Originally Posted by
starflyergold
Of course Lufthansa is absolutely right. It's superior service speaks for itself
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It's heating up the discussion.
ch-aviation on the axing of Codeshares
Turkish Airlines slams Lufthansa's "unilateral" move to axe codeshare
28NOV2013
Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul Atatürk) has protested a collective move by Austrian Airlines (OS, Vienna), Swiss (LX, Zurich) and their parent Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int'l) to axe a codeshare agreement with effect from March 2014. In its statement, the Turkish national carrier said it did not approve of Lufthansa's "unilateral" decision and hoped the move would be "reconsidered." The German carrier had complained of Turkish' continued incursion into its domestic market which, it said, had resulted in some routes becoming unprofitable. Turkish Airlines went on to add that "as a member of Star Alliance, it provides its services to all passengers of the other member airlines. Code-share flights and Frequent Flyer Programme (FFP) applications should be considered in this context."
The original post also from ch-aviation on codeshares being dropped:
Austrian, Lufthansa drop codeshare agreement with Turkish Airlines
26NOV2013
Austrian Airlines (OS, Vienna) and parent Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int'l) will end their codeshare agreement with Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul Atatürk) effective March 29, 2014. German tourism publication, biztravel, says the two carriers believe the current codeshare arrangement no longer "makes financial sense". The likelihood of a withdrawal has been brewing for some time given Lufthansa's recent complaints that Turkish has added and continues to add routes from regional airports in Germany and Austria to its Istanbul Atatürk hub. Among the flights affected are domestic German and US-bound flights.