South Korean low cost carrier T’way Air plans to commence flights between Seoul and Zagreb this coming summer season, with the outbound service to operate with a stop in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, while the inbound flights will run nonstop back to Seoul. Based on its preliminary schedule, the airline will commence the year-round service to Zagreb on July 2 with one weekly rotation. The carrier has opted to make the stop in Kyrgyzstan as the 347-seat Airbus A330-300 aircraft it plans to deploy on the route may have difficulty reaching the Croatian capital due to the avoidance of Russian airspace and other war zones. The carrier says it can operate nonstop on the return leg due to westerly winds which reduce fuel burn.
The airline is unlikely to sell tickets from Bishkek to Zagreb, with the technical stop in Kyrgyzstan to last just an hour. T'way Air has filed a preliminary schedule which can be viewed exclusively here. The carrier plans to commence sales shortly once it is granted all necessary regulatory approval. However, changes remain possible. If the flights go ahead as planned, it will mark the first time Zagreb has been linked to Seoul with a scheduled service since Korean Air operated its last rotation on the seasonal route in November 2019, after which flights never resumed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2019, Korean Air handled 39.763 passengers on the route.
T'Way Air is transitioning into a hybrid carrier and is set to expand its network significantly in the coming months and years. Due to the planned merger between Korean Air and Asiana, T’Way Air is expected to be granted rights to operate a handful of European routes to alleviate European Union competition concerns as a result of the mega-merger. The carrier’s A330-300 aircraft have twelve seats in business class and 335 in economy. Passengers flying economy can check-in ten kilograms of luggage while business class travellers can bring with them two pieces of luggage weighing ten kilograms each. All other services, in both business and economy, are available for a fee, including meals and drinks, while there is no on board entertainment or other amenities.
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| T'Way Air A330-300 business class |
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| T'Way Air A330-300 economy class |
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So, apart from the seats, their "business class" is even worse than economy class of legacy carriers in long haul
Plus having crew for a whole week on paid duty in ZAG and paying single rooms in hotels for them all. I can just imagine the fixed costs, and have no idea how this can work out for them.
One really need to first read, and than at least try to understand what was written, before commenting, because I gave an option, and explained what could happen if the plane is 2 hours in ZAG. Let me make a drawing now : One of the crews which are in Bishkek, will come DHC via IST or DXB to ZAG the day before, to fly the plane nonstop back to Seoul the next day. The crew which took over in Bishkek and came to ZAG, will either stay on board and fly DHC to ICN (more likely, as after duty home heading DHC is not counted in duty time), or stay in ZAG one day, and return to Bishkek DHC, to operate one of flights to ICN from there (less likely). And, conclusion : I don't mind if somebody is stupid, or has no clue how aviation functions, and therefore make mistake. It's acceptable. But I do mind when such a people pretend to be clever, right, and perfect and spit on people who have 30 years experience in aviation. But as people who closely follow this blog already know the guy commencing his posts with "pozdrav" is either sick and obsessed with me, or has bot duty to belittle everything I say for obvious reasons, then I will refrain from any further comments.
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