Lufthansa W12 Operation Changes [merged]
Jul 3, 2012, 10:39 am
#18
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Not just you volta- I share and feel your pain (not for BOS really, however for many other locations- the CAN cut earlier this year was not good for me either).
Jul 3, 2012, 11:46 am
#19
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As I have till end of Feb 2013 4 trips to India and few to EMEA and one to APAC (all in C), was considering to make a run at HON. Now with this (and my SEN status secured to 2016), maybe I should switch to OneWorld for the rest of the year and check out BA.
Jul 3, 2012, 1:13 pm
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Jul 3, 2012, 1:17 pm
#21
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No, you're ok...
Still, NEK on MUC-TLV is bad news.
According to http://airlineroute.net/2012/07/02/lh-w12update3/
Frankfurt – Tel Aviv 2 Daily flights operated by A330-300, replacing A330/340 mix
Frankfurt – Tel Aviv 2 Daily flights operated by A330-300, replacing A330/340 mix
Jul 3, 2012, 3:25 pm
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Jul 4, 2012, 4:01 am
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Jul 4, 2012, 6:00 am
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Jul 4, 2012, 7:24 am
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Jul 4, 2012, 8:21 am
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Jul 4, 2012, 8:28 am
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I agree. For connecting passengers they care 1st about the flight timings, 2nd the connection capability and (excluding FF that have personal preference).
FRA may be my home airport these days but I would not choose to connect through it unless I had to. Done that in the past and it was never a nice experience.
LH been gradually increasing the flights out of MUC for some time so they do seem to prefer MUC over FRA these days, but they can't simply move everything as it is not practical or economical to do so. The 2 hub strategy can work well if there is enough demand for both.
MUC has more flexibility in expansion at the moment until T3 comes online @ FRA. But with MUC residents voting against a 3rd runway recently then this will become limited.
I don't see it happening for at least a long time. Not enough P2P business traffic and LH don't need the hassle of 3 hubs, 2 is enough as a 3rd would just take traffic from the other 2. But maybe a few longhaul flights and a few transfers would be possible in the future, similar to DUS.
FRA may be my home airport these days but I would not choose to connect through it unless I had to. Done that in the past and it was never a nice experience.
LH been gradually increasing the flights out of MUC for some time so they do seem to prefer MUC over FRA these days, but they can't simply move everything as it is not practical or economical to do so. The 2 hub strategy can work well if there is enough demand for both.
MUC has more flexibility in expansion at the moment until T3 comes online @ FRA. But with MUC residents voting against a 3rd runway recently then this will become limited.
I don't see it happening for at least a long time. Not enough P2P business traffic and LH don't need the hassle of 3 hubs, 2 is enough as a 3rd would just take traffic from the other 2. But maybe a few longhaul flights and a few transfers would be possible in the future, similar to DUS.