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Air Berlin's Service To LAX And SFO.

Netjetsintl From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 593 posts, RR: 0
Posted (1 year 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 7306 times:

I understand this is a seasonal service from DUS...

can someone tell me what dates the flights will run, and if Air Berlin will return to LAX and SFO next year??

Anybody know how Air Berlin performed on their California flights?

thanx

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LAXintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22053 posts, RR: 51
Reply 1, posted (1 year 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 7250 times:

Flights are essentially charter like and have operated going back since the 1970s under the LTU banner. Loads as result are close to 100%. For example LAX thru July saw 94.6%LF.

Last SFO last flight this year is October 18th, and October 31st for LAX.

To my knowledge they have not published their S12 schedule yet.

From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California

MHG From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 670 posts, RR: 1
Reply 2, posted (1 year 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 6750 times:

Due to new mangement at AB its somewhat unpredictable whether or not they´ll serve SFO/LAX next year.
But my guess is - yes - since loads were pretty healthy (and at such a high LF yields should be relatively healthy too ...)

Upcoming trip:

Netjetsintl From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 593 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (1 year 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 6653 times:

Quoting LAXintl (Reply 1):
Flights are essentially charter like and have operated going back since the 1970s under the LTU banner. Loads as result are close to 100%. For example LAX thru July saw 94.6%LF.

Ah so that's what it was. I remember seeing LTU at LAX since I was a child, but not Air Berlin. That's why i'm asking

thanks for the info guys.... with those loads looks like they'll be back next year

reifel From Germany, joined Feb 2005, 1135 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (1 year 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 4460 times:

AB has still not published their Summer 2012 schedule for long haul. It's just a guess but I think with the new management and especailly the preparation in Oneworld membership and codeshares they're already starting now with AA they are heavily planning...

It's very bad for them starting to sell so late, as people can book i.e. flights for May 2012 since May 2011 with other carriers... They need to get rid of this "we wait until a specific date to open the whole winter/summer schedule for next year" and rather open it day by day some 350 days before as most other airlines do it...

No clue if they will keep SFO and LAX that said...

Netjetsintl From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 593 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (1 year 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 4135 times:

Quoting reifel (Reply 4):
No clue if they will keep SFO and LAX that said

Hoping they'd keep LAX at least... SFO might be a tough sell with LH and UA flying between SFO and FRA/MUC and LH operating the A380 on top of that.

cheers

as739x From United States of America, joined Apr 2003, 5820 posts, RR: 23
Reply 6, posted (1 year 8 months 3 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 3914 times:

Quoting Netjetsintl (Reply 5):

UA/LH fly to FRA/MUC. AB fly's to DUS. Different markets. It hasn't appeared to change their numbers at all. San Francisco is especially well toured by Germans and no doubt can support all these carriers. Everything I have heard here locally is they will return next year.

"Some pilots avoid storm cells and some play connect the dots!"

LAXintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22053 posts, RR: 51
Reply 7, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 2965 times:

They appear to have loaded their summer 2012 schedule, however who knows if its truly final with the "strategic" review they are undergoing.

LAX returns 3x weekly eff May 15
SFO returns 2x weekly eff May 19

From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California

Netjetsintl From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 593 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 2797 times:

Quoting LAXintl (Reply 7):
They appear to have loaded their summer 2012 schedule, however who knows if its truly final with the "strategic" review they are undergoing.

LAX returns 3x weekly eff May 15
SFO returns 2x weekly eff May 19

Ha, thanks LAXintl... great news indeed...

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