Originally Posted by mileshound
FWIW,
I sat next to a person the other night who flies 2x a month PIT-FRA in paid J. He said that LH was looking at the PIT-FRA route. He was at an informational meeting in PIT where it was said they need 5000 paid J a year to make the commitment. Bayer was also there and they supposedly can do 1000 a year. He said another city was in competition with PIT for the LH route.
5000 paid J per year? That's about 13 per flight.....half of the FC cabin. I guess if the fare was a couple of grand, this could happen. But if it's $5K a pop, then not realistic to have 13 per flight.
It would be great to have LH in PIT. We'd be one stop away from anywhere in Europe (like we have been with PIT-FRA!). Which really is an additional attraction for LH.....connecting US PAX to the rest of Europe in FRA.
I'd bet that we have a 20% chance of LH taking on PIT, unless Bayer has enough influence to make it happen.