Eurowings offers stranded Air Berlin travellers discounts

Lufthansa’s budget airline Eurowings will offer steep discounts to holidaymakers left stranded abroad after insolvent Air Berlin stops flying next week, Eurowings’ CE said Friday. Air Berlin filed for insolvency in August and has said its flights will cease by Oct. 28 at the latest. Lufthansa has agreed to take over 81 of Air Berlin’s roughly 130 planes in an E210m deal to cement its position in Germany and expand Eurowings. Thorsten Dirks, Eurowings CE, said Friday holidaymakers who were due to return home on an Air Berlin flight between Oct. 28 and Nov. 15 may be able to get a Eurowings ticket home at half the normal price. “We will fly these people back, so long as we have enough capacity,” Dirks said. The offer only applies to tickets to destinations outside Germany that were booked before Air Berlin filed for insolvency.<br/>