From May 2022, the Latvian airline Air Baltic will fly two Airbus A220-300s on behalf of Eurowings Discover under a wet lease agreement. The two medium-haul jets will be based at Munich Airport, a spokeswoman confirmed to Aviation.Direct.
The agreement between the two airlines is initially limited to October 2022. A media officer from Eurowings Discover told Aviation.Direct: “We can confirm that Air Baltic will be operating two aircraft under a wet lease for Eurowings Discover next summer. The two Airbus 220 will be used from May to October on short and medium-haul routes from Munich. The two aircraft will also be used in order to be able to react accordingly to the expected demand in the summer. As planned, the Eurowings Discover fleet will grow to 21 aircraft over the course of the year, with five Airbus 320s then being stationed in Munich.”
Eurowings, the sister company within the group, will also rely on Air Baltic's wet-lease services for its 2022 summer flight schedule. Five Airbus A220s will be deployed from Düsseldorf. Avion Express will also operate seven A320s from Stuttgart and three from the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia for Eurowings. Air Baltic will continue to operate two A220s from Stuttgart for Eurowings until the end of the 2021/22 winter flight schedule.