Originally Posted by
TWA Fan 1
Agreed that the current B6 product would not match LH very well, certainly not for the premium cabin customers.
3. Most customers (75%) who fly LH TATL are flying Y
But those aren't the high revenue passengers. Airlines are going out of their way to court the F/J passengers, taking the Y pax along because they need something to do with the other half the plane (yes, hyperbole, but you get the idea - a sold out F/J cabin can offset many, many, many empty Y seats).
Originally Posted by
TWA Fan 1
The one real plus of a B6/LH "alliance" is that unlike the other two carriers with a major presence at JFK (AA and DL) B6 does not compete with LH on TATL.
This is definitely true, though B6 does compete with UA and US. This may cause some issues with those relationships, though if I were in LH's shoes I'd tell the others to shut up and deal.