DEUTSCHE BA HAS announced a major restructuring, which will see the fast- growing, but loss-making, British Airways subsidiary withdraw from unprofitable international routes and expand its domestic network.
The move follows the carrier's decision to sell its turboprop operation to France's Regional Airlines, dispose of its five Fokker 100s and standardise on its fleet of leased Boeing 737-300s (Flight International, 16-22 October, P5).
The airline will cease flying from Munich to Paris and Madrid, and from Berlin to Oslo, from the end of October, claiming that it is "-unable to compete effectively on these routes against entrenched and, in the case of France and Spain, subsidised, national carriers". The resulting capacity will be used to raise domestic frequencies.
Source: Flight International
