LH axes service for PDX-FRA
Jul 7, 2009, 7:20 pm
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not to worry
this sort of things happened before here...DL axed their non stop to JFK...then years later, it came back, and is still here. NW still has their AMS flight, but the rumor mill from the PDC (Portland development commission) is they are considering axing that too due to decreased traffic from PDX of passengers enroute to the E.U. via AMS.....also, the ridiculous fees the Port of Portland charges is enuff for any of these carriers to say the hell with you.
Jul 8, 2009, 1:12 am
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This is a friendly reminder to stay on topic. The issue is pretty clear now and LH will reroute/refund passengers affected by this change. I am sorry for all of you who are affected by the cut.
Have a nice day
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Have a nice day
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Jul 8, 2009, 5:49 pm
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Thanks! I'll take care of it where I can find out any more specific news for you. I will let you know if I will post it later. Hope you will have a good night.
May 25, 2012, 10:16 pm
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May 27, 2012, 7:45 am
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LH axes service for PDX-FRA
There is some nonstop trans-atlantic demand from PDX but DL has it pretty much locked with the AMS flight. The connection options on *A are fairly vast especially with AC flying to YYZ so I don't think we'll see this return... Much to my dismay.
Too Bad...
May 28, 2012, 4:11 am
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It was a shame to see this flight go away- was very useful.
May 28, 2012, 1:54 pm
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There was demand. The issue was it was a very price competitive route due to the AMS flights which were usually significantly less expensive. Particularly for connecting passengers to other countries (i.e. Italy, France, Spain, etc) this made for very difficult economics. I would have thought that Nike, Intel, etc would have enough business to support an FRA flight- of course perhaps that is why I am not in airline route development as a career
It was a shame to see this flight go away- was very useful.
It was a shame to see this flight go away- was very useful.
May 29, 2012, 3:16 am
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Interestingly LH started SEA from scratch just a few miles away and had a grand success, killing SKs service and giving BA a run for its money. 
May 29, 2012, 3:23 am
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Perhaps Microsoft and Boeing have different travel policies?
In addition- Portland is not really just a few miles away- it is a good 4 hour drive on most days.
Sep 10, 2013, 4:20 pm
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I see PDX-FRA returning with the announcement of Daimler returning to Portland. Daimler always bought tons of expensive business class fares on the route.
http://m.bizjournals.com/portland/ne...hq.html?r=full
http://m.bizjournals.com/portland/ne...hq.html?r=full