Originally Posted by
cova
CO flew this route, EWR-MUC, with a DC-10 - and discontinued it. They also discontinued the EWR-DUS route.
They now have EWR-TXL, EWR-CGN, EWR-HAM, along with the standard EWR-FRA route. CGN is not doing that well. I do not see CO bringing back EWR-MUC anytime soon. Maybe the dynamics have changed - but I see Eastern Europe first.
The only difference is that MUC (30 million pax a year and is still the fastest growing airport in Germany) is one of European bigger airports with real international traffic. And compared to MUC, TXL, CGN and HAM are jokes. None of the last three mentioned airports are taking any traffic from MUC-EWR.
On the other hand, there are a lot of people in MUC who are looking for really really good service in all three service classes including a real First Class(MUC has one existing EWR flight with a Business Class only flight) and I am sorry to say that but CO would loose that competition against LH. All LH planes out of MUC are equipped with the newest available LH seats, etc, they have real lounges, etc. So my guess is, MUC would do better for CO than CGN, HAM or TXL but it's ajust a question of time until LH will start a three class flight from their HUB in MUC to EWR and then CO will be in trouble.