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Old Dec 14, 2007 | 7:54 am
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lckfldt
 
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Originally Posted by mijugo
No - they cancelled both flights. Competitive? Yes, more or less. But Itīs almost never a problem to get reasonable fares from HAM to LON, even on short notice. Iīve never flown 4U to Gatwick (I prefer LHR or LCY) so I donīt know if they were well booked - but as LH became more and more dominant in HAM in the last 2 years (many new nonstop-routes) it may be as well a "political" move for 4U to step back a little and concentrate on pure touristic routes (maybe LH hopes to attract more pax for the HAM-LCY flights now, wich are not well booked). AFAIK HAM-MUC and HAM-VNU (new LH HAM-SVO service) will be reduced or cancelled by 4U as well.
Looks like LCY flights to HAM are also now gone. I suspect Easy Jet starting a service from Luton might have something to do with that.

LCY was still a very convenient and civilised way to go...

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