Brussels Airlines must control remotely from Eurowings

The Belgian subsidiary will become the long-distance competence center of the Eurowings group and will then manage the entire long-haul activity from Brussels, announces the airline company. On the other hand, the point-to-point traffic on the short and the medium-haul must be entirely directed from Cologne. Carsten Spohr, CEO of Lufthansa, decided a long time ago to locate Brussels Airlines at Eurowings. But it's only now that the cast of roles is clear.

Since this summer, the long mail of Eurowings has been split in two. In addition to seven aircraft operated by the German side of the joint venture Lufthansa with Turkish airlines, Sun Express, Brussels, also operates three aircraft under the Eurowings flight number. The boss of Eurowings Thorsten Dirks praises the cooperation with the Belgians. In just five months, they managed to build a long-distance base in Dusseldorf and thus strengthened the group in one of its most important German airports, he says. He will work together to strengthen the number three position in the low-cost European air market and to foster growth, he says.

Completely consistent, the new division of responsibilities in the short and long term is not applied. Eurowings and Brussels will continue to operate short and long-haul flights from their bases in Brussels, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Vienna. Despite the two centers of excellence will be "functions in both locations for remote and short-distance operations receive," said in a statement from Brussels, which should be primarily a finger pointing to employees. Incidentally, the implementation of the new badignment of tasks is planned for 2019.