I can’t say that T’Way Air has been on my radar much up until now, but I suddenly have the urge to fly with the South Korean low cost carrier
Continue reading: T’Way Air Acquiring Boeing 777s… With First Class?!
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FYI, T’way is suffering from operational issues with their A330s deployed to Europe route and many flights got cancelled or delayed significantly.
Now they try to improve operational reliability with 77Ws and Korean Air will also provide pilots, crews and engineers to enable T’way to operate these jets.
Now I'm wondering how profitable this is gonna be, given that T'way sells cheaper tickets than legacy carriers yet those 777s are configured quite premium-heavy and thus low-density.
Their A330-300 operation has been a mess. One time, an A330 flight to Japan (I forgot which city was it) has been delayed for 10+ hours and some passengers even fainted during the wait. Meanwhile A330-200s seem to be okay, and those are also flown by Korean Air pilots.
Additionally, T'way recently ordered 20 A330-900s.
Agree with what's already been said -- this won't be profitable. But while it lasts will be a fun way to get the CX F seat for pennies on the dollar so count me in 😉
and will fly daily as of next summer.
In addition flights to Barcelona, Paris, Rom und Zagreb are already underway since summer 2024. In summer 2025 it will start service to Vancouver.
Ben, T'Way is already flying to those destinations in Europe and the recent article from Aero routes is about future increases.
The A330-200 the airline flies to Europe have fully flat business class seats. These are different from the A330-300 they fly within Asia and to Australia.
Interesting, if KE is providing planes and crews.
Is T'Way their next M&A target?
T’way’s A330 business class hard product is essentially better than the majority of Emirates’ 777 business class! That says something!… 😉
No way this lasts. Korean airlines are in fierce low cost competition with one another because there are too many of them, resulting in them opening new routes to try and gain an advantage. Eventually the competition will shake out and so will the bargain prices that are a byproduct of it.
Are there plans for the airline to fly to the US? Seems like it would be more profitable than Europe for many reasons.
My guess is that the few first class seats will be used exclusively for frequent flyer reward upgrades within the airline.