Lufthansa will wet-lease CRJ1000s from Irish carrier CityJet over the summer season, deploying the aircraft on the majority of its Ljubljana and Zagreb flights out of Frankfurt. The jets, which will be operated by CityJet crew, will enter into service on the Ljubljana and Zagreb routes on March 31. Throughout the duration of the 2024 summer season, which begins on March 31 and ends on October 27, Lufthansa will deploy the CityJet aircraft on a total of 420 rotations from Frankfurt to Ljubljana or around 66% of all its operations on the route, as well as on all its flights from the German city to the Croatian capital, although last minute equipment swaps remain possible.
Lufthansa is wet-leasing a total of five CityJet CRJ1000 aircraft, which have the capacity to seat 100 passengers. All of them will be stationed in Frankfurt. The aircraft have not been scheduled on any other of Lufthansa’s routes to the former Yugoslavia. CityJet currently has four CRJ1000s in its fleet, all of which are between eleven and thirteen years old. The Irish carrier is a capacity provider for SAS Scandinavian Airlines, operating eighteen CRJ900s on behalf of the carrier, while it also wet-leases equipment to Brussels Airlines. A wet-lease is a leasing arrangement whereby the lessor provides an aircraft, complete crew, maintenance and insurance to another airline.
Lufthansa has been forced to cut some 100 weekly flights from its schedule this summer as 64 aircraft in the Lufthansa Group are affected by engine issues by the Pratt & Whitney manufacturer on its Airbus fleet. Network reductions on its original plan have been made, to varying degrees, on select services to cities in the former Yugoslavia. Elsewhere, the German carrier will completely suspend operations from Frankfurt to Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara, Friedrichshafen, Linz, and Innsbruck, as well as from Munich to Leipzig. Lufthansa will have a total of 4.006 flights departing Frankfurt and Munich to cities in the former Yugoslavia this summer season, up 1.6% on the same period last year.
Capacity decrease on both. Zagreb should've had flights operated by A320 family and Ljubljana with Embraers
ReplyDeletePratt & Whitney has really messed up LH!
DeleteHow is this capacity decrease for LJU with a change from LH E190 (100 seats) to CRJ1000 (100 seats)?
DeleteIs it, though? CityJet CRJ1000s have a capacity of 100 whereas Lufthansa CityLine's CRJ900s (currently used) have a capacity of only 90
DeleteSo it's an increase in both capacity and frequency
For LJU CRJ1000 will replace E190 that was planned for summer 2024.
DeleteLufthansa flights to Ljubljana with CRJ900, so CRJ1000 is actually increqsing capacity. Thank god, as those flights are fully booked most of the time
DeleteIs this the airline that had Sukhois in its fleet once upon a time or did I mix something up?
ReplyDeleteCorrect
DeleteYes and that decision almost put them out of business.
DeleteI can still remember how many commenters here were cheerleading for this aircraft to join JU fleet.
We really dodged a canon ball here, not just a bullet.
^ it was quite the opposite. Most were against it.
DeleteSo when Brussels Airlines had Sukhois were those actually from City jet?
DeleteYes, I believe so
DeleteAdria was considering sukhoi as well.
DeleteThey also flew for LH in 2023
ReplyDeleteYes but with fewer aircraft
DeleteThey didn't completely replace mainline operations on some routes.
DeleteThey are still not completely replacing operations on any route.
DeleteOn FRA-ZAG they are in S24.
DeleteIs this the same CityJet that Nemjee used to say that were "happy" with SSJ100.
ReplyDeleteWell I remember Brussels was. Their CEO at the time said in some interview that their passengers love the SSJ100.
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DeleteWhat could the Brussels CEO say? That I made a terrible decision and now we are stuck with this albatross? 😄
Yes they were happy but that makes some unhappy
DeleteYes, they were so happy that they stopped them flying for them in less than two years!!!
DeleteIt's ok. Since it's Lufthansa they will probably be cheered for using wet leased planes.
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DeleteWith the only minor difference being that Lufthansa has some 300 aircraft. So having 10 wet lease jets is just a fraction of their fleet. Whereas some other carriers have up to a half of their fleet (in winter time) operated by wet leases. That's a HUGE difference.
DeleteIt’s not actually. It’s the same 10 airplanes.
DeleteCost efficiency wise the difference is huge. And no, it's not the same planes! How could the same planes be used by two different companies at the same time?!
DeleteAnyone flown with them before?
ReplyDeleteI mean CityJet
DeleteYes several times, but before pandemic with CRJ900 in full SAS livery. At that time quite new aircrafts with fresh cabin and very nice cabin crew. Definitely more enthusiastic crew than nowadays LH cabin crew.
DeleteI have also flown several times as SAS, both before and after the pandemic. It's a fully SAS branded product, so you don't notice the difference vs mainline SAS...except that the CityJet crew actually generally is a bit better.
DeleteWill they still offer business class or no?
ReplyDeleteYes, they have business class.
DeleteGreat so Cityjet to Frankfurt, Braathens to Vienna...
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean?
Deletehttps://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/02/austrian-to-deploy-atr72s-on-belgrade.html
DeleteOh yes, forgot about that
DeleteDid anyone booked on these formerly Lufthansa operated flights get any sort of notifications it will now be CityJet?
ReplyDeleteKod booking stoji :operated by City
Delete^ yes from two days ago. People have been booking tickets up until then.
DeleteAnd somehow some commentators on this blog keep on say only Air Serbia contracts external airlines to run their flights
ReplyDeleteThere is a difference when you have 20 aircrafts in fleet and wet lease 5, compared to Lufthansa which has 350.
DeleteNobody has ever said that "only Air Serbia contracts external airlines to run their flights"
DeleteSerbia has a pretty small population (6.6mil without Kosovo) and isn't a magnet for immigration so it's a lot harder to find pilots and cabin crew, considering the pretty large size of the flag carrier
Delete@Aussie you are making up things gosh
DeleteNobody said that only JU does that. I will remind you of the article on this website last year where it was shown that JU is the number one airline which has wet leased planes in Europe. That tells everything.
Delete10:54 Would you care to explain that difference??
Delete@13.09 that tells everything?
DeleteYes it tells everything. Tells that your comment was nonsense as it shows that its not only JU which operates wet leased planes and nobody said that, you are making that up.
Delete@15.53 its not number one, you share with Aussie making things up
Deletehttps://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/07/air-serbia-among-worlds-top-fifteen.html?m=1
@16:10 as a share of total flying it probably is.
DeleteThe other airlines have much, much larger operations than JU.
CityJet used to operate DUB-CDG on behalf of AF years ago. They used to take me to CDG to catch Jat Airways connecting flights to BEG. Never had an issue and crews were always nice. Have not flown them since though. This was back when they had Avro RJ85s in their fleet. Was always an interesting to fly a 4-engined regional jet.
ReplyDeleteCityJet have friendly crew compared to miserable LH trolley crew🙄
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DeleteThat’s true. I flew from Munich to Rijeka and return
DeleteFlying Lufthansa out of Zagreb used to be explained by some Zagreb fans as luxurious and prestigious experience. There is nothing prestigious in paying Lufthansa high ticket prices but flying with wet leased CityJet. If those wetleased flights get delayed, cancelled or have any other operational issues, it will be Lufthansa fault for picking CityJet.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the point of this comment. If the plane breaks down, Lufthansa will pay you compensation. It's standard. What's the problem?
Delete"If the plane breaks down, Lufthansa will pay you compensation."
DeleteAfter seven months and only if you threaten to sue.
What's the problem?
DeleteThat's the question you should be asking those same fans having issues with another airline in the region using wetleased planes.
@15;01
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Ko razume shvatiće.
What is less prestigious about flying a Lufthansa flight operated by CityJet? Have you flown CityJet? They are a long-term regional ACMI provider, so it's not like when some Airbus/Boeing ACMI airlines show up for short-term contracts and don't care. CityJet flies for SAS and basically _is_ SAS when flying regional jet. No difference in on-board product. They do the same service training as SAS crew. As I wrote in a comment higher up, I have actually on average had a bit better experiences with CityJet operated SAS flights than SAS mainline operated ones.
DeleteI don't have much admiration for Lufthansa, let alone CityJet. I was talking about lost souls who find prestige in flying LH brand from ZAG via FRA instead of their airport having direct connections to more airports by their flag carrier or LCCs. That "prestige" argument is now lost.
DeleteThose same ones also blame other flag carriers in the region using exactly the same approach as LH - certified ACMI operators to help on routes where current fleet is not available or not the best fit. Double standards. What will they say next next? Telling us that 9A-registered ACMI providers are of superior, prestigious quality compared to others?
Better than Marathon for sure lol
DeleteThe comment that "If the plane breaks down, Lufthansa will pay you compensation" completely misses the point. When I buy an air ticket, I don't want compensation -- I want to get from A to B. I also most definitely don't want to fill out forms, write emails, or deal with virtual chatbots. It would be different if they paid me right there on the spot -- here is your $xyz in cash or already deposited back to your method of payment. But no, they'll give you a form to fill out, then they'll mishandle your case, etc. As long as you have nothing better to do with your life than to chase around their stupid compensation, you will get it in the end. But this is not the goal of an air ticket purchase. By the time you receive your compensation, the whole experience is s**t a long, long time ago
DeleteAnonymous 20:40 Some of them didn't exist long enough to make that statement. I hope this never happens, but in case ETF or Trade pilot cause a human factor incident, those ACMI operator(s) would be responsbile, not the airline that contracted them for wet lease. That would change perceptions.
DeleteWhat are you on about??Everyone is constantly whining about both LH and OU being an LH feeder. Lufthansa hasn't been prestige since..well the last century actually.
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