Originally Posted by
readywhenyouare
NWA couldn't even fill a 757 to DUS. And the DTW hub was larger then. As someone else mentioned, this is just a shot in the dark to keep the pilot contract compliant with the joint venture with EU partners.
The auto market isn't in DUS. Plus, NWA had nowhere near the market share that SkyTeam has now over the Atlantic. The market dynamics when NWA added DUS and BRU for one summer were completely different. Apples and oranges.
You also have to consider DL's marketing strategy, which has been discussed here in detail, but in short relies on its corporate contracts to win big chunks of business rather than going after the masses. I wouldn't be surprised at all of this new route was part of commercial account negotiations.