DeltAirlines From United States of America, joined May 1999, 8772 posts, RR: 13 Reply 1, posted (10 years 2 months 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 1418 times:
They are cancelling quite a few flights during April...one of the FRA-BOS is cancelled 4 times in April, and the MUC-BOS flight is cancelled about half the month. Exact dates/flights are on the Boston club at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bostonloganintlairport
MarkBoston From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 74 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (10 years 2 months 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 1391 times:
Lufthansa is not leaving Boston but they are reducing service. I believe they are cutting BOS-FRA service from two flights per day to one. Here is a link:
Flpuck6 From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 2119 posts, RR: 33 Reply 7, posted (10 years 2 months 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1310 times:
Flpuck6 From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 2119 posts, RR: 33 Reply 9, posted (10 years 2 months 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1286 times:
Maybe....but other European rivals have not cancelled as many flights, if any at all. Why cancel flights if the bookings are strong? Clearly the bookings on those dates justified cancellations.
At BOS, there is BA, AZ, FI, VS, AF, LX, EI (NWA, AA also have int'l flights)... although I must admit I do not know if the other carriers have plans to or have already announced temporary service reductions/cancellations.
Lufthansa adjusts capacities on intercontinental routes
Services to all Lufthansa destinations will be maintained
25.03.03
In response to the sharp fall in passenger bookings, particularly on routes to America and Asia, the Lufthansa Executive Board today announced cuts in the airline's capacity on intercontinental routes. Additional services scheduled for the summer timetable will be postponed from 30 March. As a result, the long-range fleet will be reduced by seven aircraft. Despite these measures, Lufthansa will continue to serve all its destinations as before.
The majority of cuts will affect services to North America, which have been hit particularly badly by the slump in demand following the outbreak of war in Iraq. On routes from Frankfurt to New York, Boston and Los Angeles, for example, one flight per day will be axed. In addition, individual flights from Frankfurt to Phoenix and Dallas will be scrapped, and smaller aircraft will deployed between Frankfurt and Philadelphia. On routes to South America, frequencies to Caracas will be reduced from six to three per week.
In Asia, services to Nagoya will not be boosted from three to five a week as planned, and smaller aircraft will serve Osaka and Seoul. In the Africa traffic region, seasonal services on the Munich-Johannesburg route will be terminated early, from 7 May 2003. All services to the Middle East will operate as normal, except for flights to Dammam and Kuwait, which have been suspended for security reasons. Apart from these two airports, Lufthansa will continue to fly to all its long-haul destinations.
Further capacity reductions may be necessary on short and long-haul routes. Any further decisions will be taken at short notice and based on customer demand. In February the Lufthansa Executive Board announced cuts in capacity on domestic and European routes. Consequently, 31 Lufthansa aircraft and 17 aircraft operated by Lufthansa CityLine and regional partners were taken out of service.
Flpuck6 From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 2119 posts, RR: 33 Reply 13, posted (10 years 2 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 854 times:
B737-700,
Believe me, I know, I work for a major European carrier. Ours is the same way, reacting before many others and being very prudent so as not to pay the price later. I know that these service reductions will pay off. I am merely saying that the airline chose to cancel those dates because it believes those dates were worth cancelling. It is not worth cancelling when flights are overbooked or booked at capacity.
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