Eurowings (EW, Düsseldorf) significantly expands its presence at Graz in Summer 2023 by establishing an aircraft base there and connecting the capital of Styria in Austria with seven new destinations in Greece, Cyprus, and Egypt, plus 25 weekly connections to German cities.

The low-cost wholly-owned subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group will station one Airbus aircraft at Graz, marking the opening of its 11th crew base, the carrier announced in a statement.

Seven new destinations to popular holiday destinations include Karpathos, Chania, Kerkyra, Kos Hippocrates, Chania, and Rhodes International (Greece), Larnaca (Cyprus), and Hurghada (Egypt). An expansion of capacity to Palma de Mallorca (Spain) is also planned. In addition, Eurowings will increase the range of city connections between Graz and Germany, aimed at business travellers. New routes will be launched to Berlin Brandenburg International and Hamburg Helmut Schmidt while capacity will be increased to Düsseldorf and Stuttgart Manfred Rommel, giving travellers greater flexibility.

"Hamburg and Berlin represent a great enhancement of our flight schedule, which will also benefit Styria as a tourism and business location," commented Wolfgang Grimus and Jürgen Löschnig, joint managing directors of Graz Airport. "The intensive economic relations between Germany and Styria form the basis for a corresponding volume of business travel to/from Berlin and Hamburg."

According to the ch-aviation fleets module, Eurowings' Airbus fleet comprises thirty-six A319-100s, fifty-six A320-200s, and six A320-200Ns.