A turn around plan can also be positive. New aircraft, new routes, extra impulses, etc.dev7 wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 12:27 Of course the headlines are focused on the Eurowings integration being called off, but at the same time a 'turn around plan' has been announced for Q3.
This timing is very likely a tactical move to avoid industrial action during the Summer season, in which case I'm sure the plan won't be to the liking of the personnel and unions.
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Thanks! If you mean this article:jan_olieslagers wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 12:23Partly, perhaps. But I'm sure the powerful influencers at luchtz^h^h^h^h^h aviation24.be contributed at least as much!Would this wise decision not be partly due to the efforts and good work of the German CEO Christina Foerster?
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/luft ... f-its-ceo/
I can agree with you. I had a meeting with the Vice President Communication of Brussels Airlines shortly after writing the article, and I can tell you that she listened with attention. She is German and she came to Brussels Airlines from Lufthansa.
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Why not announce that already then?Boeing767copilot wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 12:30A turn around plan can also be positive. New aircraft, new routes, extra impulses, etc.dev7 wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 12:27 Of course the headlines are focused on the Eurowings integration being called off, but at the same time a 'turn around plan' has been announced for Q3.
This timing is very likely a tactical move to avoid industrial action during the Summer season, in which case I'm sure the plan won't be to the liking of the personnel and unions.
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Why oh why thede childish remarks?jan_olieslagers wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 12:23Partly, perhaps. But I'm sure the powerful influencers at luchtz^h^h^h^h^h aviation24.be contributed at least as much!Would this wise decision not be partly due to the efforts and good work of the German CEO Christina Foerster?
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It seems fairly logical to me to shift (a part of) the leisure flying and p2p heavy destinations to EW.PttU wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 12:15Not to be the party-pooper that brings rain on this sunny day, but...Boeing767copilot wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 10:47 LUFTHANSA announces a re-orientation of Brussels Airlines: closer alignment with Network Airlines; integration into Eurowings will not be further pursued.
The best news ever.![]()
What if "Brussels Airlines" will indeed remain for the long haul flights, but Eurowings will take over some European Flights, gradually increasing it's foothold at BRU, slowly phasing out the destinations, crew and aircraft of SN?
What if Eurowings for instance takes over the flights to and from HAM, TXL,... as Eurowings has a strong German base?
What if Eurowings takes over the flights to Heraklion, Marsa Alam, or other ex-TC-destinations, as those are clearly point-to-point? SN can still codeshare on these flights, but it would still match with "focus on A320" and point-to-point, and add some brand recognition for Eurowings in Brussels.
That way "closer alignment with Network Airlines; integration into Eurowings will not be further pursued." remains valid, but not necessarily good news for the long term.
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I think that bringing *all* short haul flights still under EW would bring us back to the issue we have now (rather complicated operations for EW), plus you downgrade the service on some routes with lots of frequent travellers (TXL, HAM). There are quite some connecting passengers here .PttU wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 12:15 What if Eurowings for instance takes over the flights to and from HAM, TXL,... as Eurowings has a strong German base?
What if Eurowings takes over the flights to Heraklion, Marsa Alam, or other ex-TC-destinations, as those are clearly point-to-point? SN can still codeshare on these flights, but it would still match with "focus on A320" and point-to-point, and add some brand recognition for Eurowings in Brussels.
This is contrary to what LH seems to say today; focus more on the point to point in the home markets, and allign SN more with Network carriers.
What I can see happen though, are indeed the 100% tourism flights indeed becoming EW. I see some sense in that.
Even though, the Eurowings Short Haul presentation of today completely omits Belgium in this respect, so here again I don't think it is what they have in mind (at the moment, maybe they change their mind again).
Now, maybe thinking about the costs (and where to cut) at SN maybe isn't a bad idea either. There are quite some old gas guzzlers buzzing around, sadly.
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Green union LBC - CNE: "The identity and the specificity of Brussels Airlines are recognized by the LH group mangagement. Brussels Airlines will look for optimizations and savings and look at synergies within the Lufthansa Group.
We will be a regular airline carrier again: still fighting low cost and optimize our Long-Haul network."
We will be a regular airline carrier again: still fighting low cost and optimize our Long-Haul network."
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When going through the Capital Markets Day presentations (https://investor-relations.lufthansagro ... ations.pdf, no visual sign of Brussels, so anything is still possible ...PttU wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 12:15Not to be the party-pooper that brings rain on this sunny day, but...Boeing767copilot wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 10:47 LUFTHANSA announces a re-orientation of Brussels Airlines: closer alignment with Network Airlines; integration into Eurowings will not be further pursued.
The best news ever.![]()
What if "Brussels Airlines" will indeed remain for the long haul flights, but Eurowings will take over some European Flights, gradually increasing it's foothold at BRU, slowly phasing out the destinations, crew and aircraft of SN?
What if Eurowings for instance takes over the flights to and from HAM, TXL,... as Eurowings has a strong German base?
What if Eurowings takes over the flights to Heraklion, Marsa Alam, or other ex-TC-destinations, as those are clearly point-to-point? SN can still codeshare on these flights, but it would still match with "focus on A320" and point-to-point, and add some brand recognition for Eurowings in Brussels.
That way "closer alignment with Network Airlines; integration into Eurowings will not be further pursued." remains valid, but not necessarily good news for the long term.
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I foresee more sn flights transferred to Cityjet to cut expenses!
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The slide is about Longhaul...
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The page of the presentation above is;
Longhaul of EW today (so BRU is in a different colour, as today SN is a separate part of EW)
and it litterally says it will be realigned and not integrated in EW
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I think we will know more at the end of Q3 with the turn around plan. Let's see what's in store.
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I don't think we'll have to wait that long. Brussels Airlines nv/sa allways publishes its annual account (jaarrekening/comptes annuels) in the second part of June. The 2018 result is already known to Lufthansa, so within a few days we'll know more or less what Lufthansa means with "turnaround plan for Brussels Airlines".theeuropean wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 14:04 I think we will know more at the end of Q3 with the turn around plan. Let's see what's in store.
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Why would they disclose their future strategy in their statutory accounts?Passenger wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 14:11I don't think we'll have to wait that long. Brussels Airlines nv/sa allways publishes its annual account (jaarrekening/comptes annuels) in the second part of June. The 2018 result is already known to Lufthansa, so within a few days we'll know more or less what Lufthansa means with "turnaround plan for Brussels Airlines".theeuropean wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 14:04 I think we will know more at the end of Q3 with the turn around plan. Let's see what's in store.
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I didn't say they will disclose theor future strategy. I only said: "...so within a few days we'll know more or less what Lufthansa means with "turnaround plan for Brussels Airlines"...dev7 wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 14:54Why would they disclose their future strategy in their statutory accounts?Passenger wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 14:11I don't think we'll have to wait that long. Brussels Airlines nv/sa allways publishes its annual account (jaarrekening/comptes annuels) in the second part of June. The 2018 result is already known to Lufthansa, so within a few days we'll know more or less what Lufthansa means with "turnaround plan for Brussels Airlines".theeuropean wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 14:04 I think we will know more at the end of Q3 with the turn around plan. Let's see what's in store.
Their annual account is much more then just figures. They explain why a result is very good or very bad. Example: the loss from the refused insurance payout for the 22/03/2016 attacks was in the 2017 account.