by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 8, 2012 | Airlines |
AIR NEW ZEALAND:
Auckland-Osaka effective between March 31 and May 15 as well as between May 24 and June 9 is SUSPENDED.
ASIANA:
Seoul(ICN)-Vladivostok effective November 16 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
Seoul(ICN)-Bangkok effective November 19 will increase from 13x/week to 14x/week.
Seoul(ICN)-Paris(CDG) effective November 18 will increase from 3x/week to 4x/week.
Busan-Hanoi effective December 16 will increase from 5x/week to 1x/DAY.
Busan-Ho Chi Minh effective December 15 will increase from 5x/week to 1x/DAY.
BLUE 1:
Tampere-Kittila effective December 15 will BEGIN 1x/week service (Saturday).
Helsinki-Oulu effective October 29 is CANCELED.
COPA:
Panama City–Las Vegas effective December 17 will increase from 5x/week to 1x/DAY.
Panama City-Los Angeles effective December 22 will increase from 2x/day to 3x/day.
Panama City-Miami effective between December 10 & January 26 will increase from 28x/week to 33x/week.
Panama City-Orlando effective between December 4 & January 24 will increase from 21x/week to 26x/week.
Panama City-Washington(IAD) effective December 10 will increase from 1x/day to 2x/day.
EGYPTAIR:
Cairo-Osaka effective December 1 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
LOT POLISH:
Warsaw-Stuttgart effective November 5 will BEGIN 5x/week service.
LUFTHANSA:
Berlin-Istanbul effective October 28 is CANCELED.
SA EXPRESS (SOUTH AFRICAN):
Capetown-George effective IMMEDIATELY is CANCELED.
SAS:
Oslo-Salzburg effective January 26 will BEGIN 1x/week service (Saturday).
Stockholm-Innsbruck effective February 21 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
THAI:
Bangkok-Mumbai effective October 28 will be reduced from 12x/week to 1x/DAY.
Bangkok-Frankfurt effective December 15 will be reduced from 14x/week to 12x/week.
Bangkok-Nagoya effective December 31 will increase from 3x/week to 4x/week.
Bangkok-Brussels effective February 12 will increase from 3x/week to 4x/week.
Bangkok-Koh Samui effective January 16 is CANCELED.
TURKISH:
Istanbul-Sana’a-Aden effective October 1 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Istanbul-Sana’a-Aden effective October 28 will increase from 3x/week to 4x/week.
Istanbul-Nouakchott effective September 16 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
UNITED:
Los Angeles-Kelowna effective January 3 will increase from 7x/week to 8x/week.
US AIRWAYS:
Charlotte-London(LGW) effective between October 9 and December 16 as well as between January 9 and February 26 will be reduced from 1/x day to 6x/WEEK.
Charlotte-Paris(CDG) effective October 27 is CANCELED.
Philadelphia-Dublin effective October 28 to December 18 will be reduced from 1x/day to 5x/WEEK.
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Courtesy: www.AirlineRoute.net
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 7, 2012 | Uncategorized |
In what has ultimately become a good day in Frankfurt, Lufthansa has announced that it has agreed to begin arbitration proceedings with UFO (the cabin crew’s union) in an effort to come to an amicable agreement that will finally put the threat of strikes behind us.
In a statement by UFO’s leader Nicoley Baubiles, he stated that “We have signed a preliminary agreement over a mediation on the wage components. Starting tomorrow there will no longer be any strikes until we agree to or reject an arbiter’s ruling”.
Earlier on Friday Lufthansa had announced that it will no longer pursue the use of outsourced cabin crew from it’s Berlin hub and in a gesture of good faith offered to hire existing outsourced cabin crew as permanent Lufthansa associates. One of the union’s points of contention that led to the strike was the Union membership’s disapproval of Lufthansa’s use of outsourced cabin crew. With that issue now resolved, both sides have motivation to get a long term deal done as soon as possible.
So for any of you with upcoming travel on Lufthansa, I think you can at least for the moment take a collective breath of relief and look forward to great flights on Lufthansa. I certainly am relieved knowing that my upcoming trips to Europe should go off as planned….
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 7, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Being reported by Reuters, UFO’s Nicoley Baublies stated that he has reached out to Lufthansa in an effort to resolve the strike. Negotiations are scheduled to resume Friday afternoon.
Also in his comments, Baublies indicated no further strikes are planned beyond beyond the current 24 hour strike current in effect. Hopefully this will be the beginning of the end of the tensions between the Union’s members and Lufthansa.
It’s interesting to note that Mr. Baublies is the one who reached out to Lufthansa in an effort to move negotiations forward.
As long as both sides are talking constructively, I think strike actions are unlikely to take place.
UPDATE: In a press release from Frankfurt, Lufthansa has agreed to permanently hire the cabin crew that was hired through an outside contractor.
In what appears to be an a token of good will towards the Union who’s cabin crew members are currently on strike, Lufthansa’s CEO Cristoph Franz stated that “Without preconditions and for a foreseeable time frame Lufthansa is going to resign from deploying external cabin crews in Berlin” he also added: “With this decision we are taking a big step towards our social partners. We hope that this step will help the trade union UFO to, within the scope of constructive talks together with us, tread a path leading to a sustainable and competitive wage structure for our cabin staff.”
Definitely a sign of what should be warming relations between the Union and Lufthansa.
