The Lufthansa subsidiary Ocean, which is controversial among trade unionists, will in future operate under the “Eurowings Discover” brand. The company name of Ocean GmbH is to be changed shortly, reports the Airliners.de portal.
The company will fly under the IATA code "4Y" and is scheduled to take off in summer 2021 with initially three Airbus A330s. Lufthansa explains that due to various legal regulations it is necessary for Ocean to be given a corresponding name that refers to Eurowings. It is not yet possible to estimate how further expansion will develop. This depends on the progress of the pandemic.
According to Lufthansa, the machines operated by Eurowings Discover should also have the appropriate addition. It is not yet clear in which form this will be attached or whether the aircraft will even get a separate livery.
The project is highly controversial because there is no collective bargaining agreement. German unions are therefore accusing the airline of paying dumping wages and circumventing collective bargaining agreements. The group is actively recruiting employees and is even offering AUA flight attendants the option of taking leave to fly for Eurowings Discover. Employee representatives also criticize the fact that almost all planned routes are also served by Condor and that the agreement regarding feeder flights has been terminated. Since both companies were rescued by the German government, the unions are demanding that state aid not be used to drive cutthroat competition. Condor recently filed a complaint with the German Federal Cartel Office.