Eurowings eyes flight-connection deals with other airlines

Eurowings is interested in cooperating with other carriers on bookings with connecting flights, much like rivals Ryanair and EasyJet have done, its CCO said Thursday. Ryanair said this week that it could provide connections with long-haul airlines in the future after signing a deal with Aer Lingus, while EasyJet last year signed a connecting flights agreement with Norwegian Air Shuttle. Such deals are also of interest for Eurowings because they could bring extra passengers to fill its planes, Oliver Wagner said. "We're looking at it very closely, it's a topic for the future," he said, adding that Eurowings would be interested in working with providers of both short and long-haul flights. Eurowings is growing more quickly than expected as it competes with rivals to fill the gap left by the collapse of Air Berlin last year. <br/>