Lufthansa has been shopping for partner airlines to expand the Eurowings brand for some months. The kick start into long haul with Sun Express is not going as fast as they want and they need established long haul players to get any sort of traction. Sun Express Deutschland is rumoured to be concentrating on the traditional 737 based model as it will need crews to keep the airframes coming from Turkey utilised over the summer months and possibly longer as the Turkish markets are hit badly by the terrorist events of recent times. The whole Lufthansa/ Condor/ Thomas Cook thing seems to be coming full circle. Effects on crews? probably none, other than those hoping to swap from SH to LH than may be sidelined if trained crews are up and running already. Bases? its a guess!
LUFTHANSA Continues To Shop For An Airline.....Next Up, Condor - Lufthansa Flyer