YVR744CP wrote:Where is ZRH in terms of traffic recovered? I know it's not included in a lot of EU reports.
Do record profits etc not indicate the general public is far less concerned and continues to fly them?
Jump to postThey're now focused on investing in TAP. TP is considered a bigger "prize" than UX, thus why spend money on UX whilst you can get TP. Moreover, as long as IAG is taking over UX, it will be difficult for IAG to get TP due to competition rules. TP has an African network which currently comp...
Jump to postI feel like ITA becoming majority owned by LH Group is pretty likely, and there are possibly some benefits from ITA being in the Star Alliance. Depends who you ask. I live in London... when I fly to Italy I go nonstop - Star has little or no presence on UK-Italy routes so if ITA becomes more compet...
Jump to postGiven central Europe’s rail network does not have much slack in it, and countries like Germany basically are unable to even run train schedules on time for the most part today, how exactly is increasing the strain on that network going to help anyone I wonder…
Jump to postHow does that benefit the ordinary citizen? More connecting flights. Which creates revenue at airports, shops, etc. and more people needed to service the extra aircraft etc. Knock of effect is a lot of jobs. That’s without going into the benefits of being able to sustain air links for people and ca...
Jump to postAlso many routes may not see additional flights but key routes at least in Europe often see larger aircraft, if there was room to upgauge anyway, so even on same number of flights higher load factors, more capacity etc. also contribute. At check in desks I also imagine they see more checked luggage ...
Jump to postThis isn't really that difficult: 1) Passing security You can buy a ticket online, under any name, and then check-in on your phone. With that boarding pass you will pass straight thru security. Not with SAS. Going to USA from Scandinavia you cannot check in on line. You must go to the USA desk to a...
Jump to postkonrad wrote:What a mess Lufthansa Has become!
The right wing populist Mr. Wilders seems to have won the dutch election. What will this mean for AMS airport politics? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67504272 Bit early to say he won, only exit polls being reported so far. Even if he wins presumably a coalition would need to be made. Short ...
Jump to postI was just pointing out the size of a city or country doesn't have to relate to the size of the airport. The Atlanta metropolitan area is not the reason for the busy airport. Amsterdam, which also has a metropolitan area, used to be the 9th busiest airport in the world. Understood. In that sense, C...
Jump to postpic featured on Twitter https://images.app.goo.gl/mhthhi9reeFgnUWv9 I like it! Although part of me wants them to paint the whole damn thing orange :D I've read elsewhere enthusiasts dreaming about this livery becoming standard :cloudnine: Personally, I think the original KLM light blue does not rea...
Jump to postConsidering how few flights FDH has I guess this convenience versus Zürich is only for the Macedonian community then?
Jump to postIt is really not that easy to get from Zurich to Friedrichshafen. Wonder why they don’t fly it from Basel? Or does ZF have business in Skopje by chance? People usually neither live at the airport ZRH, nor do they first travel to ZRH and then onwards to FDH. Going to FDH instead of ZRH simply is a g...
Jump to postRvA wrote:It is really not that easy to get from Zurich to Friedrichshafen. Wonder why they don’t fly it from Basel? Or does ZF have business in Skopje by chance?
It is really not that easy to get from Zurich to Friedrichshafen. Wonder why they don’t fly it from Basel? Or does ZF have business in Skopje by chance?
Jump to postIt has been reported today on Twitter that BA is leaving the London LHR - Nuremberg route. Last service is scheduled for 04FEB24 https://twitter.com/SeanM1997/status/1716020576874049882 A lot of airlines seem to be leaving NUE. I wonder why? Speculating but maybe the corporate traffic from Siemens ...
Jump to postLufthansa Group member Eurowings will start flights from BER and STR to Dubai (DXB) on October 30. (For Emirates it is currently not allowed to fly to BER and STR.) Very interesting in general. I'm curious as to why Emirates is not allowed to currently fly to BER and STR? The current Germany - UAE ...
Jump to postLufthansa Group member Eurowings will start flights from BER and STR to Dubai (DXB) on October 30. (For Emirates it is currently not allowed to fly to BER and STR.) Very interesting in general. I'm curious as to why Emirates is not allowed to currently fly to BER and STR? They can only fly to 4 Ger...
Jump to postI can't take Lufthansa seriously anymore. It's all just a joke at this point. Bit dramatic isn’t it? Because you don’t understand it it is a joke? Lufthansa is more than large enough where all these subsidiaries and constructs make sense. Contrary to common forum belief airlines actually look at th...
Jump to postReally not sure why people still say flying in Europe is a surprise as to what you will get. Answer is pretty simple in economy, little to nothing. Full service does not only apply to the onboard service in a particular geography, but the overall offering. Low cost airlines generally do not offer co...
Jump to postSeems like Lufthansa is also getting ready for the termination of partnership with SK. All FRA-CPH flights that are supposed to be operated by SK are being sold for €350 one way. I guess they are trying to discourage people from booking flights onboard SK. Or SK is pulling availability away. Hard t...
Jump to postCome on now ... 3 hours is not long ... I try to avoid anything shorter ... Running between flights is a pain Yeah, I was looking at some flights on LH, and they're really keen on pushing a roughly 1 hour connecting time even at FRA, which is on the optimistic side of the scale. When it comes to FR...
Jump to postMoreover, getting corporate contracts in Scandinavia maybe more difficult for Star now . Why. Where do the corporate big guns fly that cannot be covered by *A? I don't think Star will lost too much sleep. The company I work for (large multinational financial company) has a contract based on allianc...
Jump to postI think losing SAS is bad for Star. It could have been the Swiss of the north. Now the wealthy Scandinavia will feed into CDG and maybe AMS if there is still room permitted to do it. Can't be that good for CPH, although Denmark now has a veto share. Swiss of the north but without the convenient Cen...
Jump to postImaginations sure running wild in here tonight!
Jump to postTheseus wrote:Impressive.
It seems this will make AF/KL the biggest A350 customer ?
Yes I too find the addition of 3 first class seats only to be a bit strange. It should be two rows at least otherwise no point and one would rather add more J instead. It may be possible that only 3 dedicated F seats are necessary because the first row of J can be sold as a J-plus because it will b...
Jump to postI like it, but it gets really confusing following their branding strategy. So many changes over time that it is hard to keep up. Agree, I have no idea whos doing what. So Eurowimgs for shorthaul lowcost and Discover for long haul low cost? Why not just Eurowings for everything? Eurowings for low co...
Jump to postHonestly, it's just people enjoying their lives and they probably didn't think. They're clearly having fun, which says a lot about the working environment that SWISS offer their crew. Had they not been visible from the terminal, I doubt it would have become "a thing". It was hardly going ...
Jump to postInteresting piece by the St Louis Post-Dispatch about the success that Lufthansa has found flying to St Louis from FRA. https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/business/lufthansa-lambert-st-louis-germany-nonstop-flight/article_d3772336-3aef-11ee-b573-23708f569dd2.html I have heard a pretty substantial ...
Jump to postIt's always a good think when you are treated well, greeted by name and people taking pride in their work as part of the required work standards. It's a customer service job, after all. Letting crews in the USA, Europe and Australia get away with a lazy and uninterested attitude, not putting custom...
Jump to postLivery is not yet confirmed to be this I believe?
Jump to postHeathrow is a disaster. BA lost all our luggage (three bags) flying from YVR transferring to OSL. Then on the way home they AGAIN lost a bag transferring at LHR. Took four days to get them back the first time and three days the second time. Not horrible but it shouldn’t have happened in the first p...
Jump to postInterestingly enough, KLM is cutting BAH and KWI: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230809-klnw23me Of course these destinations are flown by BA, but it just shows how certain Middle East/Asian routes just don’t work for certain airlines. Perhaps BA’s network right now is more right-sized than it’s gi...
Jump to postI don’t get the people that complain that you do not get free drinks and snacks on a 2 hrs flight. Just buy it or bring your own ??? Like?? I expected that bare minimum that you have with the US legacies so I didn't bring it. And at FRA there was nowhere I could even buy it. What's next - bring a g...
Jump to postPM wrote:Not sure how serious this might be but Edelweiss to Windhoek within the next year?
https://thebrief.com.na/index.php/compa ... ek-flights
They are going to have to do something about the 320s then. They are very long in the tooth even now, cant even imagine what they will look like in a few years. Did you forget how bad the MD-80s were?!? Until a few years ago, they were flying many routes between Chicago and the West Coast... The 80...
Jump to postAs for tickets, as someone who flies regularly between the U.S. and Europe I can tell you their tickets are no more "give away" than what other airlines are charging. For example, at the end of August my family and I are flying to LIS via BCN with Level because their ticket was much cheap...
Jump to postIt’s not that crazy is it? 3wb amongst how many?
I thought the US airlines had a lot of flights per day at CUN but then you compare that to PMI and the big Euros and their daily flight count is just nuts. Ryanair at almost 100 a day!
I got to spot it for roughly three separate occasions pre-covid; once taking off from SFO in April 2019 as a BA A380 arrived, again a month later when it took off as last remaining VX Airbus at the time (an A321neo) landed from GSO, and finally in August 2019 when I was traveling through JFK withou...
Jump to postThe interiors are frankly, a touch bland and the color palette for the seats are problematic. They don't hide dirt. Having flown on the A350 in both business and economy, I can share that while the service is quite good, those seats show plenty of wear and tear and trap dirt. It was kind of gross. ...
Jump to postThe interiors are frankly, a touch bland and the color palette for the seats are problematic. They don't hide dirt. Having flown on the A350 in both business and economy, I can share that while the service is quite good, those seats show plenty of wear and tear and trap dirt. It was kind of gross. ...
Jump to postIs Ryanair blocked from serving GVA and ZRH by the government? It wouldn't be surprising by any means. At ZRH, Swiss faces very little low cost competition. With the exception of easyJet and Vueling flying a few routes at minimum from ZRH, Swiss isn't really impacted much by them. Even now, Swiss i...
Jump to postAfter the blockade ended, visiting Bahrain if based in Qatar meant a 7 hour drive rather than a 25 minute flight. That didn't stop the Bahrainis (number plates identifiable) from visiting Qatar during holidays. Not at the level of the Saudis, who practically invade Doha during holiday season (and a...
Jump to postRyanair wants as cheap as low as possibly costs but in my understanding, and I would say it’s unlikely Zurich airport is going to be cheap… also I imagine the airport benefits from Swiss a great deal, so doubt it’s in their interest to make Ryanair etc any special deals that could end up harming Swi...
Jump to postWould this be mandatory? I mean, AY could operate something like HEL-BKK for them, then continue BKK-SYD for QF. Then spending for example 2 weeks doing SYD-BKK/SIN before returning SYD-BKK-HEL to get some in-house servicing and being replaced by another 333. Of course, this would not be possible i...
Jump to postOnce the dry lease period commences, will the aircraft have the be re-registered on the VH register? Would QF be able to operate and crew A333’s painted in their livery but have them remain on the Finnish register? Personally, I’m still dumbfounded they still haven’t returned their last stored A332...
Jump to postI don't know about the law in Australia, but wouldn't the operating carrier have to be disclosed on the boarding pass? They're disclosing it on the seat map at least.. Yes. Not just on the boarding pass but also on the reservation system, tickets both paper & e-tickets & usually on the airc...
Jump to postWill they repaint these planes or will it cause confusion for passengers? Wet leases generally do not get paired with repainting planes. Likely because AY will rotate specific aircraft around instead of having just 1 fixed aircraft assigned to this but also with wet lease generally the crew wears t...
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