Lufthansa's Eurowings drops nearly 300 flights from winter schedule

Eurowings said Thursday it has canceled nearly 300 flights from the rest of its winter schedule. A spokesman for Eurowings said it had slightly less capacity available than it initially planned for, and that the reduced capacity amounted to less than 1% of that originally provided for until the end of March. Lufthansa last week abandoned plans to buy failed rival Air Berlin's Austrian airline Niki due to competition concerns. Most of the flights being canceled, which amount to less than 1% of the winter schedule until March, are on domestic German routes, the Eurowings spokesman said, adding that the changes were not set in stone and some routes could be added back at a later point in time. Eurowings had expected to increase its fleet to 210 aircraft from 160 had Lufthansa acquired both LGW and Niki from Air Berlin. <br/>