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Old 26th Aug 2008, 20:40
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Lufthansa heads for Winter hibernation

I've just been trying to book some BRS-FRA flights on LH in November, and come across a rather dramatic reduction in service.

By the looks of things, the Winter plan is:
M/T/W/Th - 3 rotations
F - 1.5 rotations (LH4965 / 4962 / 4963) - no midday rotation, only one early evening flight FRA-BRS
Sa - no flights
Su - 0.5 rotation (LH4964) - one early evening FRA-BRS (presumably as crew/aircraft positioning for BRS-FRA on Monday morning)

That's not a good indication, and so relatively soon in the route's life.

The Friday reductions are really going to hurt, with the only FRA-BRS flight leaving at 17:35. The later morning departures from BRS (at 07:00) mean losing some connections at FRA too.

By the looks of things, this is cutting back on the amount of crew overnights in Bristol (no overnighting on Friday or Saturday, and only one crew overnighting on Sunday), as well as cutting back on 6 rotations a week).

I know things are tough out there, but I would have thought the route needed more than 6 months to bed in?

Didn't BRS-DUS launch just at the beginning of an economic downturn, and not last long? Let's hope this won't be a repeat event....
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