Re: German Foreign Minister stranded in Abu Dhabi

Why on earth could she not fly on EY to Australia?! Or even EK from Dubai? Cancelling the entire state visit seems dramatic due to a tech aircraft. Not a good look either, politically. State officials and accompanying staff do not normally travel commercial to state visits due to security issues an...

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Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2023

New one this morning: https://westjet.mediaroom.com/2023-08-08-WestJet-celebrates-addition-of-flights-to-Mexico-from-Vancouver Route Frequency Start Date Vancouver - Cancun 9x weekly Year round Vancouver – Los Cabos 11x weekly Year round Vancouver – Ixtapa 1x weekly Friday, December 22 Vancouver – ...

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Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2023

New Allegris cabin product is now delayed again and won't arrive before 2024. First aircraft with the new cabin will be a factory new Boeing 787-9 in early 2024, which will be delivered in three class configuration without First Class. The first A350 with the new F are expected in 2024 as well. htt...

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Re: Why are airfares rising so much?

Supply and demand.....

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Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

David_itl wrote:

Sending a 77L to MAN tonight to replace the Omni 767 which has gone tech. c C-FNNH expected into MAN around 22.30 local

So it went tech right after the start of the lease?

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Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2023

LH made losses the last couple of years because of COVID. Before that they were highly profitable. So judging the investments on the COVID years is a bit shortsighted..... The LH €432m loss is for all of 2022, which was a profitable year for many other airlines around the world. By comparison, LH d...

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Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2023

LH made losses the last couple of years because of COVID. Before that they were highly profitable. So judging the investments on the COVID years is a bit shortsighted.....

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Re: ITA Airways News and Discussion - 2023

Becoming part of the A++ JV with UA and AC will open up a lot more options for AZ. We will see O&Ds where AZ and UA/AC will fly wing to wing but also probably some capacity shifting where one flight on either airline is enough.The demand to from Italy is often very seasonal which brings in anoth...

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Re: ITA Airways News and Discussion - 2023

Except Condor has little to no coverage inside Germany. Comparing Condor to UX is not equal. So the question remains... But there is no other carrier than LH operating domestic routes. Same as Austria. Since you brought up those two countries, please explain what you tried to compare. Well, there w...

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Re: ITA Airways News and Discussion - 2023

How is that any different in countries like France, Germany, Portugal, Austria? Where there's one dominating carrier. It's obvious. I am sure that LH would not get the green light to take over Condor. Except Condor has little to no coverage inside Germany. Comparing Condor to UX is not equal. So th...

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Re: ITA Airways News and Discussion - 2023

The Air Europa deal is totally different as IAG would control 4 Spanish airlines - Air Europa, Iberia, Level and Vueling How is that any different in countries like France, Germany, Portugal, Austria? Where there's one dominating carrier. It's obvious. I am sure that LH would not get the green ligh...

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Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

I would like to know what AC pilots here think about the 10 year deal which will expire next year. Looking back, was that a good deal from pilots POV?
I would guess that every pilot is happy that the contract did not expire during COVID.....

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Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2023

Question: Just realized there are no more DUS-NYC flights...seems a little odd given the size of the Rhein-Ruhr area and the amount of business there...any guesses as to an EW return? I'd say LH but given them pulling back from secondary points in Germany I'd doubt it. Maybe as a JV with UA? Or any...

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Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2023

Question: Just realized there are no more DUS-NYC flights...seems a little odd given the size of the Rhein-Ruhr area and the amount of business there...any guesses as to an EW return? I'd say LH but given them pulling back from secondary points in Germany I'd doubt it. Maybe as a JV with UA? Or any...

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Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2023

Any news on LH A380 training flights before they go back into the longhaul operation.? MUC-BOS June 1st MUC-JFK July 4th Both routes will be suspended after October 29th MUC-LAX October 29th as per aeroroutes, MUC-LAX will switch to the A380 on 05OCT. And MUC-BKK will get the whale on/after 28OCT. ...

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Re: Updated: IAG agrees to acquire all of Air Europa

Air Europa and IAG need to finish their business. KLM, Air France, TAP, and Lufthansa all have large operations to Latin America. Just because they speak Spanish in Madrid doesn't make them the entire market. There is significant LA-Europe traffic that flies from EZE, GRU, MEX, BOG and LIM that fli...

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Re: Austrian to get 787-9

German media (aero.de) is reporting that some of the Dreamliners will come from LH while others will be brand new.

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Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2023

I haven't heard anything from the EU in that regard. But as they have approved the acquisition of UX by IAG recently, I don't see any logic in not approving this acquisition. But you never know. It is known that Mrs. Vestager is not the best friend of Mr. Spohr....

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Re: Canada UAE Bilateral Revised - 21X a week (50% increase)

I guess that nobody is surprised by this announcement (when it officially comes out).
It just sounded before that it already had been announced.

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Re: AC Launches YVR-DXB

This is going to be aimed at connections to India. What's the yield like for this traffic though? I would've thought there'd be more yield to be made opening up some shorter flights to places in Europe or East Asia, than to DXB (a route primarily for connections on EK to India). These long routes c...

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Re: Canada UAE Bilateral Revised - 21X a week (50% increase)

AWNP wrote:

Guess they are assuming the Russian airspace issue will be resolved by the fall?

Since I am sure that nobody is assuming this, the flights will most likely take the same route as the YYZ-DXB flights via Europe.

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Re: Canada UAE Bilateral Revised - 21X a week (50% increase)

matthew11 wrote:

Emirates announced YUL

Where/when did they announce this?

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Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2023

As mentioned above, the Winter schedule starts on 29OCT. Nothing official for this period yet. But if there is any need to transfer a longhaul route from mainline to 4Y, then MCO is very high up the list.

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Re: ITA Airways News and Discussion - 2023

What will the implications be of ITA being part of Lufthasna? Will they become part of Star Alliance? And will say United be able to sell connections beyond FCO like they do with all the other Lufthasna airlines? Of course the plan is to have ITA switch from SkyTeam to *A ASAP and also to have all ...

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Re: ITA Airways News and Discussion - 2023

What will the implications be of ITA being part of Lufthasna? Will they become part of Star Alliance? And will say United be able to sell connections beyond FCO like they do with all the other Lufthasna airlines? Of course the plan is to have ITA switch from SkyTeam to *A ASAP and also to have all ...

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Re: Lufthansa Reactivates A380 on Boston, New York Flights

I thought I read somewhere that LH would be making LAX all 748/380 from both MUC and FRA starting this summer? What about SFO? Glad to see BOS get the upgauage. I’m a little surprised about JFK, especially with LH’s partner UA over at EWR. LAX was considered to be one of the first A380 routes but t...

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Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2023

Significant reports across the German press that EVG and Verdi plan a major strike on 27 March. Unions have not confirmed but seems to be an open secret. Think complete shutdown of airports and trains throughout Germany Are they still calling these "warning strikes"? They're happening jus...

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Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2023

Can someone please clarify something for me? The LH A388s are scheduled to return for "summer" 2023, is that strictly seasonal summer (June, July, August) or the "summer season" in terms of airlines? Probably a stupid question but I only ask because it seems like the A380s will ...

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Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2023

https://politikbrief.lufthansagroup.com ... march-2023

Re: Flair Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

A friend told me his daughter was looking at $1,100 for her family of four to fly YVR-PVR next year. I suggested that would be just about the dumbest thing her daughter could do, unless she was interested in underwriting Flair's payroll prior to their collapse. Actually that might just be the smart...

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Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2023

Since you choose to ignore the train connection arguments and seem to not look at a map of metropolitan areas in Germany I think this discussion is useless. There was a thread here where a user showed the number of headquarters within reach of FRA was huge, too. Better/comparable to MUC and better ...

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Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2023

Because it's a stock listed company and shareholders want to make more money, maybe? The day some activist shareholder pops up, the current management is in for a rough ride explaining why they have decided to miss out on hundreds of millions of extra profit yearly. It simply makes no sense to keep...

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Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2023

Had time to review the financial statements. Below is 2022 breakdown of net EBIT profitability by unit. Austrian - Loss €1m Brussels - Loss €75m Eurowings - Loss €200m Lufthansa - Loss €432m Swiss - Profit €472m Logistics - Profit €1,575m MRO - Profit €456m Catering - Loss €182m Other(IT, training,...

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Re: YYZ to impose hard caps on flight/pax

They were the ones that didn't want ADM to close down the runway for 9 months and pave it fully. I understand their reasoning. They wanted the parallel runways available for peak summer season (Jul-Sept), but since 2018 now, the runway is closing from mid-March to mid June and then again from mid-O...

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Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2023

https://fr24.com/DLH9921/2f106822

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

What is the status of BOM for AC? Does it continue into the next season? It's a seasonal flight during the winter. Since AC has much more summer seasonal longhaul routes, I would guess that it might come back next winter. Has of course also something to do with the geopolitical situation. Should AC...

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Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2023

https://fr24.com/DLH9921/2f106822

Re: Air France Announce Ottawa-Paris (YOW-CDG) and Other Canadian Increases

Is there any chance that YWG could sustain transatlantic service? Back in the early jet era, Canadian Pacific offered nonstop transatlantic service from Winnipeg. There is a substantial Francophone population in St. Boniface there. I highly doubt there will be non-stop transatlantic service from YW...

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Re: Air France Announce Ottawa-Paris (YOW-CDG) and Other Canadian Increases

In addition, YQB returns 3x weekly on a 789, while YUL, YYZ & YVR all will see capacity increases. Some nuance to AF's press release. AF is actually reducing frequency on CDG-YUL next summer from 4x daily to 3x daily. There's a capacity boost though because the route will see 2x daily 14J 77Ws ...

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Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

Lufthansa won’t be adding Ottawa YOW anytime soon, as currently their Montreal YUL - Frankfurt FRA route is downgraded to (summer seasonal) since the Covid19 pandemic. And with Air Canada operating YUL - FRA year round. Air France will be the (only foreign airline) for the time being on YOW- Europe...

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Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2023

Well in all fairness AB isn't that important. The capacity reduction of AC (Jazz) in the Prairies isn't comparable to pulling out of the largest market in the nation, which is what WS is doing. Obviously bad faith argument but it's ok. You cannot use ONE route and assume WS is losing ground to AC? ...

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