Discover Airlines receives second EMAS validation for its environmental management
Discover Airlines was once again successfully validated in accordance with the European EMAS Regulation (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) for the 2024 reporting year.
Discover Airlines was once again successfully validated in accordance with the European EMAS Regulation (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) for the 2024 reporting year.
The Lufthansa Group's leisure airline underwent its first audit by the internationally recognized rating agency Skytrax – and was immediately awarded a 4-star rating in the Leisure Airline category. This means that the young airline has achieved the second-highest rating in the industry right from the start – there is currently no airline with a higher rating in this category.
With a ceremonial groundbreaking, Discover Airlines CEO Bernd Bauer and Monica Imanga, founder of the Namibian organization Home of Good Hope, officially launched the construction of a new aid facility for children and young people in Windhoek on October 20.
Discover Airlines, the Lufthansa Group's leisure airline, is continuing its growth trajectory and expanding its fleet to 40 aircraft by mid-2028. The future flagship of the long-haul fleet is set to be the state-of-the-art Airbus A350-900. From mid-2027, the plan is to gradually integrate four of these particularly efficient and comfortable aircraft into the fleet.
Discover Airlines and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a National Football League (NFL) team, are continuing their successful collaboration: the marketing partnership announced a year ago will not only be extended but also strategically expanded.
Ulrich Lindner will become the new CEO of Discover Airlines on December 1, 2025. He will take over from Bernd Bauer, who currently holds the dual role of CEO of the two Lufthansa Group leisure airlines Discover Airlines and Edelweiss in Switzerland.
(N)ice! From August 14 to 17, Discover Airlines will be turning the Pallina ice cream parlor in the heart of Frankfurt into a very special “ice cream paradise.” Just in time for the last weekend of the summer holidays in Hesse, the Frankfurt-based leisure airline is bringing that perfect vacation feeling right into the city center – just in time for the warm summer weather that is picking up again
Discover Airlines is now offering its guests a particularly convenient way to get in touch: customer service is now also available via WhatsApp. The leisure airline is thus supplementing its existing channels with a further, state-of-the-art communication channel.
Last Friday, Discover Airlines received the German Design Award 2025 in the main category ‘Excellent Communications Design’ at a festive ceremony in Frankfurt.
In December 2024, the environmental management system at Discover Airlines was externally audited for the first time as part of a two-day audit and certified in accordance with the demanding European environmental management standard EMAS without any objections.
Sascha Unterbarnscheidt will become the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Accountable Manager of Discover Airlines from March 2025, after successful replacement at Eurowings.
Just in time for the start of the new 2024/25 NFL season, Discover Airlines and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are announcing a marketing partnership.
On 1 September 2024, Marco Goetz will take over the position as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Discover Airlines. He succeeds Helmut Woelfel, who left the company at the end of August. In his new role, Marco Goetz is responsible for the commercial activities of the airline like revenue and network management, as well as customer experience and servicing.
Discover Airlines is launching new connections throughout Europe from Frankfurt and Munich next summer and is increasing popular routes, including to Greece and Bulgaria. New additions, not only for Discover Airlines but for the entire Lufthansa Group, are Ålesund and Bodø in Norway.
Discover Airlines and the trade union Verdi have agreed on collective labor agreements for the almost 500 cockpit and 1,400 cabin employees. The collective labor agreements apply from July 1, 2024, and are valid until December 31, 2027. This is the first collective labor agreement for the young airline, which commenced flight operations in summer 2021.
The Discover Airlines brand was not even a year old when the leisure airline was presented with the German Brand Award in the main category “Excellence in Brand Strategy & Creation” twice at a festive ceremony in Berlin this Thursday.
From May to September, it's time for Germany's biggest beach volleyball tournament series, the German Beach Tour. After four months full of matches, the German Beach Tour culminates in the German Championships in Timmendorfer Strand.
Discover Airlines starts the winter season at the end of October with a versatile flight program. Compared to last year, the leisure airline has new destinations to offer, is increasing popular connections and is also taking off from Germany's second-largest airport, Munich.
Just in time for the start of the summer flight schedule on 31 March 2024, Discover Airlines will be taking off again on short and medium-haul routes from Munich. A total of 23 different leisure destinations and almost 70 weekly departures are on the flight schedule of the airline, which operated exclusively on behalf of Lufthansa at the Munich hub last year.
Less than 100 days after the airline presented its new brand identity to the public, the new brand design is clearly visible everywhere.