When the Lufthansa Group Supervisory Committee meets next Wednesday, there may be discussions and proposals surrounding the launch of a new low cost carrier (LCC) from the airline. Currently “germanwings” is considered the unofficial ‘LCC’ of Lufthansa but there have been conversations that have come and gone over the last year or so that may finally lead to an “official” LCC brand within the Lufthansa Group.
According to the story that I first saw on Reuters this morning, no decisions are expected during the meeting but we may learn about a blue print that may be in development.
Back in April I had originally written about plans for “Direct 4 You” which involved the potential of Lufthansa converting “germanwings” and “Eurowings” into a new LCC. Eurowings is a subsidiary within Lufthansa’s Regional Division.
At a time when Lufthansa sees continued pressure from LCC’s on intra-european routes, it may be coming close to deciding on how it will compete effectively for that space in the European market.
@carl – they promised (AFAIK) that they would not hire temp agency cabin crew. with the LCC they will be LH group employees, but most likely on a different contract than the mainline carrier. Its what OS just went through in order to re-tool OS’ finances.
Didn’t LH just promise the flight attendant union that they were not going to do that?
Agreed, but they should clean it up and streamline it into one operation (or at least present it as a unified division). I can’t imagine the cost structure is very efficient they way it is now……all in the name of SCORE I suppose. Maybe Direct 4 You (if that name sticks) will help rebrand it effectively (finally!).
The Journos don’t get it… Just like AF(transavia) and AY(smartlynx) LH is looking to operate their regional A32S feeder network with low wage staff and not mainline crews. The E19x and CJ7/9 is already operated that way. No new LCC :rolleyes: