Originally Posted by
BrianDromey
Does anyone remember the BD operated wet-lease flights to various German airports for LH? They were marketed by LH, were treated as LH flights for marketing purposes, operated by BD AND had a four digit BD code-share on top. So BD were effectively code-sharing with themselves. There was no "true" BD flight number for these flights that could be used for booking purposes. Confused?
Those were particularly strange. I flew London-Dresden back in 2011, booked under the BD 'code-share' on 236 stock. Check-in took place in Zone K with the 'real' Lufthansa flights and ground services were all provided by the Lufthansa contractor Menzies.
The aircraft were painted in bmi livery but had Lufthansa interiors and German interior signage. Announcements were made in German then English except for the safety demo which was the usual Phil Gayle tape with added German. Catering was Lufthansa 'be invited' served by bmi uniformed staff and both Voyager and the Lufthansa Magazin were in the seat pocket.
Confused much?
