Originally Posted by
Phoenixtinct
That's what I'm aware of as well - the plan was and probably still is to lease all non-DUS and non-TXL routes to LH/EW and focus only on hub flying. Those long haul flights have to be filled somehow. It's not worth having an airline for a few destinations in the US. With all the Norwegian, WOW and other competition, I doubt that the market is that lucrative on its own. But time will tell what ends up happening with that LH deal.
Well, what's left of AB if you subtract
- non DUS/TXL routes (EW)
- holiday/beach-routes (TUI)
- longhaul routes (LH/EW)?
Just a few routes from DUS and TXL to central and eastern european destinations without own longhaul feeder traffic and probably without OW-feeder traffic (AA not interested in AB codeshares anymore) and probably without the EY-business onward to AUH.
I don't think that this is enough to keep AB alive.