With the emergence of regional airlines in the 1970s/80s there was a big issue in Germany about access for them to START, the system Lufthansa (and the travel industry in general) was using at that time. Lufthansa would only give access if those regionals played nice and did not step on Lufthansa's ...
Jump to postHeader says it all and I suppose this one is for the old hands: What GDS did European airlines use before the lunch of Galileo/Amadeus in 1987? I know that Lufthansa had START since the 1970s, but what did others use, for example Air France and KLM. I remember that it was a big issue in the 1980s th...
Jump to postThings work diferently in different parts of the world. Remember when... - the Ghanaian president took issue with BA moving ACC flights from Terminal 5 to Terminal 3 and using clapped out 747s on the route? While the 747s are long gone from BA as such, BA's ACC flights still operate from T5. - Briti...
Jump to postAll very well and in line with the legal fine print. And I don't doubt that Air Peace is aware of the legal framework. But they see this as a political issue. We let your airline serve our main airport, so let our airline serve your main airport. And we are not interested in how you make it work. Wa...
Jump to postWell, there is only so much delay compensation even a well-funded company can pay out to customers before going under... I wonder if Boeing at some point will have to tell customers like WN, UA or AS who are on Boeing's hook equipment-wise that it is either compensation or an insolvent aircraft supp...
Jump to postInteresting that you complain about T2 (although I agree that the security check is really odd as the airline lounges are before security). I find most parts of T1 a really poor experience as well. Just look at the ceilings where you have power lines, pipes etc. in plain sight. I guess it is the air...
Jump to postDozens of airlines operating over one hundred ATR aircraft in nordic regions, from Canada, Europe, Russia and Asia must be afflicted by Ostrich Syndrome. Also you could at least read your own source. You would have learned about findings of the the AIBN final report. "The AIBN is of the opinio...
Jump to postOne would expect that leaving an alliance and the resulting consequences are adressed in ironclad contracts, so I am surprised if UA could simply pull the plug as they please. When were the flights you were looking for? Maybe they are on a date when the switch to Skyteam will have taken place as I g...
Jump to postInteresting. If the fuel capacity was already there and the Metroliner III were above 5670kg anyway, what was the reason not to use the full fuel capacity in the first place if it was "just" about some beefing up the structure (apparently nothing major as older models could be modified)? T...
Jump to postThanks, very interesting. Do you have an insight what the mods were? Apparently they cost an additional 600k USD in today's money, so not just some paperwork.
Jump to postI have come across two 1980s publications discussing the fleet set-up of a 1980s commuter airline that operated a fleet of Fairchild SA227AC Metroliner III. Both say that the airline at some point purchased a handful of "longer range" Metroliner III as the initial version only had a range ...
Jump to postI have read most of the 600+ posts so if this has been discussed, it must have escaped me: To what extent does such a fire along the runway damage the runway - is it just a minor issue or will be the runway out of action for a few days/weeks? The A350 came to a stop slightly off the runway and burnt...
Jump to postAs much as I would love for that sort of connectivity within Ireland, it seems kinda pointless for the capacity used on those flights to the Islands. Where would they fly to, Inverin airport or Galway? I've flown to Inis Moir before and the flight wasn't full - in June! One can dream though I fully...
Jump to postI think Australia also has this "dedicated gates plus a common user terminal area"-approach.
Jump to postLooking at Lufthansa Group's fleet list, there are still 43 E190/195s (9 E190s & 34 E195s). The 40 A223s on order, thanks to their extra capacity, would be spot-on replacements for the Embraer fleet types. Air France has 148 seats in their A223s, so I imagine Lufthansa Group's A223s will have s...
Jump to postA German airport that comes to mind is DTM. It now has alomst 3m pax annually with a 6.000ft runway. Another UK one I can think of is NCL.
Jump to postI guess the most important question to be asked to understand this order is:
Would Airbus have been able to deliver A32Xs ordered today in 2027?
Not sure why so many folks here are suggesting Eurowings. Eurowings is beginning to add A321 as they have grown out of 180 seaters in some markets already, just like easyjet or Ryanair. They would either have to dump those larger aircraft or operate a mixed fleet. I think it is much more likely that...
Jump to postWht airlines of the group have little or no need to move into A321 territory? Eurowings is adding A321s, so I guess we are looking at Brussels Airlines and Austrian (they have a six A321s, but I suppose they are not really key to their overall fleet set-up)
Jump to postSecond letter of intent has been signed, this time for four aircraft from an undisclosed customer. First LOI was by Private Wings for 5 D328eco.
https://www.deutscheaircraft.com/news/d ... d-customer
I think the difference to ARN, OSL or HEL that they have heavy snow on a regular basis. MUC has not. There is no point in keeping equipment and personnel on stand-by for a once-in-a-decade event.
I remember I snowed in at NCE in the 1990s. Boy, that was fun.
The problem with FRA is also that they need to get the planes out as quickly as possible once MUC re-opens - which can be tricky with large parts of the MUC-based fleet diverted to an already very busy airport like FRA.
Jump to postChecked the dates again: The FAL is due to be completed in 2025. First assembly of an aircraft in early 2026. Certifiaction in late 2026 First delivieries (to Private WIngs) in 2027. Not sure if the certification process can be streamlined because they will not be starting from scratch, but will be ...
Jump to postSure. That's what my last sentence was refering to. IIRC, they have officially moved EIS to late 2026 and I am sure this is a face-saving wording at this point.
Jump to postDeutsche Aircraft held its 2nd Supplier Summit recently in Leipzig and stated there that 90 per cent of the supply chain is now established. https://www.deutscheaircraft.com/news/deutsche-aircraft-teams-up-with-industry-partners-to-actively-shape-the-future-of-aircraft-supply-chain-for-the-d328eco T...
Jump to postIsn't the problem that using smaller aircraft like the A351K an the 777-9X does not really fit EK's operation? So while they obviously have no choice, I wonder how they will restructure their operation. They are putting the A380 to good use currently based on 4 (?) hub waves.So to move the same num...
Jump to postIsn't the problem that using smaller aircraft like the A351K an the 777-9X does not really fit EK's operation? So while they obviously have no choice, I wonder how they will restructure their operation. They are putting the A380 to good use currently based on 4 (?) hub waves.So to move the same numb...
Jump to postit is just surprising to me that there have been 0 NEO orders, even small ones. Guess most airlines already ordered them earlier this year, been a great year for the program. Isn't that a "victim of your own success" scenario? When would a NEO get delivered if ordered today? With the mass...
Jump to postIn an investor call, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr went on the record this week that the pay scale at City will be a carbon copy of Cityline, i.e. the only difference will be the lack of a scope clause limiting the size of the aircraft City can operate. I guess this is further proof that the plan is t...
Jump to postLufthnansa Cityline initially also had a different tail design befire it changed over to the traditional Lufthansa crane, so I would not read too much into the Team Lufthansa design. I think the goal is to ultimately consolidate the feeder traffic on one platform. Either it will be City or Cityline,...
Jump to postMaybe a subtle heads up for the FAA to get things going certification-wise. Really interesting to see that while conventional wisdom is that the market for 150seat A32X or 737s is dead, WN is ordering them in the hundreds.But I guess we will have to wait and see how many will ultimately be delivered...
Jump to postJust like, for example, Ryanair. There is Ryanair, Ryanair UK, Ryanair Malta, Buzz, Lauda Air.
Or British Airways. British Airways, British Airways Cityflyer, British Airways Euroflyer, British Airways Limited, OpenSkies.
Why does the LH Group need ANOTHER airline? They just need to make a low cost version of themselves for the German market. Eurowings for European low cost flights and Discover for long haul low cost flights. Make DUS a fortress hub. BER is not going to work (look at Norse). That’s it. Pick a strate...
Jump to postDiscover does not fly FRA-VIE in its own right. It was a flight operated by them on behalf of Lufthansa (or Austrian) and certainly the A330 was an unplanned aircraft as Lufthansa/Austrian do not operate widebodies on short-haul flights (avgeeks would probably suggest that you consider yourself luck...
Jump to postI thnik the approach in the US and Europe is different. European airlines usually offer three types of economy tickets - bare bones with nothing included, a classic non-flexible fare with bags and seat selection and the same as a flexible fare. What they include food & beverage wise depends on t...
Jump to postIt is 37 seats each week over a 12 week period it seems. So we are looking at a capacity of roughly 450 seats each season. And I seem to remember that in the past the selling point of the then proposed route was also cargo. Will be interesing to see if the service will attract a well-heeled avgeek. ...
Jump to postAirwaysmag got the German source wrong. The source says that it will be either A220s or E195s. Although it must be said that a split fleet is not unknown to Lufthansa. They also operated the CR9 and the E190/195 side-by-side. Another consideration will also be LCY ops. If I am not mistaken, the E19...
Jump to postAirwaysmag got the German source wrong. The source says that it will be either A220s or E195s. Although it must be said that a split fleet is not unknown to Lufthansa. They also operated the CR9 and the E190/195 side-by-side. Another consideration will also be LCY ops. If I am not mistaken, the E195...
Jump to postSure the production rate is a defining factor. But not all airlines order "asap". So I am wondering what the first unfilled delivery slots are if an airline ordered today (also of interest in this context is of course how many lessors have yet to place A220s ordered)
Jump to postLet's consider that more than 50% of the A220-300 orders are from the 3 US carriers that have come off or will come off the BFM FAL. A large part of the YMX sourced orders have been filled. The backlog there is getting thin and the proposed increase in production rate to 14/month is not substantiat...
Jump to postThey should have put an AirTag into it.
I mean - is there no radar surveillance? This could just as well be an unfriendly aircraft....
I don't think the Kosice service is mainly targeting Ukrainians. There are better located airport serving the large Ukrainian cities such as Rzeszow, Lublin or Chisinau. Star has expanded in Eastern Europe one-by-one and linked quite a few secondary airports to its hubs and expanded them (KSC is alr...
Jump to postIsn't it part of taking over an aircraft to check if it is fit for flight? Wouldn't this include the cabin crew checking the entire cabin, especially if some special cleaning had been necessary? Yes but It’d be easy to miss dried vomit in whatever amount was there, whichever was the case here. Isn'...
Jump to postThere is likely more to this story than what we know. I'm no AC fan but I agree with you. A lot of details are missing I'm sure. What is the basis of your assumption? It is not that the passengers concerned went to the press, but a fellow traveller who had observed the situation and felt compelled ...
Jump to postGiven that UA has ordered 100, they will need to come up with a lot of novel ideas to find routes for them should they ever take.them. I am still flabbergasted why all of a sudden 20-30 seaters for regional ops should be all the rage.I mean you can only save so much money on kerosene and even if lan...
Jump to postHeart Aerospace with its 30seat regional electric aircraft ES-30 seems to be racking up interest and signing quite a few orders/options from big names like United Airlines, Mesa Airlines, Braathens Regional Airlines, Icelandair, SAS, Finnair or Sounds Air. While all those Nordic orders may involve a...
Jump to postRyanair is now covering the market Hahn serves both from Luxemburg and Cologne/Bonn. They have 39 routes from CGN alone and five aircraft based there. It is still a sizeable operation, but only about a quarter of what is was in its heyday. Same story as in Girona and Treviso and, to a lesser extent,...
Jump to postThere is a soft spot for VLA in long-haul operations on routes where adding frequency with smaller aircraft - which of course has the advantage of being able to offer more choice and reach more hub waves - does not make sense because of the time difference. Spreading flights out throughout the day i...
Jump to postI think this needs a clearer definition of "underused". To me, it means massive excessive terminal capacity, not so much the number of runways or the size of aircraft. There are lots of airports that have seen better days but do not feature massively oversized infrastructure. And then ther...
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