Accordo fra Lufthansa Group e Cathay Pacific

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Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific and the Lufthansa Group today signed an agreement covering codeshare services and FFPs (frequent flyer programmes).

The agreement takes effect from April 27. In Europe it will involve Lufthansa mainline along with Swiss and Austrian Airlines. (Note: Brussels Airlines is not included).

There are two main advantages:

Travellers departing Lufthansa Group hubs such as Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich and Vienna will make easier transfers at Hong Kong for selected Cathay Pacific destinations in Asia and Australasia. In particular the latter (not served directly by the Lufthansa Group) is popular and extends to Sydney, Melbourne, Cairns and Auckland.
Cathay Pacific travellers departing Asia and Australasia gain easier access to 14 different destinations in Europe using Lufthansa Group carriers in addition to its (Cathay Pacific’s) existing destinations of Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Zurich.
Ivan Chu, COO of Cathay Pacific said:

“This new codeshare agreement will offer our passengers enhanced connectivity to destinations in continental Europe.”

Says Carsten Spohr, CEO of the Lufthansa Group:

“Cathay Pacific and the Lufthansa Group are forming a ground-breaking partnership. It strengthens our global network of strategic partnerships and further improves our airlines’ offering on Asian routes in the interests of our passengers. It supplants existing commercial joint ventures with All Nippon Airways [ANA of Japan], Singapore Airlines (SIA), Air China and other Star Alliance partners in Asia.”

All these airlines have agreed to cooperate in order to better compete with the Gulf carriers.

Additionally Cathay Pacific is threatened by several airlines in mainland China who are gradually expanding their global networks and with whom (because of their cost structures) Cathay Pacific simply cannot compete on price. And the latter is one reason why Cathay Pacific is poised to retrofit its B777s with ten-across seating in economy class.

For example, Hong Kong-based travellers can now access Europe via Shanghai, Beijing and the Gulf, in addition to the traditional routings offered by Cathay Pacific and the European airlines.

One suspects that the competition has become so fierce that Oneworld’s Cathay Pacific has little choice but to cooperate with these rival (non Gulf-based) Star Alliance airlines.

But there will be many conflicts of interest. This is why the cooperation agreement does not extend to every destination on these carriers’ networks.

One wonders what Singapore Airlines or Air New Zealand will be thinking at present. Until now the Lufthansa Group has relied on Singapore’s national airline and ANZ to convey their passengers between Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

It is true that SIA offers more Australasian destinations than any other but this new JV will still represent competition.


https://www.businesstraveller.com/busin ... cooperate/

[FlyCX]

Accordo che definirei storico: le compagnie OW sono sempre state "flex" nella scelta degli alleati, ma questa è una grossa novità per il mondo Star Alliance.

[KittyHawk]

Accordo che definirei storico: le compagnie OW sono sempre state "flex" nella scelta degli alleati, ma questa è una grossa novità per il mondo Star Alliance.

LH si è sempre fatta gli affari suoi. Ai tempi di LH Italia andò ad aprire sul Portogallo da MXP, in concorrenza con TAP. Evidentemente Cathay offre dei vantaggi rispetto alle altre cinesi di SA.

[FlyCX]

LH si è sempre fatta gli affari suoi. Ai tempi di LH Italia andò ad aprire sul Portogallo da MXP, in concorrenza con TAP. Evidentemente Cathay offre dei vantaggi rispetto alle altre cinesi di SA.

In realtà lo "schiaffo" è a Singapore in primis ed in modo piu' marginale ad Air New Zealand, perchè le prosecuzioni per l'Oceania le facevano con loro, ma erano poche e care. Finora l'offerta non era concorrenziale.
Metterei nella lista anche Thai che è Star ed è stata sempre snobbata.

[spanna]

il business del trasporto aereo e' un oligopolio, e purtroppo la tendenza a trasformarlo in un cartello e' evidente. Meno concorrenza, piu' utili per tutti.

[robix]

LH, fondatrice di Star Alliance, fa accordi con EY ed ora con CX: altro che tedeschi "rigidi", direi che sono "superflessibili" (e che pensano soltanto ai loro interessi, come sempre del resto in tutti i settori).

[Valery75]

Lufthansa ha stipulato un accordo anche con Oman Air

Under the new agreement starting 26th March 2017, guests on Oman Air can connect to 59 destinations across Europe and North America from Lufthansa’s Frankfurt and Munich hubs on an interline basis.
At the same time, Lufthansa will codeshare with Oman Air on Oman Air operated services from both Frankfurt and Munich to Muscat....

.....Oman Air will be moving terminals in Frankfurt to the Lufthansa operated terminals in Frankfurt terminal 1 and Munich terminal 2.
Oman Air will also be re-timing its current services to Frankfurt to arrive and depart Frankfurt during the morning to facilitate connections in Frankfurt to Europe and North America in under three hours.
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http://www.omanair.com/en/about-us/pres ... uests-with

[Valery75]

Lufthansa potrebbe stipulare un accordo anche con Iran Air, mentre non sono previsti ulteriori accordi con Etihad.

Lufthansa in talks with Iran Air over catering, maintenance deals

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Lufthansa Group subsidiaries LSG Sky Chefs, Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Pilot Training are seeking the contracts with Iran Air whilst the group is also in talks to provide services to other Iranian aviation firms, Zang said.

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"We are talking with Iran Air because their new aircraft are coming. They need training, of course, and we have the experience in all of these fields but we can't give timelines,"

Last year the group axed plans for its budget carrier Eurowings to launch a service to Tehran after deciding the demand was not there, although its other airlines Lufthansa, Austrian and Swiss already fly to Iran.

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.............a ban on taking electronic devices into aircraft cabins on direct flights to the United States from the Middle East had not brought more inbound passengers to the German carrier.

Emirates said on Tuesday bookings to Iran and the Indian Subcontinent had slowed since the first travel ban in January.

Birlenbach also said Lufthansa has no plans at present to expand a limited agreement to share route codes with Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways to include more destinations or to develop a revenue-sharing partnership.

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http://uk.reuters.com/article/lufthansa ... KL8N1HR26N

[Valery75]

Anche joint venture con United sul cargo:

Lufthansa, United sign cargo joint venture to boost networks

The air freight divisions of Lufthansa and United said they have agreed a joint venture on routes between Europe and the United States to help their respective networks.

Lufthansa Cargo already has a joint venture with Japan's ANA and has said it wanted more partnerships to help bolster its cargo business.

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http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/19/reuters- ... works.html