Longhaul EuroWings will start ops in Winter2015-16
Jan 2, 2016, 5:25 am
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It has been a disaster so far... Flights are regularly delayed 24h+, people missing their cruise ships, sub-charters everyhwere, ....
And they have got bad press already (Link to an article in German)
And they have got bad press already (Link to an article in German)
Jan 3, 2016, 3:24 am
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Jan 3, 2016, 3:53 am
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So everything works exactly as planed.....
7 longhaul routes - 1aircraft
what a genius plan by the LH management....bet they needed consultants to come up with THAT!
7 longhaul routes - 1aircraft
what a genius plan by the LH management....bet they needed consultants to come up with THAT!
Jan 3, 2016, 6:05 am
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I know this thread is about the longhaul routes and it doesn't look good. But what about Eurowings' European operations? Can one count on reasonable time keeping, like it was when it was called Lufthansa Regional? I only once had a cancellation, which was on the DUS-GVA route. A replacement Cityline aircraft was found within minutes.
Jan 3, 2016, 7:28 am
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As pointed out before, loads are outstanding, yields are very good, so far it works quite well.
Some fans shouting from the stands about some misses passes during the first minutes of play with a new team are just part of the usual babbling.
Some fans shouting from the stands about some misses passes during the first minutes of play with a new team are just part of the usual babbling.
Jan 3, 2016, 7:46 am
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I know this thread is about the longhaul routes and it doesn't look good. But what about Eurowings' European operations? Can one count on reasonable time keeping, like it was when it was called Lufthansa Regional? I only once had a cancellation, which was on the DUS-GVA route. A replacement Cityline aircraft was found within minutes.
Jan 3, 2016, 8:01 am
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Jan 3, 2016, 8:06 am
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I know this thread is about the longhaul routes and it doesn't look good. But what about Eurowings' European operations? Can one count on reasonable time keeping, like it was when it was called Lufthansa Regional? I only once had a cancellation, which was on the DUS-GVA route. A replacement Cityline aircraft was found within minutes.
Jan 3, 2016, 8:41 am
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Sounds like a "famous last words" quote.
Jan 3, 2016, 1:22 pm
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Yeah, size is what it's all about, isn't it? But I was amazed on that one occasion how quick they found us a new aircraft and how they managed to get me 5 minutes early to my destination, despite the flight being theoretically cancelled. I really enjoyed those Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings flights in those days, and there was something exclusive about those Canadair aircraft too. I had told friends about it and was encouraging them to book Lufthansa [Regional] operated by Eurowings flights! I flew a lot of those from Dusseldorf back then.
Hope EW longhaul works out, looks like they have a lot of interesting destinations and prices.
Hope EW longhaul works out, looks like they have a lot of interesting destinations and prices.
Jan 3, 2016, 3:51 pm
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Yeah, size is what it's all about, isn't it? But I was amazed on that one occasion how quick they found us a new aircraft and how they managed to get me 5 minutes early to my destination, despite the flight being theoretically cancelled. I really enjoyed those Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings flights in those days, and there was something exclusive about those Canadair aircraft too. I had told friends about it and was encouraging them to book Lufthansa [Regional] operated by Eurowings flights! I flew a lot of those from Dusseldorf back then.
Hope EW longhaul works out, looks like they have a lot of interesting destinations and prices.
Hope EW longhaul works out, looks like they have a lot of interesting destinations and prices.
) probably resulted in the new Eurowings.
Jan 3, 2016, 4:36 pm
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Well, most of the people in Switzerland and England I spoke to at the time had never heard of Eurowings, and that is pretty much the same reaction today. I was always careful to explain how Eurowings was the operating carrier and a separate airline. A bit of publicity can't do any harm. Trouble is, the longhaul operation is only really relevant if you live in Germany. Maybe there's feed from Zurich into Cologne, but not from Geneva.
Jan 3, 2016, 5:24 pm
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Well, most of the people in Switzerland and England I spoke to at the time had never heard of Eurowings, and that is pretty much the same reaction today. I was always careful to explain how Eurowings was the operating carrier and a separate airline. A bit of publicity can't do any harm. Trouble is, the longhaul operation is only really relevant if you live in Germany. Maybe there's feed from Zurich into Cologne, but not from Geneva.
The CGN catchment area plus a bit of feed plus an ICE stop should be enough to fill the bird. This is a not a major hub and spoke operation with seamless connections, this is not LH mainline, this is a P2P longhaul touri division that might serve some customers with deeper pockets as well.
As pointed out numerous times before, a divorce is not forever and only because the A3 is between the crane and the condor does not mean that they should not buy Condor and streamline all Touri ops. into one unit.