Still a big if for me, with regards to MNL. For the time being 787s in FRA and A350s in MUC.
Jump to postA bit more context; LH is completely restructuring their top management. - Harry Hohmeister, responsible for “Global Markets and Commercial Steering Hubs”, will not extend his contract and will be replaced by current Swiss CEO Dieter Vranckx - Detlef Kayser, responsible for "Commercial and Tec...
Jump to postThe reason for the extension of the 28 is evening arrivals of widebodies. The extension of the 32 is to facilitate longhaul departures at certain times, instead of using 34. The ideal setup in ZRH is using both 16 (departure) and 14 (landing), or (either 14 or 32, combined with 28). This allows more...
Jump to postThere is more to this story. In Europe you need to show your visa or have your ESTA checked before you board- it's often a separate desk at the gate and the boarding pass is stamped. My bet is the passport was flushed onboard. Or he arrived via a different flight and is trying to abstruse how he go...
Jump to postEgyptair has signed an agreement with Air Lease corp for 18 737MAX8’s https://x.com/airinsight/status/1724011349070475672?s=46&t=wdZx1fUYZAcB4RrNJUmFQA As it’s the same number, as reported before, it’s just a lease placement, not an order?! I never said it was an order I was referring to the Fi...
Jump to postqf789 wrote:Egyptair has signed an agreement with Air Lease corp for 18 737MAX8’s
https://x.com/airinsight/status/1724011 ... 4RrNJUmFQA
Apparently Air Niugini firmed up the order for 6 A221 (+2 A221, 3 A223 leased).
https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/a ... %20lessors.
What's the reasoning behind PHL-FRA continuing to get the subpar Discover A340s? It sticks out like a sore thumb compared to everything else Discover flies, and it's not like PHL is a destination for the bucket and spade crowd. It's a strange decision by LH group, especially as they're getting more...
Jump to postFor the next 3-4 years, there was a stark increase in the air traffic control charges, as they were bailed out during Covid and are now required to pay back this amount. Then BER opened. Due to all the delays and costs, they had to increase the airport charges drastically, leading to surprised deman...
Jump to postIs Austrian full service? They charged for all drinks except still water when I flew them from Vienna to Florence recently. They offered no free snacks. They reminded me of Spirit Airlines in the U.S. Is full service in coach considered something different in Europe than the U.S.? I did see better ...
Jump to postVery interesting in general. I'm curious as to why Emirates is not allowed to currently fly to BER and STR? The current Germany - UAE air services agreement, dating from 1994, restricts Emirates to serving only 4 Germany destinations simultaneously, and that quota is already filled (DUS/FRA/HAM/MUC...
Jump to postThe reality with Germany is a bit different. There are what, 11? 12? daily flights by EY/EK? I think pre covid it was even 15-20 flights. The agreement is really advantageous to the carriers, as they provide 80?90? % of the seats. There were offers a couple years ago to limit the frequencies, while ...
Jump to postThey should just open up secondary cities in Germany for flydubai use. Eurowings is allowed to DXB from Stuttgart so why not allow reciprocal at least. I understand giving EK acces to Berlin but many secondary cities could sustain service to DXB by flydubai. The agreement is completely reciprocal. ...
Jump to postLH has quite a few brands now: Discover for long range and mid range, Eurowings up to the Middle East, Lufthansa "Classic", CityLine, Swiss, Austrian, Brussels, Dolomiti and now City. All doing similar things. I think we need to make the distinction between brands and operating entities. ...
Jump to postThey should just open up secondary cities in Germany for flydubai use. Eurowings is allowed to DXB from Stuttgart so why not allow reciprocal at least. I understand giving EK acces to Berlin but many secondary cities could sustain service to DXB by flydubai. The agreement is completely reciprocal. ...
Jump to postThere’s an internal agreement that prohibits subsidiaries ( I.e., CL) to fly planes larger than 90 seats (or was it 70 seats?) and a deal with the unions that grants an exception (I think until 2025). There was a court decision that the prohibition only affects entities which existed at the time, no...
Jump to postThen there’s the question …. If Porter were able to secure the airframes at $30M each, couldn’t anyone? Is that not then, “market value”? Why then, would a leasing company pay more than $30M in a purchase/leaseback arrangement? I think it would be silly to think a leasing company would pay Porter “...
Jump to postThat said, I wonder when Lufthansa group will order more. I think the answer is a year after Swiss can fly all of their A220s reliably (previously I posted a link on how as many as 8 could be grounded). I would also like to know Air France's experience with the type. I fully expect a top off order ...
Jump to postAeroroutes has a piece with several new routes for next summer out of Condor's smaller bases (i.e. no FRA or DUS). Mostly MUC, and to a lesser extent HAM/LEJ/NUE. Some of it is not new and has been reported before. Interesting that they're bringing some of the Marabu flying back in-house. They love...
Jump to postWhile looking at departedflights, I noticed that Lufthansa used to have a lot of flights from the airport Was Dusseldorf a Lufthansa hub and if so, when and why did they de-hub it? The operation was transferred to its LCC subsidiary EW. Compared to the other large German airports (excl the hubs FRA...
Jump to postAeroroutes has a piece with several new routes for next summer out of Condor's smaller bases (i.e. no FRA or DUS). Mostly MUC, and to a lesser extent HAM/LEJ/NUE. Some of it is not new and has been reported before. Interesting that they're bringing some of the Marabu flying back in-house. They love...
Jump to postSorry if I missed this, but what’s the latest on the ITA LH acquisition? When will ITA be sold at part of LH, join Star Alliance, and all that? It is still very confusing. Recently the Italian PM complained that the EU haven't approved the merger yet, while the EU authorities say they haven't even ...
Jump to postIt looks like Lufthansa is updating A320 cabins! Anyone know if they adding the Airbus lav/galley complex? Also why are they only doing 38 aircraft? https://newsroom.lufthansagroup.com/en/lufthansa-equips-short--and-medium-haul-aircraft-with-new-cabins/ It is all the remaining A320’s which are neit...
Jump to postFlying Belgian wrote:As far as LX is concerned, where does the capacity come from ? There is no outlook of extra widebodies in the fleet before 2025 (A350s).
Thanks a lot for the answers...
ty97 wrote:LX adding ZRH-IAD next summer. In additional, article says that some FRA-IAD will see go from 748 to 380 next summer (380 at FRA?).
I’m guessing it was significantly cheaper and quicker to charter 5-6 buses to drive the 4.5 hours to YYZ then to get hotels for the entire plane and wait for the crew to get their required rest. If they’re quick, they do not necessarily do „immigration“ just some busses and a police escort to the b...
Jump to postIs it just me, or does the name "Discover Airlines" not roll off the tongue well, in English at least? I'm not sure it would in German either (even though the name itself is in English...). Something like "Air Discover" or just "Discover" sounds less clunky to me. Mark...
Jump to postNoshow wrote:I have to agree, Swiss is impressive. Austrian in the black is nice to see. On the other end Eurowings is still loss making.
I have a fall trip SFO to MUC currently showing an A359, and wonder what difference there might be in the business class seats if the A346 is substituted. Does anyone know what seats the 2 models in the LH fleet use? Currently all LH planes have the same C class, except for 4 359s which were source...
Jump to postThere are some (but very subtle) service differences between both 4Y and LH, and WK and LX. But they’re very close.
The differences are not only in wages, but also in work rules, which would make running the flights on LH contracts very expensive.
Even Swiss International Airlines, which performs well in the Lufthansa Group, still needs a head company to make decisions for them regarding fleet planning, both narrowbody and widebody. I do think that Swiss International Airlines in particular, being one of the best performing airlines in the L...
Jump to postAlways a good idea to schedule more longhaul flights out of a hub (ZRH), which is basically full on the current level. Obviously needing more feed as well to support it. I don’t truly believe that decisions are made on profitability only. If there’s a business case, LHG will act on it. The PR is mor...
Jump to postWhile closely following the ITA investment I was wondering why LX is not serving LIN instead of 4x daily MXP? I believe this is due to a lack of slots. This might change now with the takeover of ITA. LX served LIN briefly with a 1x daily flight some years ago, but the slot later went over again to ...
Jump to postThey will probably sell it as Eco Max, which is Y+ and not Prem Eco.
Jump to postHow or why did ITA choose the blue color for the fuselage? The Italian national soccer team is nicknamed the Azzurri, which I believe translates to the blues. That was always my assumption as to why their planes were blue - like the Italian soccer team. And those colours go back to the house of Sav...
Jump to postGiven their financial situation right now, I find it pretty doubtful that they’d venture into long haul.
Jump to postWholly different airlines. Discover is the German version of Swiss airline Edelweiss (they share the same CEO and have the same fleet concept). Both are complementing the hub operation of their mother airline with leisure oriented, lower-yielding flights (and in the case of Discover, competing with...
Jump to postLH2481 from Heathrow to Munich for diverted to Vienna yesterday 9th May. Is the curfew in Munich quite strict? We flew from KIX a few days ago and the captain said we needed to wait on the ground for 20 mins or we will arrive before 0500 when we cannot land. Interesting one that flight ending up in...
Jump to postConsidering LH starts to roll out a new product I would guess they are expeting they will need quite some time for cabin intallation. Yes I know that, but it doesn’t explain why the seven test flights so far, unless LH is going to do the cabin installation themselves after delivery. If that’s the c...
Jump to postDoes anyone happen to know how long the EW Discover Leasing of Finnair aircraft for FRA-LAS Flights will continue? I am booked for August, and while all booking points to A333 it is consistently operated by a Finnair a359 with better business class. The Finnair wet-lease ended yesterday with the be...
Jump to postAs the strike on Monday affects also the inbound leaving Sunday, it is cancelled as well. Hence the aircraft is there to operate the flight.
Jump to postSQ22 wrote:I am wondering if I missed something is there a new wet lease Agreement between CityJet/Air Nostrum and Lufthansa (CityLine)?
Christine Ourmières-Widener really does not have a good track record, every airline she's lead has not exactly thrived? I think she's been very unlucky with the dismissal. By all reports, she's done a tremendous job with TAP. I believe they are posting an unexpected profit for 2022, where the origi...
Jump to postI did not see any privacy doors in the business class illustration. That is what i was referring to. The first row are suites (with doors) as can be seen on the picture and in the written text. Only the first row (which is not clear from the pic) and not the entire cabin like many other airlines pr...
Jump to postI'd speculate LH will order passenger -1000s for their interim needs the more the 777-9 gets delayed. Their T7-9 orders will then be converted to more T7-8 freighters, the longer this takes. Yep article out from avaition week about lufthansa ordering A350-1000s soon Here it is (behind a pay wall). ...
Jump to postAnd compared to some other carriers, i still do not see any privacy doors. Then you should probably take another look or read the press release. I did not see any privacy doors in the business class illustration. That is what i was referring to. The first row are suites (with doors) as can be seen ...
Jump to postNot really an LH thing. This is the Lufthansa Group thread and Eurowings significant part of the group. They are larger than likes of SN, OS, etc My point was that it’s public sector employees striking, not Eurowings employees. As the biggest airline in DUS/CGN, obviously it is heavily affected. As...
Jump to postmercure1 wrote:Ver.di announced its next set of strikes. This time covering Cologne and Dusseldorf airports on Monday February 27.
Eurowings already issued alert of planned cancellations
https://twitter.com/eurowings/status/16 ... 88961?s=20