Lufthansa-owned carrier Eurowings and the Spanish airline Volotea have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enter into a sales partnership covering around 140 European routes.
The deal includes plans for eight routes planned by Volotea to link Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Stuttgart directly with Bordeaux, Lyon, Nantes, Florence and Verona will also be reached with direct flights in the future.
"With this, the two airlines are significantly broadening their pan-European portfolio for customers," the carriers said in a joint statement.
The deal is about “strengthening the ‘Euro’ in our Eurowings brand name,” said Jens Bischoff, the German airline's chief executive.
Volotea chief executive Carlos Muñoz said the partnership aimed at "connecting important but often under-served cities”.