular holiday destinations of Greece, Egypt and Cyprus are on the program. An expansion of capacity to Mallorca is in the works.
In the direction of Germany, the destinations Düsseldorf and Stuttgart, which were taken over from Austrian Airlines, are already in the portfolio. In addition, Hamburg and Berlin-Brandenburg are also to be included. A total of up to 25 weekly rotations to Germany are to be offered.
The Maltese subsidiary Eurowings Europe Ltd. will be stationing an aircraft at the Austrian airport from the 2022 summer flight schedule. According to a statement from the airport, the new routes are to be released for booking from Monday, December 19, 2022.
"We are very pleased that we will be offering a wide range of attractive destinations from Graz next summer, which are at the top of many holidaymakers' wish lists," explains Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof. “At the same time, we are connecting Styria more strongly than before with the most important German conurbations. Both holidaymakers and business travelers benefit from our value concept, which addresses the core needs of today's air travelers with flexibility, comfort and sustainability. Our expansion is also a strong commitment to Graz as an air traffic location and the entire region.”
"Hamburg and Berlin are a great addition to our range of flight schedules, which will also benefit Styria as a tourist and business location," explain Wolfgang Grimus and Jürgen Loeschnig, Managing Directors of Graz Airport. “The intensive economic relations between Germany and Styria form the basis for a corresponding volume of business trips to/from Berlin and Hamburg. At the same time, we expect strong impulses in city travel in both incoming and outgoing tourism. With this broad flight program, Eurowings will become one of our strongest partners.”
Overview of the Eurowings destinations planned for summer 2023 from Graz:
Destination | frequencies per week | Days of traffic |
Berlin new | 5x | MON, WED, THU, FRI, SUN |
Düsseldorf more often | 8x | MON – FRI |
Hamburg new | 4x | MON, THURS, FRI, SUN |
Stuttgart more often | 8x | MON – FRI |
Chania new | 1x | DI |
Hurghada new | 2x | WED + SUN |
Karpathos new | 1x | DI |
Korfu new | 1x | FR |
Kos new | 2x | MON + FRI |
Larnaca new | 1x | SA |
Palma de Mallorca more often (planned) | 2x (3x) | THU + SUN |
Rhodes new | 2x | THU + SAT |