Lufthansa's Eurowings delays some long-haul routes when robust begin

Lufthansa's (LHAG.DE) budget unit Eurowings has pushed back the beginning of some long-haul routes because it grapples with pricey delays that have grabbed headlines in European nation.

Eurowings can start routes to Beantown and Miami from Cologne in June, a month later than originally planned, a spokesperson aforesaid on Wed. A planned route to Teheran|Iranian capital|national capital} in Iran has conjointly been placed on hold.

While Eurowings is especially geared toward the short-haul market, the carrier is additionally giving bargain-priced flights from European nation to further-flung traveler destinations like Cuba, Thailand and United Mexican States.

But with a fleet of solely 2 long-haul jets, delays are stacking up once technical issues occur, as well as one incident that resulted in a very delay of over sixty hours on a flight from Cuba.

Parent cluster Lufthansa has briefly taken management of a route to Dubai whereas Eurowings works on stabilizing the operation.

The unit is as a result of receive 2 additional A330 long-haul jets over future 2 months and aims to own a fleet of seven twin-aisle airplane planes by 2017.

Lufthansa desires to form Eurowings the third-largest inexpensive carrier in Europe, behind Ryanair (RYA.I) and easyJet (EZJ.L), because it seeks to faucet into growing demand for leisure travel and avert its rivals reception in European nation.