Adria (JP) takes over Darwin Airline (F7) from Etihad
#16
Join Date: Oct 2014
Programs: M&M Frequent Flyer, A3 GOLD
Posts: 39
#17
Join Date: May 2009
Location: SIN (with a bit of ZRH sprinkled in)
Posts: 9,442
Darwin/Adria has fired 15 staff at LUG and appears to be leaving Ticino (Link in Italian).
LX is not planning to add any flights besides LUG-ZRH.
Dire times for LUG.
LX is not planning to add any flights besides LUG-ZRH.
Dire times for LUG.
ZRH is too close (with SBB providing reliable service)
It's just like those regional airports in Germany where a big hub is less than 2 hours away.
#18
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: AMS/RTM
Posts: 2,826
I'll believe it when I see it.
Open a check-in desk at the Lugano railway station where I can drop my luggage off and we'll talk. If all the risk of arriving to ZRH by train is on me, it's not a great option IMHO.
ZRH is too close (with SBB providing reliable service)
#19
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
Programs: FB Platinum, M&M FTL, BA Blue
Posts: 11,525
I always thought, with the opening of the new 57km Gotthard tunnel last October, that the viability of LUG as an airport would be severely tested, certainly for the LUG-ZRH route.
Totally agree with the check in desk at Lugano station, but I don't see it happening.
Totally agree with the check in desk at Lugano station, but I don't see it happening.
#21
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Wrocław, Poland
Programs: SK *S, LH *S; Accor ALL Gold
Posts: 231
#22
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
Programs: FB Platinum, M&M FTL, BA Blue
Posts: 11,525
What the heck happened there? This is like bananland! Are they actually in financial difficulty? Sorry if I've missed something major here. Incidentally, another upstart airline, Powdair, is having difficulty after one of their financial backers walked away. Powdair was hoping to connect Sion to the rest of Europe and hasn't even started operations yet.
#24
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
Programs: FB Platinum, M&M FTL, BA Blue
Posts: 11,525
Somehow VLM Airlines managed to make a comeback, which smacks of something strange, shadowy and handshakey to me. But I don’t think Darwin Airline will come back. Shame, because both they and FlyBaboo filled the gap left by Crossair back in the mid 2000s. The thing that bothers me a bit, yet again, is that there was no mention of something being wrong, no rumbling in the background like with Skywork. Incidentally, what is their status?
Just to be clear, Adria Airways itself is ok and continues operating, right? We are just talking about the Adria Switzerland sub brand here I believe?
Just to be clear, Adria Airways itself is ok and continues operating, right? We are just talking about the Adria Switzerland sub brand here I believe?
#26
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
Programs: FB Platinum, M&M FTL, BA Blue
Posts: 11,525
Do you mean Adria Switzerland, or the Adria Airways based in Ljubljana? Looks like Sion is destined to become an airport of history what with this and the PowdAir debacle. In the paper this morning app Darwin pilots have been asked to work for no salary this month and no guarantee of one on December.
#27
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: GVA,OPO
Programs: BD the last decent FFP
Posts: 1,856
Adria Airways yesterday (29NOV17) announced routes addition for summer 2018 season, including selected service resumption. Planned new service as follows.
Ljubljana – Brač eff 28APR18 2 weekly Saab 2000 by Adria Airways Switzerland
JP742 LJU1220 – 1325BWK S20 36
JP743 BWK1510 – 1620LJU S20 36
Ljubljana – Bucharest eff 25MAR18 4 weekly Saab 2000 by Adria Airways Switzerland (Last served in August 2009)
JP718 LJU1205 – 1455OTP S20 x356
JP719 OTP1525 – 1630LJU S20 x356
Ljubljana – Dubrovnik eff 27APR18 2 weekly Saab 2000 by Adria Airways Switzerland (Dubrovnik last served in August 1991)
JP734 LJU1210 – 1325DBV S20 35
JP735 DBV1505 – 1620LJU S20 35
Ljubljana – Geneva eff 26MAR18 3 weekly Saab 2000 by Adria Airways Switzerland
JP378 LJU0705 – 0830GVA S20 4
JP378 LJU1755 – 1920GVA S20 12
JP379 GVA1005 – 1120LJU S20 4
JP379 GVA2020 – 2135LJU S20 12
Ljubljana – Hamburg eff 25MAR18 4 weekly Saab 2000 by Adria Airways Switzerland
JP182 LJU0700 – 0900HAM S20 45
JP182 LJU1720 – 1920HAM S20 17
JP183 HAM0930 – 1140LJU S20 45
JP183 HAM1955 – 2205LJU S20 17
Ljubljana – Sofia eff 25MAR18 3 weekly Saab 2000 by Adria Airways Switzerland
JP324 LJU1205 – 1445SOF S20 147
JP325 SOF1530 – 1610LJU S20 147
Ljubljana – Brač eff 28APR18 2 weekly Saab 2000 by Adria Airways Switzerland
JP742 LJU1220 – 1325BWK S20 36
JP743 BWK1510 – 1620LJU S20 36
Ljubljana – Bucharest eff 25MAR18 4 weekly Saab 2000 by Adria Airways Switzerland (Last served in August 2009)
JP718 LJU1205 – 1455OTP S20 x356
JP719 OTP1525 – 1630LJU S20 x356
Ljubljana – Dubrovnik eff 27APR18 2 weekly Saab 2000 by Adria Airways Switzerland (Dubrovnik last served in August 1991)
JP734 LJU1210 – 1325DBV S20 35
JP735 DBV1505 – 1620LJU S20 35
Ljubljana – Geneva eff 26MAR18 3 weekly Saab 2000 by Adria Airways Switzerland
JP378 LJU0705 – 0830GVA S20 4
JP378 LJU1755 – 1920GVA S20 12
JP379 GVA1005 – 1120LJU S20 4
JP379 GVA2020 – 2135LJU S20 12
Ljubljana – Hamburg eff 25MAR18 4 weekly Saab 2000 by Adria Airways Switzerland
JP182 LJU0700 – 0900HAM S20 45
JP182 LJU1720 – 1920HAM S20 17
JP183 HAM0930 – 1140LJU S20 45
JP183 HAM1955 – 2205LJU S20 17
Ljubljana – Sofia eff 25MAR18 3 weekly Saab 2000 by Adria Airways Switzerland
JP324 LJU1205 – 1445SOF S20 147
JP325 SOF1530 – 1610LJU S20 147
#28
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: AMS/RTM
Posts: 2,826
F7 is officially bankrupt.
With the new train link between Lugano and MXP I think this is the end for LUG as well.
With the new train link between Lugano and MXP I think this is the end for LUG as well.