Ltu Airlines

[nohave]

LTU Airlines. Had never heard of them prior to seeing their planes at Swampypool. Anyone flown with them? They often advertise good deals to Europe and I may consider them...

Cheers

[LaoPo]

LTU Airlines. Had never heard of them prior to seeing their planes at Swampypool. Anyone flown with them? They often advertise good deals to Europe and I may consider them...

Cheers

LTU is a large German carrier:

http://www.ltu.de/docs/us/index.jsp?von=BKK&nach=DUS

I never flew with them from Europe but used them (and many of my friends and family) within Europe.

Good company.

LTU was integrated in 2007 (bought by) with AIR BERLIN, a large carrier* (they had more than 2 Million passengers in March) and according to their website they fly to several destinations from BKK>>>Europe:

http://www.airberlin.com/site/streckennetz.php?LANG=eng

* Passengers 2007: about 27,9 million

http://www.airberlin.com/site/aboutdata.php?LANG=eng

LaoPo

[ClaytonSeymour]

LTU Airlines. Had never heard of them prior to seeing their planes at Swampypool. Anyone flown with them? They often advertise good deals to Europe and I may consider them...

Cheers

According to Skytrax they only have 30" seat pitch; this review would appear to confirm this:

http://www.airlinequality.com/Product/Yseat-LTU.htm

[LaoPo]

Mixed comments on LTU:

http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/ltu.htm

edit:

But a lot better comments on their 'Mother' airline AIR BERLIN:

http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/berlin-1.htm

so, it could be that the service of LTU has improved in the past year, since they were bought by Air Berlin..

LaoPo

[h90]

fly with LTU from Germany to BKK a few years ago and it was the worst airline I ever used.

But it was the cheapest as well.

[sjaak327]

Never used them, but heard from other people that leg space and seat pitch left much to be desired, not a small thing on a 10-11 hour flight.

I have considered them, but the price difference between LTU from Dusseldorf and EVA from Amsterdam was only 50 euro, so the choice was easy for me.

[thaigerd]

In high season they fly direct to HKT, not sure about the "green season".

Gerd

[billp]

I've flown back and forth with LTU twice in the last few months, since they now fly non-stop from Berlin-Tegel to BKK (and I get a discount). They're not bad, particularly for the price. Seats were somewhat cramped but better than I had expected. 3 out of the 4 times I had reserved bulkhead aisle seats which were pretty comfortable. The last time I screwed up and forgot to get a seat booking, so I ended up in the middle of a row. That was quite cramped and I was glad when THAT flight was over. Food was OK as airline food goes. Cabin crew were presentable, friendly and efficient. I missed the pretty flight attendants and great food on Thai, but you can't have everything. Don't expect seat-back entertainment. The movies were fairly recent and OK choices, though. Mostly I ignore them and try to sleep. From my point of view, it's wonderful to arrive in Berlin after a long flight and not be stuck in Munich or Hamburg airport for hours, waiting for a connection. Immigration facilities at TXL are pretty minimal, but they only take about 10-15 minutes to process a whole plane-load. Must be even better at DUS, LTU's home base.

[kriswillems]

I've used LTU DUS-BKK twice. I like the airport of Dusseldorf. It's small and efficient.

The flight was fine. Seat space was limited, but acceptable.

Food was ok.

They are a low budget airline, but for a low budget airline they are pretty good.

[mahtin]

My wife flew with them 2 years ago, direct flight Munich to BKK, but had to go via Düsseldorf on the return, so she was less than impressed by having to wait there with a kid for a Lufthansa flight back to Munich.

Now it's back with Thai, ethnic Sawasdee tarif, good price, good everything - smiles and they speak her language.

I recommend Skyways travel agent in Munich. Spend an hour one on one to find you best date/ price.

[AsiaCheese]

Went to travelocity.com to find an inexpensive one-way ticket from Switzerland to Thailand. Fed up with being stuck with "must-return" dates, living in Thailand most of the time. The top choice for price was LTU, followed by Quatar, but the latter would have had me stuck at Doha for a few hours...

LTU seems to be cheapest of 'em all. And being based in Germany, one could expect top-notch gov't requirements on plane maintenance etc., so there you are -- a combination of cheap without the "benefit" of fligh-by-night. Legroom etc.? Come on, I have long legs and have suffered my part on countless flights around the world, but throw in a good massage at the other end, and it's worth the savings

[raro]

LTU is great. I am 195 tall and sit more comfortable in LTU planes than in Lufthansa 747s.

The staff at LTU is friendly (LH's staff is rather a customer deterrent) and the food is good.

As someone else mentioned, they fly into DUS, MUC and BER avoiding FRA wich is a rather confusing airport.

[ClaytonSeymour]

Went to travelocity.com to find an inexpensive one-way ticket from Switzerland to Thailand. Fed up with being stuck with "must-return" dates, living in Thailand most of the time. The top choice for price was LTU, followed by Quatar, but the latter would have had me stuck at Doha for a few hours...

LTU seems to be cheapest of 'em all. And being based in Germany, one could expect top-notch gov't requirements on plane maintenance etc., so there you are -- a combination of cheap without the "benefit" of fligh-by-night. Legroom etc.? Come on, I have long legs and have suffered my part on countless flights around the world, but throw in a good massage at the other end, and it's worth the savings Well I've got long legs too and quite frankly, I don't think the good massage compensates for being packed into what's effectively charter flight seating. If I could be sure of getting the exit seat then perhaps I would consider using them, but I suspect LTU charges extra for those seats anyway.

[ClaytonSeymour]

LTU is great. I am 195 tall and sit more comfortable in LTU planes than in Lufthansa 747s.

Lufthansa 747's are such a 'poor experience' that the bragging rights for being better than them are nothing to shout about. I tend to associate LTU with charter flights, so I wouldn't consider using them for long haul travel.

The staff at LTU is friendly (LH's staff is rather a customer deterrent) and the food is good.

As someone else mentioned, they fly into DUS, MUC and BER avoiding FRA wich is a rather confusing airport.

[billp]

I tend to associate LTU with charter flights, so I wouldn't consider using them for long haul travel.

Well, then you'd just miss out on a nice flying experience at a very reasonable price, just because of a blind prejudice. Up to you.