by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 23, 2014 | Airlines, Featured, Route Announcements, Star Alliance |
AEGEAN:
Corfu – Paris CDG effective April 19 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Corfu – Rome effective September 8 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Irakleion – Amsterdam effective April 21 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Irakleion – Copenhagen effective June 26 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Irakleion – Dole effective April 13 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Irakleion – Geneva effective June 12 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Irakleion – Istanbul (SAW) effective June 22 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Irakleion – London Gatwick effective June 21 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Irakleion – Metz effective April 13 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Irakleion – Milan Malpensa effective June 25 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Irakleion – Nantes effective April 16 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Irakleion – Prague effective June 9 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Irakleion – Rome effective June 13 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Irakleion – Stockholm effective June 26 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Irakleion – Stuttgart effective April 2 will BEGIN 1x/week service; 2x/week from June 16.
Irakleion – Toulouse effective April 13 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Rhodes – Amsterdam effective April 25 will BEGIN 1x/week service; 2x/week from June 10.
Rhodes – Geneva effective June 12 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Rhodes – Larnaca effective June 15 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Rhodes – Lyon effective April 12 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Rhodes – Stuttgart effective April 4 will BEGIN 1x/week service; 2x/week from June 17.
Rhodes – Tel Aviv effective May 3 will BEGIN 1x/week service; 2x/ week from May 28.
Rhodes – Vienna effective May 22 will BEGIN 1x/week service; 2x/week from June 2.
AIR CANADA:
Vancouver – Osaka effective May 1 will BEGIN 5x/week service (Operated by ROUGE).
AIR NEW ZEALAND:
Auckland – Los Angeles effective March 29 will increase from 14x/week to 17x/week; 18x/week from July 4-26.
Auckland – Singapore effective January 6 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
AUSTRIAN:
Vienna – Amman effective March 29 will increase from 6x/week to 1x/DAY.
Vienna – Baghdad effective January 2 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Vienna – Tehran effective March 29 will increase from 5x/week to 6x/week.
EGYPTAIR:
Cairo – Manchester effective October 26 is CANCELLED.
Cairo – New York (JFK) effective September 30 is reduced from 7x/week to 5x/week.
ETHIOPIAN:
Addis Ababa – Tel Aviv effective October 27 will increase from 1x/day to 2x/day.
LUFTHANSA:
Frankfurt – Lublin will CONTINUE as a year-round route. Previously was due to end October 26 (seasonal).
SHENZHEN:
Shenyang – Hong Kong effective September 29 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
SOUTH AFRICAN:
Johannesburg – Sishen effective September 29 will BEGIN 2x/day service (weekday only / SA Airlink).
THAI:
Bangkok – Dusseldorf: Planned launch of 4x/week service has been postponed indefinitely.
TURKISH:
Istanbul – Hannover effective October 26 will increase from 14x/week to 17x/week.
Istanbul – Kherson effective October 15 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Istanbul – Malta effective October 2 will increase from 5x/week to 1x/DAY.
Istanbul – Stuttgart effective December 2 will increase from 25x/week to 28x/week.
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by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 18, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa, Star Alliance |
At the risk of becoming the ‘Purveyor of Misinformation’, I wanted to provide the latest update from United as far as electronic processing of upgrades on Lufthansa is concerned.
A couple of weeks ago I stated that based upon my conversations with United’s Mileage Plus and Star Alliance Award teams, United and Lufthansa were moving to an electronic process for applying Global Premier Upgrades to qualifying Lufthansa flights. The information that they confirmed for me was that the launch date was set to be September 3 for the new process that allowed passengers to request the upgrade electronically (Click here for more details on how the process will ultimately work).
Well, September 3 has come and gone and we still do not have the electronic process in place. I had called UA a few times in that time span as I have been helping readers with their LH reservations/upgrades. Each time that I asked, the reply was that no new date has been announced.
Today, I called UA Mileage Plus to specifically ask about the program and Premier 1K line agent was nice enough to arrange a conversation with a Service Director who could provide more answers.
After a pleasant conversation that did not include any sugar coating, here is the latest information that has been provided by those directly dealing with the issue (loosely paraphrased from the United Service Director’s comments):
The problem apparently involves compatibility between United’s and Lufthansa’s ticketing systems. The original plan called for the airlines to use the existing upgrade platform designed for those upgrading with their United miles for travel on other Star Alliance partners. This was thought to be the path of least resistance and efficient since it’s already in place. However, the technology incompatibility comes with the software/server/platform not being able to recognize the GPU (Global Premier Upgrades) on credit to a given Mileage Plus account. The thought was that the platform could debit the GPU in the same manner as it would debit miles. This is the major bottleneck in the process as it stands now since they can’t seem to figure out how to using existing tools for the new process.
All of the Mileage Plus customer service reps have already received training and are ready to go. Unfortunately, all of us are just waiting on the IT departments to sort out their issues and flip the switch on this fantastic enhancement for LH passengers who utilize Mileage Plus.
As more info becomes available, I’ll pass it along. At this point there is no current target date for the process to be available.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 10, 2014 | Airlines, Featured, Route Announcements, Star Alliance |
AIR CANADA:
Vancouver – Beijing effective between November 2 and December 2 will be reduced from 1x/day to 6x/week.
Vancouver – Hong Kong effective between November 2 and December 1 will be reduced from 7x/week to 5x/week.
Vancouver – London (LHR) effective between November 5 and December 8 will be reduced from 7x/week to 6x/week.
Vancouver – Seoul Incheon effective between November 2 and November 30 will be reduced from 7x/week to 6x/week.
Vancouver – Shanghai effective between November 1 and November 30 will be reduced from 7x/week to 6x/week.
AIR CHINA:
Beijing – Vienna – Barcelona effective from Winter 14/15 will be reduced from 4x/week to 3x/week.
Shanghai – Milan effective from Winter 14/15 will be reduced from 1x/day to 5x/week.
Shanghai – Munich effective from Winter 14/15 will be reduced from 4x/week to 3x/week.
Shanghai – Paris (CDG) effective from Winter 14/15 will be reduced from 5x/week to 4x/week.
AVIANCA:
Quito – Lima – Santa Cruz effective September 1 BEGAN 1x/day service.
EVA:
Taipei- Macau effective between September 14 and October 19 will increase from 28x/week to 29x/week.
Taipei – Harbin effective December 18 will increase from 3x/week to 5x/week.
Taipei – Surabaya effective October 26 will increase from 2x/week to 3x/week.
SINGAPORE:
Singapore-Sapporo effective between December 13 and December 28 will increase from 2x/week to 3x/week.
SOUTH AFRICAN:
Cape Town – Windhoek effective October 6 will BEGIN 2x/day service. (SA Airlink operated).
THAI:
Bangkok – Delhi effective October 26 will increase from 12x/week to 14x/week.
Bangkok – Madrid effective January 12 will be reduced from 4x/week to 3x/week.
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