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BUZZ-Low-cost Lufthansa: First Eurowings A320 to take off on Sunday

Reuters - UK Focus

** Lufthansa says the first flight of its revamped Eurowings brand will take off on Sunday

** The Airbus A320, the first A320 in the Eurowings fleet and sporting the new blue and purple livery, will fly from Hamburg to Prague, departing at 0955 GMT

** Lufthansa is battling to regain market share lost to Ryanair, easyJet and Vueling and wants to use Eurowings to attract price-sensitive leisure customers

** It also plans to use the brand for low-cost long-haul flights later this year

** Costs at Eurowings are 40 pct below that of the group's main Lufthansa brand (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : victoria.bryan.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)