I think ( but I may be wrong)that the success of Luth on this program was base on Netjets ability to sell and charge Lufthansa point to point outside FFM, MUN, and COL ! Lufth demand explosed not on the initial idea of selling a Los Angeles Sion by flyinf Lufth L.A FFM then Netjets FFM Sion...in fact the business developped by doing point to point flight without using at all Lufth airplane but only Netjets capacity to deliver that kind of service and not charging Lufth for positionning flight...that s I believe is the beauty and unbeatable of the Netjets system. Now of course a little charter Company can be successfull but how to price a flight to Lufth from Larnaca to Gerez if this Company is base in Germany and have to ferry to Larnaca et ferry from Gerez to home... Lufth would want to pay only the revenue leg or the ticket price will rocket up and those Lufth customer will ask why with netjets it was lots cheaper....and I believe that Netjets anderstood this and back off, Lufth flight represent only 1% of the total flights of Netjets and they probably think that Lufth will not be able to match their pricing policy and get back their customer soon or later !
yes Virgin United and even AF have been looking at it but no one dare to start a similar program except United (after Netjets US refused United alliance demand) then United cancel everything after sept 11 and dive in chap 11 while Netjets was posting profit and double digit growth !!
Last edited by falconbis; 13th December 2007 at 11:04.