by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 24, 2016 | Featured, Industry News, Strike |
In reviewing a few announcements from a variety of sources including EuroControl, it looks as though ATC strikes will be quite popular in Europe during July.
Instead of putting all of them into one or 2 paragraphs, it is easier just to list them since there are several (times are in local time zones):
Italy:
July 5: 11:00a to 3:00p
July 23: 10:00a to 6:00p
France:
June 28: General strikes will have widespread outages.
Portugal (The following dates will have random 2 hour strikes held each day):
June 30
July 8
July 15
July 22
July 29
Keep in mind that these dates can come and go as negotiations go on between labor and management continue.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 19, 2016 | Featured, Route Announcements, Star Alliance |
AEGEAN:
Athens – Amsterdam effective October 30 BEGINS 5x/service.
Athens – Jeddah effective October 30 BEGINS 2x/week service.
Athens – Lisbon effective October 30 BEGINS 2x/service
Athens – Lisbon effective December 20 increases from 2x/week to 3x/week.
Athens – Lisbon effective between January 15 and March 22 is suspended, resuming 2x/week service March 23.
AIR CANADA:
Toronto – Seoul effective January 16 increases from 4x/week to 1x/day.
Toronto – Seoul effective January 26 decreases from 1x/day to 5x/week.
Toronto – Seoul effective February 3 increases from 5x/week to 1x/DAY.
AIR CHINA:
Beijing – Montreal – Havana effective July 3 decreases from 3x/week to 1x/week (3x/week service continues between Beijing and Montreal).
Chengdu – Paris effective July 7 increases from 3x/week to 4x/week.
Shanghai – San Jose effective September 1 BEGINS 3x/week service.
EGYPTAIR:
Cairo – Guangzhou effective July 5 BEGINS 5x/week service.
LUFTHANSA:
Frankfurt – Shanghai effective between August 1 and August 28 decreases from 2x/day to 1x/day.
SINGAPORE:
Singapore – Istanbul effective between September 14 and October 29 decreases from 1x/day to 6x/week (Wednesday service cancelled).
Singapore – San Francisco effective October 23 BEGINS 1x/day non-stop service (eliminating Seoul technical stop).
Singapore – Seoul – Los Angeles effective October 23 BEGINS 1x/day service.
THAI (Smile):
Bangkok – Macau effective September 1 is CANCELLED.
TURKISH:
Istanbul (IST) – Ljubljana effective October 30 increases from 7x/week to 10x/week.
UNITED:
New York (LGA) – Raleigh NC effective October 30 BEGINS 3x/day service (no service Saturdays).
San Francisco – Tel Aviv effective October 6 increases from 3x/week to 5x/week.
San Francisco – Tel Aviv effective October 17 increases from 5x/week to 1x/DAY.
H/T: AirlineRoute.net
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 18, 2016 | Fare Sale, Featured, Lufthansa |
As part of a fare war that has involved travel to Europe from Washington DC, Lufthansa has launched their salvo with what I think are the lowest fares I’ve ever seen between Washington and Germany.
Specifically, you can book tickets for as low as $550 between Washington DC and Frankfurt for travel taking place between mid September through the end of October. For travel that takes you into November, the fare is only a few dollars higher at $605.
Deals to Munich are similar and begin at $560 and reach about $590 depending on the dates of travel between September and November.
Since this is not an official fare sale, there is no deadline for the fare. They’ll simply go away once the fare war subsides.
Keep in mind that any Economy Fare class booked on Lufthansa flights is eligible for Premium Economy upgrade bids. You can take a $550 fare, bid $150-200 each way and wind up having a Premium Economy seat with all the ‘spoils’ for under $1000!
