NEWS FLASH
Low cost carrier Eurowings will discontinue its service between Dusseldorf and Zagreb next month. The final service between the two cities is scheduled for January 7, after which flights will be terminated. Initially, the carrier planned to end operations on the route on March 27 of next year but has now brought forward the date. During the summer of 2024 the route was maintained two and three times per week, depending on the month. No other airline operates between the two cities. Changes remain possible.
It's because of Ljubljana isn't it
ReplyDeleteRyanair NRN route has taken toll on DUS route.
DeleteEurowings has started and terminated flights from DUS to ZAG many times. I remember when they stopped flying the route when they got rid of their Dash aircraft from the fleet. Then they started it again, then they cancelled winter flights, then they increased frequencies in the summer etc etc.
DeleteRyanair flies to Weeze year-round and is much more reliable and hugely cheaper. Plus, most of the Croatian diaspora is in Cologne and Eurowings continues to fly there. So this decision is not a surprise.
Hopefully it works out in LJU
ReplyDeleteJudging by the prices LJU route is doing fabulous
DeleteThey will go to 5x next year if sales go like they are right now. No one was expecting the sales, so Eurowings is seriously thinking about stationing an A319 in summer, using it for Germany and Spain flights
DeleteThe prices were high from the moment it went on sale. So it does not reflect actual demand.
DeleteAnn 10:45 - not true
DeletePrices for all Lju flights were set at 40€ (and still are). You can see that some flights are going for 140€
Yes, I bought one way ticket for 39,90.
DeleteMy friend's uncle, a pastor who lives there, bought a return ticket for 90 when it went on sale
DeleteHe'd be paying close to 200 by now lol
I really cannot imagine how there could possibly be more demand from/to LJU compared to ZAG for this route. Smaller catchment area, less gastos, less tourist potential, less significant airport, closer to Germany etc. (not meant badly) except maybe: EW made a deal w special (larger) discounts w Fraport for LJU...
DeleteZagreb has flights to Cologne, Weeze, Hahn, Frankfurt and Eindhoven. All of these can be reached by car from the areas where gastos live in Nord-Rhein Westphalia.
DeleteLjubljana only has flights to Frankfurt.
Too much capacity to Germany
DeleteI can't say I am ok with this. However Germany is really not doing well right now and Croatian gastos are the fist to be affected by inflation. Industrial activity in Germany declined last month again. This year it declined by 5% which is a lot for the economy of their size.
ReplyDeleteMay I ask for the source of the 5% number?
DeleteThe European Commission's Autumn Forecast projects in 2024 a 0.1% GDP contraction is in Germany. This is from EC, now we wait for the source for 5%.
DeleteNo problem.
Delete"On the year, industrial production is down by almost 5%. The drop was driven by all sectors."
https://think.ing.com/snaps/german-industrial-production-sep24/#:~:text=German%20industrial%20production%20fell%20by,was%20driven%20by%20all%20sectors.
Even a 5% drop in industrial output is pretty meaningless for Germany because the German economy is 70% service-sector based. Industry is less than 30%.
DeleteShouldn't you say thank you for the guy providing you with the source?
DeleteDo you think every Anonymous comment is from the same person?
DeleteYes.
DeleteA 5% drop for the size of German economy is crazy a lot.