by Lufthansa Flyer | May 4, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Round 1 passed without much surprise. The only upset was #13 Dallas (DFW) over #4 Auckland (AKL) which took a tie breaker random number generator to determine the winner. The matches start to get much more interesting in the second round, and it’s guaranteed that some big “names” are going home.
Here is the first set of 2nd Round Matches. More will be auto-posted on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Since I am traveling all next week, round 3 will begin when I return giving the airports a week off from competition. These matches will end on May 5 at 11:59p eastern time.
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by Lufthansa Flyer | May 4, 2012 | Airlines |
Recent announcements from various Star Alliance Carriers:
ASIANA:
The following seasonal routes will be operated as Charter Operations:
Busan-Yanji effective June 4 to September 3 will operate 1x/week service.
Busan-Zhangjiajie/Dayong effective May 2 to May 31 will operate 2x/week service.
Seoul(ICN)-Nanchang effective May 26 to July 12 AND Sept 1 to November 28 will operate 2x/week service.
Seoul(ICN)-Taiyuan effective June 2 to August 18 will operate 2x/week service.
SINGAPORE:
Singapore-Ahmedabad effective between June 15 and October 27 will be reduced from 3x/week to 2x/week.
EDELWEISS AIRLINES (SWISS):
Zurich-Tampa effective May 25 will begin 1x/week service. Service will operate through March 30, 2013.
TAP Portugal:
Lisbon-Sao Paulo Viracopos effective October 28 is CANCELED.
SMILE (THAI):
Bangkok-Krabi effective August 16 will increase from 4x/day to 5x/day.
PREVIOUS STAR ALLIANCE UPDATES: April 29 April 22 April 17
Source: www.airlineroute.net
by Lufthansa Flyer | May 3, 2012 | Airlines |
Lufthansa has confirmed that it will seek to reduce staff by 3,500 employees over the next 2 years as it looks to reduce operating expenses by €1.5 billion by 2014. The staffing reduction is expected to account for approximately 30 percent of the savings goal.
Rumors had been swirling in Germany suggesting that 5,000 jobs were at risk, so this news comes with slightly less sting. According to Lufthansa, 2500 of the job cuts will come from within Germany. The hope is that the majority of the staff reductions comes from natural attrition and early retirement offers.
In a statement by Chairman Christoph Franz, he stated “We can only safeguard jobs for the long term and create new openings if we reorganize the administrative functions and accept job losses now”.
Lufthansa has been dealing with substantial fiscal headwinds recently due to the spike in oil prices, lack of traffic growth within Europe and losses at Austrian. Additionally Lufthansa’s disposal of BMI also had a negative impact on their balance sheet for the year.
