Eurowings: Wet lease of Airberlin A320s a challenging task
Eurowings Europe, which is adding 33 wet-leased Airberlin Airbus A320s to its fleet by the end of April, said the additional aircraft will create operational challenges for the carrier. Eurowings MD Michael Knitter said that one of several challenges facing the LCC is training Airberlin flight attendants to Eurowings standards. “We started cabin crew training on Jan 10. Airberlin needs 5 to 6 crews per aircraft. Also, at the same time, we have to bring together two different operations [Airberlin and Eurowings fleets] into the same traffic control centre,” Knitter said. Another challenge Eurowings faces is to sell additional seat capacity from the wet-leased fleet. “Eurowings is growing faster than the [European aviation] market itself,” Knitter said. <br/>
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Eurowings: Wet lease of Airberlin A320s a challenging task
Eurowings Europe, which is adding 33 wet-leased Airberlin Airbus A320s to its fleet by the end of April, said the additional aircraft will create operational challenges for the carrier. Eurowings MD Michael Knitter said that one of several challenges facing the LCC is training Airberlin flight attendants to Eurowings standards. “We started cabin crew training on Jan 10. Airberlin needs 5 to 6 crews per aircraft. Also, at the same time, we have to bring together two different operations [Airberlin and Eurowings fleets] into the same traffic control centre,” Knitter said. Another challenge Eurowings faces is to sell additional seat capacity from the wet-leased fleet. “Eurowings is growing faster than the [European aviation] market itself,” Knitter said. <br/>
