Airlines
Lufthansa to Close Germanwings, Slash Group Capacity
The Covid-19 epidemic has prompted Lufthansa Group to retire several aircraft and close bases.
Crews prepare to unload baggage from a Germanwings Airbus A319 at Dusseldorf International Airport. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by airlines470)
Crews prepare to unload baggage from a Germanwings Airbus A319 at Dusseldorf International Airport. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by airlines470)

Lufthansa Group will close its Germanwings low-fare subsidiary and accelerate the consolidation of its Eurowings unit into a single operating entity as part of a sweeping restructuring prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the company announced Tuesday. The German group cited projections for a “significant” decline in air travel even after the coronavirus crisis subsides as the primary rationale for a permanent capacity reduction to affect almost all its flight operations.