Row 27 is the only one Lufthansa themselves consider extra legroom as per their website: https://www.lufthansa.com/cr/en/74h I've been on that seat (27A) on my last economy flight on LH 747-8 and can confirm, that it had extra legroom as it is right behind premium economy and does not have a solid w...
Jump to postIs anybody arguing that 753s have lower CASM than 321neos? The niche, then, is very congested airports where the incremental seat count is needed at certain times of day. Sorry to tell you, but that just isn't a market in the U.S. Even UA at EWR has the flexibility to spread capacity out a bit. We ...
Jump to postBut, they are benefitting from being able to use a shorter routing than airlines from the countries imposing restrictions. Why should theses airlines gain an advantage ? They should be made to operate with the same restrictions, if they can't/don't want too, then stop flying the route. In the end i...
Jump to postA few months ago, Finland launched an investigation into whether Southwind Airlines, which is officially a Turkish operator, is not actually a Russian airline trying to circumvent the sanctions by using Turkey as a proxy. Seems they found enough evidence, as Finland banned the airline from their air...
Jump to postMost of those sold back A380s got damaged pretty badly in a hail storm. Lufthansa had to write off 46 million in damage for that. And there is basically no chance that they will ever carry pax again.
Jump to postJFK: DUS, LHR, YYZ
EWR: SIN
DTW: YYZ
LAX: FRA, PTY
ORD: MUC, PTY
IAD: FRA, PTY
Soon to add:
AUS: FRA
LAS: FRA
Not sure if those count as both of them went extremely high north and not really across the big open Pacific:
A350-900ULR (Singapore Airlines SIN-EWR)
B747-8 (Lufthansa HND-FRA eastbound)
Exactly three:
March 2019
HND-CTS Air Do 767-300ER JA01HD
August 2019
OKA-FUK ANA 767-300ER JA608A
HIJ-HND ANA 767-300ER JA618A
So many. All of my long haul flights in 2023 alone were 4-holers: FRA-HND LH 747-8 upper deck business HND-FRA LH 747-8 First FRA-LAX LH A340-300 Business BOG-FRA LH A340-600 First FRA-BOG LH A340-600 First BOG-FRA LH A340-600 First Always a pleasant experience. First class is great anyway and busin...
Jump to postAirbus A330-300 (Brussels)
Airbus A340-300 (Lufthansa)
Airbus A340-600 (Lufthansa)
Airbus A350-900 (Lufthansa)
Boeing 747-400 (British Airways)
Boeing 747-8 (Lufthansa)
Boeing 777-300ER (British Airways)
Soon to add:
Boeing 787-9 (Lufthansa)
Ground crews, including LH Technik and Cargo, will NOT strike for a while, as they agreed to launch extended negotiations with LH. All the others (security, pilots, cabin crew) still might, though. Security are not employees of Lufthansa and the pilots have a collective agreement until end of 2026,...
Jump to postGerman Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck was visiting the United States from 6th to 9th of March, stopping in Washington D.C., New York City and Chicago.
Jump to postCould we see Eva join OW? It’s not as though China & Taiwan are exactly best of friends Don't see why they should switch to OW, when they even codeshare with Air China, further also with Hainan Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Shenzen Airlines and Juneyao Airlines (and some other Star Alliance part...
Jump to postbzcat wrote:It will also leave a large hole in OW's network the region.
According to some updated news, that was not a take off roll but a taxi instruction via the runway. Meaning it was was NOT runway incursion, as both aircraft were cleared to taxi. The jumbo via the runway, the A320 to cross the runway: Quote: A controller on duty explains the Lufthansa flight was al...
Jump to postLH B787-9 MUC-FRA
DE A330-200 PMI-NUE
Both in Lie Flat Business Class.
https://aircraft.airbus.com/en/newsroom/stories/2024-02-airbus-to-introduce-a330neo-takeoff-performance-enhancements Airbus themselves posted the details about this online. The flap enhancement is interesting. I always wondered, why Airbus went for only four flap settings on all of their aircraft ty...
Jump to postAir Japan which had its inaugural flight last Friday has a 788 only fleet AirJapan is not a startup though. The airline has been around aince 1990. 1990: founded as "World Air Network" for charter oeprations 2000: changed name to "Air Japan", operating charter, wetlease (for ANA...
Jump to postFirst bookings for 2024:
APR
NUE-FRA LH143 Lufthansa A319-100
FRA-AUS LH468 Lufthansa B787-9
IAH-LAS UA1420 United B737MAX8
LAS-FRA 4Y54 Discover A330-300
British startup Global Airlines is planning to start operations soon with their first aircraft. An A380-800 (registered via Hi Fly Malta).
Jump to postCity Airlines will start with four Eurowings (ex Air Berlin) A319, and will go full A220 later. D-ABGH and GK are already transferred, according to EAF D-ABGP and D-ASTX will follow this year. Wage contracts are currently negotiated, Spohr says they will be higher than Eurowings, Discover or competi...
Jump to postCurrently, there are some rumors where those 737MAX could go at Lufthansa group. While Lufthansa confirmed they won't be used at LH or LX, Airliners.de published an article, that Lufthansa could use them under the Germanwings brand or at least operate under their AOC. While the brand hasn't been use...
Jump to postI’m pretty sure most US rail is two-crew. If automation is so perfect, why do we any train crews? The damned train is only one dimensional. Some trains elsewhere are, in fact, fully automatic. DB (German railways) is planning to move to driverless trains in the long term. My company builds all kind...
Jump to postI,ve posted that a week ago in the German aviatio n thread, so I'll just quote myself: Official statement by Rossello is, that this is a formality to keep the brand alive, as per German law, a brand has to be used within five years from registration for goods or services. This year, there are no int...
Jump to postA340 out of Bogota to Central Europe can be an issue in fact. Lufthansa usually uses A340-600, which usually is fine, but can have a problems, if there are really bad weather conditions (strong rain, contaminated runway). I've heard stories from pilots, that turned around while taxiing due to chang...
Jump to postA340 out of Bogota to Central Europe can be an issue in fact. Lufthansa usually uses A340-600, which usually is fine, but can have a problems, if there are really bad weather conditions (strong rain, contaminated runway). I've heard stories from pilots, that turned around while taxiing due to chang...
Jump to postAnd it still flies out of Bogota, at 8600 feet above sea level. A340 out of Bogota to Central Europe can be an issue in fact. Lufthansa usually uses A340-600, which usually is fine, but can have a problems, if there are really bad weather conditions (strong rain, contaminated runway). I've heard st...
Jump to postThe only one I can think of in Europe is Munich - Lufthansa has a 49% ownership of Terminal 2, the newer and larger terminal. LH has a veto over who gets to use T2 - meaning if you are not LH or one of its Star Alliance friends... then you have to use the older T1. It seems that local politicians n...
Jump to postSundair founder Marcos Rossello, who bought the naming rights of Air Berlin in August 2023, has registered a new company "Airberlin Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH" in Germany with the registered purpose to operate an airline (among other purposes like aircraft trade, IT services an more). Of...
Jump to postIs there a site with the status of the Allegris retrofits on existing a/c like the 748? I looked through a few pages of the 2023 thread and didn't see anything. I know they were delayed, but would appreciate any further input on the retrofits. Flying Prem Econ on the Queen in June ORD>FRA. To my kn...
Jump to postDoes anybody like Frankfurt airport? Arriving at T1, I had an insanely long wait for luggage. Then, there was no train working to T2 so had to take a bus. How many minutes is "insanely long"? I don't know what counts as insanely long, but for me at FRA it was around 45 minutes to an hour ...
Jump to postI noticed Lufthansa removed the planned third daily (overnight flight) MUC-BEG that was supposed to start at the end of March. Anyone know if they modified any other routes for the summer season? BEG-FRA increase to 21 should go as planned. Yes they have, quite a lot actually, because they have too...
Jump to postI had far worse experience at other European airports. CDG T1 was no fun due to the tiny space in those separte buildings and the necessary security checks even on Schengen-Schengen tansits. It is even worse when you arrive in T2G. It's completely separated from all other terminals and requires a b...
Jump to postArriving in T1, waiting for luggage and then transit to T2 sounds like you booked two separate tickets on two unassociated airlines, right? Well, you made it unnecessary inconvenient for yourself, as usually airlines that work together are in the same terminal in Frankfurt. And even if not, there ar...
Jump to postA Lufthansa A321 (D-AIDG) was hit by a catering vehicle on Saturday. The photos look not good, the railing of the truck penetrated the aircraft hull just below the rear right exit door and got stuck in the fuselage. https://twitter.com/JacdecNew/status/1746522730315329581 Very unfortunate, as Luftha...
Jump to postIf I remember correctly, the first A330-300s, that were delivered in the mid-90s barely made 4800nm, while the latest A330-300 have a range of more then 6300nm. That's an increase of more than 30% over the time.
Jump to postYes, multiple times already. For example: NUE-ZRH-LCY to get the Bombardier CS100 (at that time it was still called that) and to get London City. Flew back the next day with Ryanair. BOS-ATL-PHL to get the 757-200 and the MD-90 CFU-FRA to get the 757-300 (was actually a three day trip, as I enjoyed ...
Jump to postCondor confirms the retirement of the 757 fleet after summer 2025. That is even earlier, than the previously anticipated 2026-28 (end of the leasing contracts). The earlier retirement was decided already in January 2023 and confirmed by the associates in last June. The document got published this we...
Jump to postHow rare are Dornier 328s? I think BA/Sunair are still flying some in Europe. MHS Aviation is flying wetlease for Rhein-Neckar Air with Dornier 328-110 (Prop) in Summer: Mannheim (MHG) to - Elba (EBA) - Heringsdorf (HDF) - Westerland/Sylt (GWT) And also from Kassel (KSF) to GWT. Thinking of doing a...
Jump to postTwo of four Lufthansa Cargo A321P2F have been grounded, after on two of them small cracks have been found in the aft section. Yesterday, one crack was discovered during a check on D-AEUC (been since xmas in BEG for maintenance), afterwards all four aircraft underwent immediate inspection, which resu...
Jump to post[I flew Air Do 3 months ago on Asahikawa to Haneda (767) and when I did the online check-in it was using the ANA check-in portal. It was not an Air Do skin on the ANA system, it was fully ANA branded. That said, booking Air Do directly was much cheaper than booking through ANA. You are right, they ...
Jump to postAir Do has been operating NH-Codeshare quite some time already, yet they do operate quite independently, they even have their own frequent flyer program and to my knowledge are not associated directly with ANA or Star Alliance at all.
Flown with them once when I booked HND-CTS via ANA.
As almost every year for the last 10 years: Lufthansa Group.
Jump to postHiroshima airport is around 40km as the crow flies from the center of Hiroshima City. There isn't even a direct train between the City and airport. You either have to use a Limousine Bus service from JR station (~52min) or get a taxi. Sapporo-Chitose airport is also some 40km away from the center of...
Jump to post2007: Lufthansa A300B4-600 D-AIAU FRA-SVO. Also my only flight on an A300 ever.
Jump to postMy first was actually an Air Berlin A319 in 2007 on a sightseeing flight at the Nuremberg Airport Party. In the same year first A321 on Lufthansa operating SVO-FRA. Only in 2009 I also got the A320.
Jump to postA storm has hit Argentina, at least 13 people have been killed during the storm. In Buenos Aires AEP, multiple aircraft were damaged as the winds have moved the aircraft and pushed them into the surroundings, have been hit by debris, or have been struck by lightning. Multiple videos from Jorge Newbe...
Jump to postWorked in field service, so I've been flying all around the world. There are multiple places I never wanna visit again. My personal bottom 3: - Korba, India – dirty industrial city. Multiple coal power stations, heavy industry, coal mines, steel mills and aluminum plants. Smog all over the place and...
Jump to postSome new airports, but no new letters. A: ADB, ALG, AMD, AMS, AOJ , ATL, AYT B: BAH, BDQ, BOG, BOM, BOS, BSK, BUD C: CAG, CAI, CDG, CGH, CFU , CPH, CTS D: DAC, DEL, DME, DUS, DTW, DXB E: ESB, EWR F: FCO, FNC, FNJ, FRA, FUK G: GOT, GPS , GRU, GVA, GYE H: HAJ, HAM, HAU, HEL , HFT, HKG, HND, HVG I: IAD...
Jump to postNever mind... The 787-9 is NOT coming to BOG (or GIG for that matter). Long live the A340! https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231213-lhns24inc That's even weirder using the A340-300. If they want to operate from BOG with A343, they either will have to make a fuel stop somewhere or block around 60 seats...
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