Hamburg to Gatwick?
Feb 25, 2007 | 7:53 pm
#1
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Hamburg to Gatwick?
Hello. I was wondering if there is any airline that flys this route. I am headed south upon arrival in England and it would be much nicer to arrive at Gatwick instead of Heathrow. I tried to find a site that would tell me the information but to no avail. Thank you for any info.
Feb 25, 2007 | 8:17 pm
#2
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Germanwings flies twice a day. Once in the early morning and once in the late afternoon/early evening...
by the way: I found this information on the website of Hamburg Airport which is pretty convenient
Have a safe flight...
by the way: I found this information on the website of Hamburg Airport which is pretty convenient
Have a safe flight...
Nov 29, 2007 | 2:01 pm
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Hamburg-Gatwick DISCONTINUED by Germanwings
This sucks bigtime for me. Try to book anything in 2008 on that route. It does not work. The only cheapo option remaining is RyanAIr (ugh) from Luebeck (ugh ugh) to Stansted (triple ugh).
Nov 29, 2007 | 2:58 pm
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Nov 30, 2007 | 12:40 pm
#6
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Why do you guys want to fly into Gatwick? For a connection or to get into the city?
Nov 30, 2007 | 1:23 pm
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4 x LHR with BA
3 x LHR with LH
2 x LCY with LH
1 x LUT with Easyjet
+ Ryanair from Luebeck
Nov 30, 2007 | 1:43 pm
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So there will be no flight out of HAM to London at all on Germanwings? Quite surprising, I would have thought they are more competitive!
Dec 1, 2007 | 7:08 am
#9
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No - they cancelled both flights. Competitive? Yes, more or less. But Its almost never a problem to get reasonable fares from HAM to LON, even on short notice. Ive never flown 4U to Gatwick (I prefer LHR or LCY) so I dont 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.
Dec 1, 2007 | 11:23 am
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No - they cancelled both flights. Competitive? Yes, more or less. But Its almost never a problem to get reasonable fares from HAM to LON, even on short notice. Ive never flown 4U to Gatwick (I prefer LHR or LCY) so I dont 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.
All this reducing and canceling is definitely a political move!
Dec 1, 2007 | 4:28 pm
#11
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Well, HAM to MUC was always knows as a race track and I think it's one of the most popular domestic LH routes. Germanwings became quite expensive in my eyes. The last few trips that I had checked on where 4U was a possibility, they were at least as expensive as any competitor.
All this reducing and canceling is definitely a political move!
All this reducing and canceling is definitely a political move!
Dec 14, 2007 | 7:54 am
#12
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No - they cancelled both flights. Competitive? Yes, more or less. But Its almost never a problem to get reasonable fares from HAM to LON, even on short notice. Ive never flown 4U to Gatwick (I prefer LHR or LCY) so I dont 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.
LCY was still a very convenient and civilised way to go...
N.
Dec 14, 2007 | 10:51 am
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Not sure about LCY being convenient and civilised any more... it's getting too crowded! Last time I was there it was standing room only in the departure area (despite the fact that the seats are now packed very close together), and we were delayed on the return as there was nowhere to park us.
Dec 14, 2007 | 2:47 pm
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Also, the Germanwings flight at night to Gatwick seemed to be pretty packed!