Originally Posted by
oliver2002
This story got picked up by the media last week...
They are looking at line fit options for the new A32S coming in the next year and the lavatory in the tail is attractive. Remember half of the A32S fleet does short hops inside Europe with no warm/hot catering to speak of. If you look at comparable A32S fleet operated by the competition you will see that there is nearly no galley upfront.
"All mouth, but no trousers"
would be the corresponding expression for this path. Lufthansa has seen that the cost reduction trend leads to an upset and increasingly migrating customer base.
They increase the velocity of SCORE although everyone knows this is leading to nowhere.
The right path would be to increase the quality and differentiate from the Low Cost carriers.
I am not accepting the view that e.g. for a long weekend in a Euopean city the air fare should be the deciding factor.
In other words: For the total cost of this weekend (TCW) it is completely irrelevant if you pay 99 Euro r/t or 139 Euro r/t. Add the overnight accommodation, some experiences/visits and some restaurants and then the air fare is only a fraction of TCW.
A slashing of the 99 Euro fares and a reintroduction of "There is no better way to fly" is mandatory.
Rant over.
Thank you for reading. I am feeling better now.