Lufthansa Group Shakes Up Eurowings Fleet with 40 New 737 Max

Major changes are coming to one of Europe’s largest low-cost carriers. On Monday, the Lufthansa Group confirmed that 40 Boeing 737 Max 8s are heading for Eurowings. The airline is a wholly owned subsidiary of the German aviation giant. 

The development is significant given that Eurowings currently operates an all-Airbus fleet. The carrier has around 80 planes, spanning the A319, A320, and A321. It will use the new aircraft to phase out the A319 – the smallest of its current roster – and older A320 models.

This suggests that Eurowings will soon become a hybrid Airbus and Boeing operator. 

Notably, this is not a like-for-like swap. The Max 8 can carry 189 passengers – 39 more than the outgoing A319s. It can also fly further, bringing a broader range of medium-haul destinations into reach. Eurowings described the agreement as “one of the largest fleet modernizations in European aviation.”