Eurowings takes maiden A320neo, outlines launch timeframe

The first Airbus A320neo for Eurowings has officially been handed over after the airframe arrived at the firm’s largest base at Düsseldorf, Germany in early April. Performing a ferry sortie – as EW 6971 – from the type’s European production site at Toulouse/Blagnac, France the jet, D-AENA (c/n 10758) – pictured – departed here on April 1 at 1159hrs. During the flight, the 180-seat aircraft initially routed northeast, then turned north passing briefly through Switzerland, overflying Geneva, then returned back