Star Alliance Route Announcements:  October 25 – November 11, 2015

Star Alliance Route Announcements: October 25 – November 11, 2015

AEGEAN:

Athens – Amsterdam effective May 27 BEGINS 5x/week service.

Athens – Bari effective June 29 BEGINS 3x/week service.

Athens – Dublin effective June 20 BEGINS 2x/week service (Monday/Saturday).

Athens – Jeddah effective March 28 BEGINS 3x/week service.

Athens – Krakow effective June 21 BEGINS 2x/week service (Tuesday/Saturday).

Athens – Lille effective April 14 BEGINS 1x/week service (Thursday).

Athens – Lisbon effective June 13 BEGINS 2x/week service (Monday/Friday).

Athens – Ljubljana effective June 16 BEGINS 2x/week service (Wednesday / Saturday).

Athens – Luxembourg effective May 19 BEGINS 2x/week service (Thursday/Saturday).

Athens – Naples effective May 29 BEGINS 2x/week service.

Athens – Naples effective July 2 increases from 2x/week to 3x/week.

Athens – Naples effective July 17 increases from 3x/week to 4x/week.

Athens – Nice effective May 17 BEGINS 2x/week service (Tuesday/Thursday).

Athens – Palma Mallorca effective July 6 BEGINS 2x/week service (Wednesday/Sunday).

Athens – Split effective June 16 BEGINS 2x/week service (Thursday/Saturday).

Kalamata – Billund effective May 16 BEGINS 1x/week service (Monday).

Kalamata – Copenhagen effective May 16 BEGINS 1x/week service (Monday).

Kalamata – Lyon effective May 31 BEGINS 1x/week service (Tuesday).

Kalamata – Nantes effective June 4 BEGINS 1x/week service (Saturday).

Kalamata – Milan effective June 12 BEGINS 1x/week service (Sunday).

 

AIR CANADA:

Toronto – Seoul effective June 17 BEGINS 1x/day service.

 

AIR CHINA:

Hangzhou – Ibaraki effective January 30 BEGINS 2x/week service.

 

AIR INDIA:

Delhi – Bahrain – Abu Dhabi effective October 25, 2015 will be split into Delhi – Abu Dhabi (3x/week) and Delhi – Bahrain (4x/week).

 

AIR NEW ZEALAND:

Auckland – Vancouver effective between April 9 and May 7 increases from 3x/week to 4x/week.

 

AUSTRIAN:

Vienna – Shanghai effective May 3 BEGINS 1x/day service.
Vienna – Shanghai effective October 30, 2016 decreases from 1x/day to 4x/week.
Vienna – St. Petersburg effective April 25 BEGINS 1x/day service (Resumption).

 

EVA:

Taipei – Hanoi effective March 7 increases form 5x/week to 6x/week.
Taipei – Seoul (ICN) effective January 11 increases from 9x/week to 11x/week.
Taipei – Seoul (ICN) effective January 21 increases from 11x/week to 14x/week.

 

LOT:

Warsaw – Kharkiv effective March 2 BEGINS 5x/week service.

Warsaw – Kosice effective March 29 BEGINS 6x/week service.

Warsaw – Palanga effective March 29 BEGINS 6x/week service.

 

LUFTHANSA:

Frankfurt – Nagoya effective March 27 decreases from 1x/day to 3x/week.

 

SAS:

Copenhagen – Miami effective September 28 BEGINS 3x/week service.

Oslo – Miami effective September 28 BEGINS 4x/week service.

 

SHENZHEN:

Nantong – Osaka effective December 10 BEGINS 2x/week service.

Shenzhen – Osaka effective January 31 increases from 4x/week to 1x/day.

Wuxi – Osaka effective January 2 increases from 2x/week to 5x/week.

 

SINGAPORE:

Singapore – Dusseldorf effective July 21 BEGINS 3x/week service.

 

THAI:

Bangkok – Frankfurt effective between April 29 and June 26 decreases from 13x/week to 11x/week.  13x/week resumes June 27.

 

TURKISH:

Istanbul – Washington DC effective July 12 increases from 7x/week to 10x/week.

Istanbul – Mauritius – Antananarivo effective December 15 BEGINS 3x/week service, increases to 4x/week on February 8.

Istanbul – Tokyo (NRT) effective December 27, 2015 is reduced from 11x/week to 9x/week, decreasing to 7x/week on March 1.

Istanbul – Zaporozhye effective December 28 BEGINS 4x/week service.

 

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68 Hour Strike Threat Looms

68 Hour Strike Threat Looms

In their latest antic, the union representing LH’s flight crews has called for a complete shut down of all flights for 68 hours between November 11 and November 13 (Wednesday thru Friday).

As a result of this lunacy, LH is seeking injunctive relief from German Courts and is asking that this potential walk out be ruled illegal.

This latest strike threat would basically shut down all of Lufthansa’s operations in Munich, Dusseldorf and Frankfurt.

My gut tells me that the courts will side with Lufthansa and ban the union from this extreme action.   It is unfortunate that German laws give far more power to the union than they do to the corporations that employ their membership.    The playing field is far from level.

I’ll provide updates once there is any clarity to the strike actions planned for during the next 3 days.

You can also keep track on Lufthansa’s dedicated strike update page.

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68 Hour Strike Threat Looms

LUFTHANSA Strike Update For November 10: All LONG-HAUL + Dusseldorf Targeted

The cabin crew union has announced their plans for work stoppages tomorrow, November 10, and they are clearly targeting long haul flights in Frankfurt and Munich as well as everything in Dusseldorf.

Specifically, ALL long haul flights scheduled to operate between 04:30a and 11:00p in Frankfurt, and between 05:00 and 23:59 in Munich are subject to cancellation.

In addition, ALL LH flights to and from Dusseldorf between 04:30a and 11:00p are subject to cancellations.

Typically LH is able to get at least a few flights operated thanks to managers and other qualified staff who volunteer to help work on the flights.

LH has yet to publish a detailed timetable for tomorrow but you can find the latest updates on their Strike Update webpage.

 

H/T:  FlyerTalk’s ‘NewbieRunner’


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