Originally Posted by
Goldorak
If you think AF is the 1st one, then you are very late. Heard about most of medium-haul Iberia flights transferred to Vueling, all non-hub flights of LH transferred to Germanwings, Eurowings and I-don’t-know-what wings ?
Yes, but to be fair, Air France is the only airline on an itinerary LAX-xxx-LIS to put its passengers on its lower cost subsidiary after transferring over from the longhaul flight on a mainline aircraft. Through LHR it‘s BA all the way, through MUC or FRA it‘s LH all the way, through MAD it‘s IB all the way, through ZRH it‘s LX all the way, through FCO it‘s AZ all the way, and so on. No Vueling, no Eurowings, no IberiaExpress. Air France is the only airline that has a „brand change“ for transfers at its hub. Other airlines use their lower cost subsidiaries on routes away from the hubs.