The plane, a temporary lease, will mainly be used for long-haul business flights.

Despite the repercussions of the pandemic on the tourism sector, Luxair urgently needs to increase its capacities for long-haul flights. According to the airline, its current fleet of 19 planes cannot meet the demand.

For this reason, Luxair has decided to charter an Embraer 190 from German Airways. The plane will mainly be used for business flights.

Luxair has specified that the leasing of this plane is a temporary solution while the airline increases its capacities and purchases new planes. The Embraer plane with its 100 seats will be used by Luxair from mid-May. The leasing is also a reaction to the number of reservations for the summer season, which Luxair reports is rapidly increasing.

The leased plane will fly under the logo and colours of Luxair. The cockpit and cabin crew, which will continue to be employed by German Airways, will be included in the context of this 'wet lease' contract and will continue to operate the plane.

The charter company German Airways is the second largest German airline behind Lufthansa and leases five Embraer planes to other airlines. On average, the planes have around 15 years of flight time.