Tobias2702 From Germany, joined Sep 2008, 643 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (4 years 1 week 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 7162 times:
Does it mean that they have finished retofitting all their A340-600 by now? I remeber once having read that the B747 will be done thereafter. And what about their A340-300 and A330?
PA, AF, UK, BA, AB, DL, LH, FR, BD, A3, EZY, DY //// A319/320/346, B733/735/73G/738/744/763, AT4, 146, CR2, DH4
LHBSL From Switzerland, joined Mar 2007, 89 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (4 years 1 week 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 7147 times:
Quoting Tobias2702 (Reply 1): Does it mean that they have finished retofitting all their A340-600 by now? I remeber once having read that the B747 will be done thereafter. And what about their A340-300 and A330?
Hi Tobias
all A346 will be refitted by the end of may; the A343's are now in maintenance for the new cabin and all the A333 have allredy the PTV's.
all A346 will be refitted by the end of may; the A343's are now in maintenance for the new cabin and all the A333 have allredy the PTV's.
In a MUC forum there is this thread, where post #3 gives an overview on which aircraft are equipped with PTV by type and registration. All A333 and A346 have PTV, according to that source, with the A343 of FRA and DUS bases being completed by June. MUC-based A343 will be completed in the beginning of 2010!
WARNING! The post above should be taken with a grain of salt! Furthermore, it may be slightly biased towards A.
Flying Belgian From Belgium, joined Jun 2001, 2359 posts, RR: 10 Reply 6, posted (4 years 1 week 4 days ago) and read 6506 times:
Maybe I go to EZE with them in october... A pitty it's not the A346. Such flight can seem so long without PTV !! Unless I'm luck to get THE 747 with PTV
LHFADUS From Germany, joined Apr 2007, 98 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (4 years 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 5959 times:
Quoting LHBSL (Thread starter): Great News: LH will refit the Y Class in the newer (means the latest 20 frames delivered...)B744 withe the new seats with PVT!
Sorry, not meaning to be a kill-joy, but do you got any sources for that?
B747forever From United States of America, joined May 2007, 16574 posts, RR: 11 Reply 12, posted (4 years 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 5737 times:
Well I hope that LH will send these 20 744s on their longer routes that are operated by the 744.
Haggis79 From Germany, joined Jun 2006, 1096 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (4 years 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 5705 times:
Quoting B747forever (Reply 12): Well I hope that LH will send these 20 744s on their longer routes that are operated by the 744.
well, I guess by the time the upgrade is completed they will start replacing their older 744s by the newly arriving 748s anyway..... keep in mind that they still got almost a year until they plan to be finished with the 343s....
B747forever From United States of America, joined May 2007, 16574 posts, RR: 11 Reply 14, posted (4 years 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 5701 times:
Quoting Haggis79 (Reply 13): well, I guess by the time the upgrade is completed they will start replacing their older 744s by the newly arriving 748s anyway..... keep in mind that they still got almost a year until they plan to be finished with the 343s....
So LH doesn't plan to put on any PTVs on their 744s until the whole 343 fleet is done?
Haggis79 From Germany, joined Jun 2006, 1096 posts, RR: 1 Reply 15, posted (4 years 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 5596 times:
Quoting B747forever (Reply 14): So LH doesn't plan to put on any PTVs on their 744s until the whole 343 fleet is done?
While I have no means of having confirmed knowledge about this, I would be highly surprised if they did.... their maintenance is busy doing the 343s right now, so why should they mess up things further by starting the next task before the previous one is done? They also didn't start working on the 343s until they had finished the 333s and 346s....
B747forever From United States of America, joined May 2007, 16574 posts, RR: 11 Reply 16, posted (4 years 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 5589 times:
Quoting Haggis79 (Reply 15): While I have no means of having confirmed knowledge about this, I would be highly surprised if they did.... their maintenance is busy doing the 343s right now, so why should they mess up things further by starting the next task before the previous one is done? They also didn't start working on the 343s until they had finished the 333s and 346s....
Okay, I see.
Does anyone know for how long LH intends to fly the 20 newest 744s?
SeaBosDca From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 4277 posts, RR: 4 Reply 17, posted (4 years 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 5324 times:
Interesting... they have 17 pre-1992 birds and 13 post-1996 birds. Even the last of those earlier birds will be pushing 100,000 hours within three years. I'm surprised they aren't sticking only to the last 13, which probably have 7-14 years of service left in them.
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Haggis79 From Germany, joined Jun 2006, 1096 posts, RR: 1 Reply 19, posted (4 years 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 5298 times:
Quoting SeaBosDca (Reply 17): Interesting... they have 17 pre-1992 birds and 13 post-1996 birds. Even the last of those earlier birds will be pushing 100,000 hours within three years. I'm surprised they aren't sticking only to the last 13, which probably have 7-14 years of service left in them.
well, let's wait until we see an official announcement... I'm kinda sceptical, to be honest...
Mercure1 From French Polynesia, joined Jul 2008, 604 posts, RR: 2 Reply 20, posted (4 years 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 5120 times:
Quoting Sevenforty (Reply 7): UA and LH both in Star, not much fun down the back if you end up travelling from the States to Frankfurt with UA then on with LH.
UA not putting PTV's in Y on the 744s was a mistep, imo.
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Quoting LHBSL (Thread starter): Great News: LH will refit the Y Class in the newer (means the latest 20 frames delivered...)B744 withe the new seats with PVT!
When do they plan to start the installation? And just to confirm, are the PTVs in Y AVOD?
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LHFADUS From Germany, joined Apr 2007, 98 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (4 years 1 week 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 4255 times:
Quoting Haggis79 (Reply 19): well, let's wait until we see an official announcement... I'm kinda sceptical, to be honest...
me too...LH's A333s, A343s and A346s was kinda predicatble, thus not so much a surprise to me, especially because the Y seats on A333s and A346s already had that "hole" in the back from the beginning.
But from the day LH started introducing PTVs in Economy, LH always said their B744s were not intended to receive it. Maybe they changed their minds after all, after the delays in A380 and B748i.
I'm still sceptical about this.
25 AustrianZRH: Now I'll throw a huge can of oil into the fire: 20 744 are supposed to get PTVs, indicating they will fly some more. 20 748 are on order. That may ind
26 LHFADUS: Exactly my thought. Except for the cancelling. A380s are delayed too and they did not cancel. So why would they cancel delayed B748i's?
28 LHBSL: hey guys, don't be so sceptical I don't know the exact schedule of the refitting of the cabin but the Executive committee decided to do it... should
29 Hypercott: Whenever I read these PTV threads, I find it very surprising, how important PTVs/AVOD really are for the common traveler. TV addiction really goes thr
30 AustrianZRH: Yes, read about 5000 pages of books up to now this year. In the environment of an airplane, though, I develop a headache pretty fast when reading a b
31 Airbazar: I had the same exact thought. From the start they stated that the 744's would not receive PTV's because they were due to be replaced by A380s and 748
32 Jtdieffen: Perhaps we're speculating too hard here. Lufthansa has 30 747s only 20 of which will be refitted. The first 748 isn't due to come online for almost t
33 123: a) I read books; b) I am not TV addict; c) I like the PTV/AVOD for the simple reason that I enjoy watching Flightline or whatever they call it on dif
34 LY777: Talking about LH 744s: when the 744s will be gone, the TLV route will be operated with which a/c type?
35 Warren84: well, if they're showing new films that I would normally go see at the cinema, then i'll watch them. MIght as well save $30-40 and watch them on board
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