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Eurowings Discover: SunExpress employees are suing for a transfer of operations

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The holiday airline SunExpress Deutschland is a victim of the corona pandemic, because the Lufthansa investment, which once operated long-haul Airbus A330 jets for Eurowings, has been closed. The staff received the notice. 120 victims do not want to put up with that and take them to court.

They complain according to one Report from Airliners.de upon determination of a transfer of operations to the new Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings Discover. The plaintiffs are of the opinion that SunExpress Germany was not closed, but was only incorporated into Eurowings Discover. Essential parts of the former holiday airline would now be found in the re-establishment. However, the staff received the notice.

Attorney Martin Leufgen, who represents the plaintiff, assumes that the first hearing will take place in June and July 2021 in Frankfurt. Should the court legally adhere to the point of view of the former SunExpress Deutschland employees, this would have considerable consequences for Eurowings Discover.

It is unclear which A330 Eurowings Discover will use

The holiday airline was a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa. They flew a Boeing 737-800 under their own brand, but also had seven Airbus A330-200s that were in the air on behalf of Eurowings. The 737-800s were largely transferred to the Turkish SunExpress, which is not affected by the closure. The future of long-haul machines is currently unclear.

According to Lufthansa, Eurowings Discover will take off with three Airbus A2021s in the summer flight schedule of 330. It is unclear where these machines come from. It is considered likely that those machines that were previously operated by SunExpress Germany will be used, but the crane has not yet commented on this topic. According to CH-Aviation.com the affected Airbus A330s are currently parked at Munich and Düsseldorf airports. The aircraft are leased and owned by GECAS.

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