Eurowings Europe were two low-cost airlines registered in Austria and Malta.They are subsidiaries of Lufthansa and sister companies of the German Eurowings.In January 2016,it was reported that Eurowings Europe expected to start operations in the middle of the year, operating routes throughout the continent from an initial base at Vienna.About a week after obtaining its air operator's certificate from the Austrian civil aviation authorities, Eurowings Europe departed Vienna for Alicante on 23 June 2016, its maiden flight. It has adopted the corporate identity of its German sister airline, Eurowings.In September 2019, Lufthansa Group announced, that Austrian Airlines will lease four Vienna-based Airbus A320-200 from Eurowings Europe starting January 2020. The airline will also take over some of Austrian Airlines' flights from Salzburg Airport and Innsbruck Airport. The Austrian Airlines wetlease contract for four aircraft in Vienna was withdrawn in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.In October 2019, Eurowings Europe took over the base in Pristina from its sister airline Germanwings. In July 2022 it was announced that Eurowings Europe Gmbh would leave its Austrian registration and it would register in Malta and be renamed as Eurowings Europe Ltd.