2021: Eurowings Discover Discover Airlines started operations on 24 July 2021 as Eurowings Discover, flying from Frankfurt to
Mombasa and
Zanzibar with a single
Airbus A330, having obtained its
air operator's certificate. It adopted its brand name and original
corporate identity from sister company
Eurowings. It is considered to be the main competitor of German leisure carrier
Condor (itself once owned by Lufthansa) which serves several of the routes Discover Airlines will also take up. The carrier has already expanded its network to
Punta Cana,
Windhoek and Victoria Falls. Later in 2021 Eurowings Discover added flights to
Las Vegas,
Mauritius,
Bridgetown,
Montego Bay,
Varadero, Canary Islands, Egypt, and Morocco. The fleet is supposed to grow to 10
A320s and 11 A330s by mid-2022. In September 2021,
Lufthansa announced it would move responsibility for several mid-haul leisure routes to Eurowings Discover. It based three
Airbus A320-200s in Frankfurt serving five destinations on the
Canary Islands in late 2021.
2022: Eurowings Discover In summer 2022, Eurowings Discover established its second operational base at
Munich Airport, focused on short-haul operations around the Mediterranean. In September 2022, Lufthansa moved some of its own routes to
Canada to Eurowings Discover for the upcoming winter season. In late 2022, Eurowings Discover announced it would focus its long-haul operations at
Frankfurt Airport, terminating their North American and Caribbean services from
Munich Airport. Prior to this, the flights were already suspended as the airline took over North American routes at Frankfurt Airport from parent Lufthansa due to staff shortages.
2023: Transition to Discover Airlines In September 2023, the airline announced its new identity as Discover Airlines. == Corporate affairs ==