News from LX Press Conference
Aug 25, 2005, 6:33 am
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News from LX Press Conference
A brief summary of customer-relevant issues:
- Fleet reduction: The Saab 2000s will be removed from service on October 30st. The ERJ145s will be gradually phased out until the end of March 06. 6 Avro RJs will join the fleet. Their origin was not revealed.
- LH integration: Starting with the winter timetable, all flights between Germany and Switzerland will be codeshares with LX and LH flight numbers. In MUC, FRA and ZRH, LH and LX will be handled by the respective "home carrier" in their own Terminal, i.e. 1 in ZRH and 2 in MUC.
- Lounge access: As of October 31st, Business Class pax and STC Silver / M&M FTL members will enjoy lounge access according to their status when flying LX or LH.
- Other Codeshares: Also from the start of the winter timetable, LX will put its code on the YYZ-ZRH-DEL flights operated daily by Air Canada. Apparently, LX flight numbers will also be added to the VIE-BSL and VIE-GVA services operated by Austrian Airlines.
Aug 25, 2005, 10:02 am
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I had to go to the Switzerland version of the Swiss website to see the new press releases; they are not visible on the USA version of the site (the Swiss website is not among the friendliest). Although the press releases refer to the Winter timetable, I still do not see the new timetable itself anywhere on the site.
Aug 25, 2005, 10:30 am
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Originally Posted by airoli
[*]Lounge access: As of October 31st, Business Class pax and STC Silver / M&M FTL members will enjoy lounge access according to their status when flying LX or LH
That's going to get crowded! Presumably, as hinted elsewhere, the current *A lounge in T2 will pass to BA and others? If so, on 31 October or later? (I have a BA reservation for December which shows check-in at T1 and the LX lounge in T1, though I will not protest if I am forced to use T2
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Aug 25, 2005, 11:03 am
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Originally Posted by agtoau
I still do not see the new timetable itself anywhere on the site.