Originally Posted by
supermasterphil
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.
Thank you! I don't understand why speculations about new routes/etc in the USA-based arline forums often ignore foreign comptetition. MUC is LH's second hub! Why would anyone think that it would be so easy to just stick another flight in there out of the NYC area? For connections wih what ST flights?
And, as
supermasterphil said, CO can't honestly compete with LH in quality/comfort, etc. CO is great, compared to US airlines, but c'mon!
I'm not bashing, just trying to be realistic.