Austrian Airlines outlines Airberlin wet-lease operations

Austrian Airlines will expand European services with 46 additional frequencies in the 2017 summer flight schedule, effective March 26, 2017, using 5 wet-leased Airberlin Airbus A320s. Lufthansa Group and Etihad Aviation Group finalised a codeshare deal and wet-lease agreement Dec 16 for 38 Airberlin Airbus A319/A320 aircraft operating for Eurowings and Austrian Airlines. “The 5 aircraft from Airberlin enable us to clearly expand our European flight offering. We made a conscious decision to increase frequencies to established routes,” Austrian Airlines CCO Andreas Otto said. Austrian Airlines will offer 46 extra flights each week from Vienna to Hamburg, Milan Malpensa, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Stockholm Arlanda and Zurich. <br/>