Delta777Jet From Germany, joined Jun 2000, 1131 posts, RR: 3 Posted (10 years 3 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 1607 times:
I am wondering why Lufthansa chose Portland,OR as an Destination?
There is neither a United Hub, nor a lot of Business Passengers!!!!
Will it fly yearround????
What do you think???
Johnnybgoode From Germany, joined Jan 2001, 2187 posts, RR: 7 Reply 1, posted (10 years 3 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 1608 times:
there is supposed to be a lot of business pax, NIKE, adidas, freightliner...
it´s a year round flight, and so far the load factor is pretty good, however, it´s mostly some inexpensive ticket deals and specials to promote the new service.
cheers
daniel
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Paulianer From Germany, joined Jul 2002, 875 posts, RR: 15 Reply 2, posted (10 years 3 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 1577 times:
Lufthansa operate the only nonstop service to Europe from PDX, so that is a very good reason isn't it? Lufthansa has so many bookings for PDX, but pax always had to change in Chicago... So they decided that PDX is very good as a new destination... and to my knowledge, the flights are very full in the moment...
Greetings
Tobi
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Kwbl From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 438 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (10 years 3 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 1559 times:
I was on the flight a couple of weeks ago and the LF going there was pretty high and coming back was decent. I agree with johnnybgoode that some of that is because of the great airfares. However, this is not exactly a peak time period for travel to Europe (especially with the world events) so the route is off to a good start. A LH official stated a week or so prior to the start up, when asked if the flight would commence, that the bookings through the summer were very strong and they were pleased with the response. The Portland business community worked very hard in attracting LH with incentives and "pledges" that they would purchase roughly $10million per year in business class tickets. In addition, LH is not paying landing fees or lease space for the next 1-2 years I believe. The other thing to keep in mind is that this is the only NS flight from PDX so the hope is that LH will be the primary choice to all of Europe and beyond. The community is very excited to have LH here-I think is has a decent chance of succeeding.
Thomacf From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 540 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (10 years 3 weeks 5 days ago) and read 1434 times:
I bet this won't last. Remember the LH flight to CLT, same size market and that is a big hub. LH was codesharing with US Airways and that didn't work even with all that connecting traffic. I bet this PDX flight will be summer service at best next year.
KAL_LM From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 497 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (10 years 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1378 times:
Yes, at least for a year. Like Kwbl noted, LH is getting some very strong incentives from the Port of Portland for their service here. Add to that the "travel bank" worked out betweenthe business community, LH, and the Port, and you have some decent reasons to stay, but really only for this year.
Whether the flight lasts in its current configuration past the first year is anyone's guess. With the instability in both air travel and Oregon's economy, it's a crap shoot. They may see very strong numbers and keep it a daily, or those numbers may not pan out and LH will reduce the frequency. If the Port can generate feed into the flight it can do very well. The only competition to Europe (non-stop) is in SEA (BA and SK) and regardless of what some people think, the 3 hour drive can be worth it. (a friend of my wife's came from Norway to my wedding saved signifcantly to fly into SEA vc PDX, we spent $20 on gas and 6 hours drive time...much better than the $300 she would have had to pay). I can tell you though, freight loads are pretty good, higher than even LH expected, so at least that is panning out for them...
Bottom line though is that it is waaaaay to early to start betting on LH's stay in PDX.
regards,
Tom
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