by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 27, 2012 | Airlines |
Lufthansa subsidiary germanwings today launched a fare sale until midnight(CET) on Sunday, 30 October. Fares start as low as €29.99/one way and range to €49.99/one way based on city pairs. germanwings has made 1 MILLION tickets available for this fare sale. According to the terms/conditions these fares are eligible to earn miles as well.
As stated, tickets must be purchased by this Sunday and the fares are valid for travel between 28 October and 30 March, 2013. This also means that anyone booking a ticket for travel beginning 1 January will be flying Lufthansa’s newly organized Low Cost Carrier as germanwings will become part of the new subsidiary at that point.
For more information on this fare sale, please visit germanwings’ fare sale webpage.
Here are a few sample fares from germanwings.com:
From €29.99/one way:
From €39.99/one way:
From €49.99/one way:
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 19, 2012 | Airlines |
Being reported by Reuters today, Lufthansa will finally consolidate Regional and European operations into a new Low Cost Carrier (LCC) next year. The decision was made in a Supervisory Board meeting held Wednesday in Germany. The move is designed to create a better competitive environment for itself as it faces competition from LCC airlines such as EasyJet and Ryanair.
The plan calls for the new airline to operate all flights (currently through Lufthansa Regional and Eurowings) within Germany and Europe that do not serve Frankfurt and Munich. In addition, Lufthansa’s existing LCC, Germanwings, will be merged into the new airline. This consolidation should lead to operational efficiencies since Lufthansa will only be dealing with one LCC within the airline group.
I really do like this move as it finally takes the various components of Lufthansa’s Regional, Eurowings and Germanwings operations and combines it into one division and more importantly under one brand.
A name has not yet been selected, but an announcement is expected to take place in the coming months. The “new” LCC will operate approximately 90 aircraft and expects to carry 18 million passengers annually.
‘Direct-4-You’ has been used internally as a “code name” for the project primarily because Germanwings’ IATA airline code is 4U. The name has actually grown on me and actually does make marketing sense. But we’ll see what the folks in Frankfurt decide….
The plan calls for the newly organized LCC to begin operations on January 1, 2013.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 15, 2012 | Airlines |
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.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 23, 2012 | Airlines |
germanwings (an lcc unit of Lufthansa Group) is currently running a fare promotion that adds just a bit of mystery and surprise to your travel plans.
How it works: You tell germanwings the kind of travel theme that you are interested in booking and they provide a list of potential destinations that you could be booked to. You don’t find out where you are going until after you book your ticket, hence the surprise. You do have some control however in that you can de-select cities from the pre-fixed menu of destinations.
First you pick your departure airport and the kind of travel theme you are interested in:
The next step is to select or deselect the cities that are potential destinations (there is a €5 fee for each airport you deselect):
From there you select your seats (keep in mind there is a surcharge to choose your seat at booking) at which point you are then taken to the billing page.
After you enter your payment details, you’ll finally find out where you are going!
The various travel themes have several cities that overlap. For example Berlin comes up for Shopping, Party and Metropolis Western Europe themes so you may see the same cities come up under different themes. I suspect that you can party, shop and take in a large European city by simply visiting Berlin.
Where I see this fare promotion being attractive is when you simply can’t decide where to go and you’ve narrowed it down to at least several cities, letting the airline make the decision for you in this case may actually be a good idea! 🙂
If you are off to Europe this summer you may want to consider adding an excursion like this within your trip. It may expose you to a city you had never thought of visiting!
To learn more about the options that are available from germanwing’s Blind Booking fare deals please visit their website.
Lufthansa subsidiary germanwings today launched a fare sale until midnight(CET) on Sunday, 30 October. Fares start as low as €29.99/one way and range to €49.99/one way based on city pairs. germanwings has made 1 MILLION tickets available for this fare sale. According to the terms/conditions these fares are eligible to earn miles as well.
