Eurowings Adds Baghdad and a Real Premium Cabin for Winter 2026

Eurowings is going to Baghdad. Lufthansa Group's value airline announced on October 1 that it will fly from both Berlin and Düsseldorf to the Iraqi capital starting December 10, with two weekly round trips from each city. It's the airline's first service to Baghdad and the most eye-catching piece of a winter schedule that leans harder into the Middle East than any Eurowings season before it.

The timing says a lot about where Eurowings sees demand. Germany has one of Europe's largest Iraqi communities, and until now most of that traffic has connected through Istanbul or the Gulf. Eurowings already serves Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan from six German cities, so Baghdad is a logical next step rather than a leap into the unknown.

The full Middle East lineup

Baghdad joins a network that now reaches seven Middle Eastern destinations from Germany and beyond. Here's how the winter 2026/27 schedule stacks up:

• Dubai: daily from Berlin, four times weekly from Stuttgart, and three times weekly from Cologne-Bonn, for 14 weekly flights in all
• Jeddah: twice weekly from Berlin and Stuttgart, three times weekly from Cologne-Bonn
• Erbil: from Berlin, Düsseldorf, Cologne-Bonn, Hamburg, Hanover, and Stuttgart
• Tel Aviv: three times weekly from Düsseldorf
• Beirut: from Stockholm, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hanover, Prague, and Salzburg
• Amman: twice weekly from Stuttgart
• Baghdad: twice weekly from Berlin and Düsseldorf, starting December 10

Eurowings also says it is adding winter connections from its six German bases to Northern and Southern Europe, the Canary Islands, and Egypt, though it hasn't listed those individually yet.

Premium BIZ Seat: a proper cabin, finally

The more interesting news for anyone who cares about what's in front of them for five hours is the Premium BIZ Seat. Starting December 1, Eurowings will fit the first two rows of its Airbus A320neos with eight seats in a 2x2 layout. Think of it as a short-haul business class, not just a blocked middle seat. The seats are wider, have more legroom, recline further, and come with adjustable leg rests.

The product launches on every Eurowings flight to Dubai and on select services to London Heathrow, Palma de Mallorca, and Málaga. Dubai is the obvious target: the Berlin–Dubai run is roughly six hours, and until now Eurowings' "BIZclass" has meant a standard economy seat with the middle one empty. That's fine for Mallorca. It's a hard sell against Emirates or flydubai on a six-hour sector.

Eurowings hasn't said what the fare premium will be or whether Lufthansa Miles & More status will earn anything extra on it. Expect the Heathrow flights to be the test case for whether business travelers will pay for the seat on a 90-minute hop.

What it means for lounge access

Eurowings is a Lufthansa Group airline but not a Star Alliance member, so the usual Star Gold lounge rules don't apply. Lounge access on Eurowings generally comes from a Miles & More Frequent Traveller, Senator, or HON Circle card, a paid lounge add-on at booking, or a third-party membership such as Priority Pass. The new Premium BIZ Seat hasn't been announced as including lounge access, so for now it's a seat upgrade and nothing more.

In Baghdad, there's no Eurowings-branded lounge and no Lufthansa Group partner facility, so passengers will depend on whatever the airport offers. We'll add details once the route is operating and we can confirm what's actually open airside.

For the Dubai flights, Eurowings uses Dubai International Terminal 1, which has a handful of contract lounges that take Priority Pass and similar cards. That's where the Premium BIZ Seat could pair nicely with a card-based lounge membership for a reasonable facsimile of a full business-class trip at a fraction of the price.

The bigger picture

Eurowings has spent the past two years quietly growing its long-ish-haul footprint with the A320neo, which has the range to make Dubai and Jeddah work from central Germany. Adding a real premium cabin is the next logical step. The question is whether Lufthansa Group lets Eurowings keep pushing further into markets that Lufthansa mainline and Condor already serve, or whether Baghdad and Jeddah are as far as the budget brand gets to go.

Flights to Baghdad are on sale now at eurowings.com.