The Lufthansa Group has put a halt on growth plans this year for its discount brand Eurowings.
The company had planned to grow Eurowings capacity by 2% during 2019 but revised the guidance to flat as part of its first quarter earnings report Tuesday.
In a press release, Lufthansa said Eurowings has seen a decline in income owing mainly to pricing pressure within its shorthaul network. The airline competes with other European ultralow-cost carriers, such as EasyJet and Ryanair.
In an email, Lufthansa spokeswoman Stella Hardtke said the scale back will have no impact on Eurowings' summer schedule of U.S. flying.
According to OAG, a provider of airline industry data and analysis, Eurowings will fly five U.S. routes this summer, all from Dusseldorf. Though that's down from nine routes last summer, the carrier's U.S. capacity will be up 31% as measured by the number of seats offered.
Lufthansa introduced Eurowings into the U.S. market in 2016 to compete in the then fast-growing low-cost transatlantic sector, which was headed by carriers Norwegian and Wow. Wow ceased operations last month.