Aegean : l'ultima compagnia "caduta" nella rete di LH!

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An extensive strategic cooperation was announced by Aegean Airlines and Lufthansa today in Athens.

With the commencement of the winter schedule on October 30 2005, Aegean Airlines intend to become a Partner of Lufthansa. The two airlines will offer code-sharing flights within their networks, i.e. flights of both airlines can then be combined and booked via worldwide reservation systems and issued on one ticket either by Lufthansa or Aegean.

Aegean and Lufthansa passengers as well as partners in the travel industry will benefit from the new agreement. Both airlines will offer them worldwide transfer connections which are coordinated with each other, thus making traveling for their clients as convenient as possible, following the philosophy of seamless travel. The cooperation will also contribute to an improvement in travel comfort in several other areas, such as through check-in facilities for passengers and baggage, lounge access and collection and redemption of miles on flights of both partner airlines.

"Aegean is recognized as a strong regional player by one of the leaders in the global aviation industry. We are glad to become a Partner of Lufthansa in Greece and offer our passengers access to destinations worldwide through the network of Lufthansa", added Mr. Th. Vassilakis, Chairman and Managing Director of Aegean Airlines.

Aegean�s passengers will have improved access to the Lufthansa network and will be better served with improved offers and connections via Germany to 177 worldwide destinations in 73 countries. Such access will be possible via travel agents but also via call centers of Aegean Airlines and Lufthansa and at a later stage through the internet-sites of both partners. Naturally those code-share flights will also be beneficial to travelers from abroad, e.g. from the United States and Canada, as they will be able to reach mainland Greece and the islands conveniently through the partners� networks.

"The first targets will be the adjustments of the timetables and the offer of excellent worldwide connections in order to better serve our customers. We are especially fortunate that through the new cooperation we connect Northern Greece again with our global network", Mr. J. Steinbach, Vice President Sales & Services Southeast Europe, Africa and Middle East, stated at the press conference today.

The code-share services will initially include all Aegean and Lufthansa flights between Greece and Germany but also other selected flights within Hellas and beyond the Federal Republic of Germany. The latter ones will be determined in the coming months.

Aegean Airlines is the most dynamic airline in Greece growing at an average of 20% per year during the past five years. Aegean is the first Greek airline to offer electronic tickets to the market and the only one to be internationally awarded by ERA with the Airline of the Year gold award. Aegean offers flights to 14 Greek destinations and 12 other European destinations, which also include Munich, Frankfurt, Duesseldorf and Stuttgart.

Lufthansa German Airlines serves Greece since 46 years. Today the leading international carrier in passenger numbers offers 6 daily flights from Athens to Frankfurt and Munich, connecting to 177 Lufthansa destinations worldwide and further on to another 795 cities within the global Star Alliance network



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Poco alla volta , tra acquisizioni e alleanze varie , LH si sta rinforzando sempre di più in Europa. Direi cmq ottima la scelta tedesca di A3.

P.S.
Ho come l'impressione che Aegean sarà in Grecia quello che Air One è in Italia. Ovvero una compagnia alternativa ai 2 vettori nazionali (AZ e OA) e che hanno un network prevalentemente domestico (sia A3 che AP). Potrebbe LH con A3 avere una strategia simile a quella che ha con AP.

Guarda caso poi , A3 e AP sono anche alleate tra loro e infatti hanno il c/s sui voli da LIN e FCO ad ATH e hanno anche degli accordi commerciali per delle prosecuzioni per PMO , GOA , VCE e TRN via FCO (voli AP con codice anche di A3)

[I-TIGI]

Mai nulla al caso, in LH hanno le idde molto ma molto chiare per come diventale il gruppo europeo piu' grande, presto vedremo altre acquisizioni specialmente quelle compagnie "partners of Lufthansa".

[SkySurfer]

Vogliamo fare un piccolo riassunto "europeo" delle compagnie nell'orbita di LH&Star Alliance ?

PENISOLA IBERICA : Spanair, Tap-Air Portugal.

ITALIA : Air One, Air Dolomiti.

BENELUX : Luxair, Denim Air (Swiss partner).

UK&IRLANDA : bmi, bmiBaby.

GERMANIA : Lufthansa, Lufthansa CityLine, Eurowings, Contact Air, Augsburg Airways, Germanwings, Cirrus Airlines.

SVIZZERA&AUSTRIA : Swiss, Austrian, Austrian Arrows, Lauda Air NG.

SCANDINAVIA : Sas, Sas Braathens, Wideroe, Blue1, Cimber Air, Maersk.

PAESI BALTICI ed Ex-URSS : Estonian Air, AirBaltic, Ukraine International.

EUROPA CENTRALE : Lot, EuroLot, Centralwings, Slovak Airlines e forte interesse per Malev.

BALCANI : Adria Airways, Croatia Airlines, MAT-Macedonian e forte interesse per Bulgaria Air, accordi con Carpatair.

GRECIA : Aegean Airlines.

Spero di non aver dimenticato nessuno !