Originally Posted by
virginblue
I have long wondered what the story behind the NCL-DUS route is. It has existed for something like 25 years, first served by Gill, later by Eurowings Mk. I and now by Eurowings Mk. II. It is one of the very few destinations served by the Lufthansa group not from FRA or MUC, but only from a non-hub airport (I know this will change in 2020). What exactly is the target group of the route? Industry that I am not aware of?
Often wondered that myself. My mam had to go to Essen in the late 60's and flew on 'an old propeller plane' from Newcastle to Duesseldorf, so the route was operating back then.
Edited to add: It's not so much the link to Duesseldorf that's interesting (it's the major airport for the Rhine-Ruhr conurbation as well as the picturesque Rhineland region) but the lack of a service to Frankfurt.