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Eurowings to expand in Sweden with a new, direct route to Beirut from Stockholm Arlanda Airport
Eurowings continues to expand at Stockholm Arlanda Airport by launching a new direct route to Beirut. This will further establish the German value carrier’s presence at Stockholm Arlanda and meet the increased demand for a direct route to the capital of Lebanon, as well as add to the considerable variety of destinations already operated by Eurowings from the airport.
Eurowings continues their expansion in Sweden and at Swedavia’s Stockholm Arlanda Airport. Since they first established their Swedish base in the summer of 2022, Eurowings has added a variety of destinations to their offer. This new, direct route to the capitol of Lebanon, will meet the increased demand for travel to the Middle East and be a welcome addition to Arlanda’s overall range of destinations.
Aside from Beirut, Eurowings also operates direct routes to Malaga (AGP), Berlin (BER), Cologne/Bonn (CGN), Duesseldorf (DUS), Faro (FAO), Rome (FCO), Hamburg (HAM), Larnaca (LCA), Nice (NCE), Palma de Mallorca (PMI), Prague (PRG) and Stuttgart (STR) from Stockholm Arlanda.
"There is a great confidence in the Swedish air travel market, and Eurowings investment in additional routes from Stockholm Arlanda Airport is a clear sign of this. It is evident that there’s a demand from travellers who wish to visit their friends and family in the Middle East, as well as from tourists who wish to discover something new. Swedavia main goal is to increase connectivity and the new route with Eurowings will be an important part of this, both for business and leisure travellers/passengers", says Elizabeth Axtelius, Director Aviation Business at Swedavia.
"One year after the opening of our Arlanda base, we are proud to extend our Eurowings network from Sweden through our newest route from Arlanda to Beirut. Offering our Swedish customers an attractive route network of affordable flights from North to Southern Europe and beyond, as in the case of our newest Lebanese destination, is essential to us at Eurowings. The Swedish market perfectly matches with the value airline quality concept Eurowings provides. We look forward to expanding our network also in future to offer a wide range of destinations from leisure to business from Arlanda and drive forward the pan-European growth of Eurowings from Sweden", says Michael Erfert, Head of Sales at Eurowings.
From September 6th, 2023, Eurowings will fly the Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN) – Beirut (BEY) route up to two times weekly, on Wednesdays and Sundays, until the end of the summer schedule and up to two times weekly, on Mondays and Fridays, during the winter schedule. Eurowings operates a fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft in Stockholm.
Tickets are already on sale. For more information about the current traffic at Stockholm Arlanda Airport: https://www.swedavia.se/arlanda/destinationer/
About Eurowings
Eurowings is the value airline of the Lufthansa Group and thus part of Europe's largest airline group. With its clear positioning as Europe's value carrier for leisure and business travelers, Eurowings clearly distinguishes itself from the ultra-low-cost carrier segment, allowing its customers to fly affordably and flexibly with numerous booking options and extras as well as customer-friendly services. With its value concept, the German airline is responding to the core needs of today's air travelers more strongly than ever: even greater flexibility, comfort and sustainability. Eurowings offers direct flights to more than 140 destinations within Europe. With 11 international bases the Lufthansa subsidiary is one of the largest vacation airlines in Europe. It currently has a fleet of around 100 aircraft and employs more than 4,700 people.
Eurowings continuously works on minimizing its impact on the environment by investing in highly efficient aircraft, encouraging the use of sustainable aviation fuels and driving the optimization of flight operations.
Swedavia’s work for net zero aviation
Swedavia has carried out ambitious climate work. All ten of its airports achieved the goal of zero fossil carbon dioxide emissions from their own operations by year-end 2020. Swedavia also works actively to promote the switch to sustainable aviation fuel and has the goal that five per cent of all fuel used for refuelling at Swedish airports shall be fossil-free by 2025. Swedavia’s climate transition work and pioneering work to operate climate-smart airports have won international awards, and in 2021 the trade organisation Airports Council International (ACI) named Stockholm Arlanda Airport
Eco-Innovation Airport of the Year. Swedavia offers all travellers flying from one of its airports the option of buying biofuel for their entire journey or parts of it via flygreenfund.se/swedavia.
For further information, please contact Swedavia’s press office at tel. +46 (0)10-109 00 00 or press@swedavia.se.
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Swedavia is a group that owns, operates and develops 10 airports throughout Sweden. Our role is to create the connectivity that Sweden needs to facilitate travel, business and meetings. Satisfied and safe travelers are the foundation of Swedavia's business. Swedavia is a world leader in the development of airports with the least possible climate impact. Since 2020, Swedavia's own airport operations have been fossil-free at all ten airports. The group's turnover in 2022 was approximately SEK 4.8 billion and approximately 2,400 employees.
