TS811 wrote:New route for this Summer: Lisbon.
One can wonder how much of this is coming from the new CEO's past at TAP..
Once it melts it'll be back to normal, nothing to worry about, move along please.
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An Update, The first 777F for DHL UK has been delayed to Early-to-Mid February, Boeing has stated "issues during final assembly" as the problem, read in to that what you and want. LN1707, China Cargo-ntu frame, is expected to be the first "used" frame, should be delivered by the ...
Jump to postThe first 777F which was due for DHL UK has been delayed, expected delivery date is now Early-to-Mid February.
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I would also say that the engines wont be as easy as that to get rid of as people think. Only the inboard engines have the hydraulic system for reverse thrust, so anyone that needed a new motor, would effectively have to buy them in pairs or full sets.
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People are not bothered these days about the service they receive when its up against the cost factor in life. Cost is the overall factor. People will argue about the service they receive, but I can say that I have had better service on an Ryanair flight than with BA. Look at from this point of view...
Jump to postDHL UK 777F Delivery schedule is roughly this; January '22 March '22 May '22 4th in Q3 '22. OMAA Are all of the remaining firm DHL 777F orders going there? I believe 8 of the remaining 10 are due to be delivered. However, with most DHL orders, they can change like some of the Southern Air/Aerologic...
Jump to postDHL UK 777F Delivery schedule is roughly this;
January '22
March '22
May '22
4th in Q3 '22.
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I bet it would have felt like a long flight home after losing 4-2!
Arsenal once did a STN-NWI (I think) a few years ago, that went down really well with everyone!
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I have heard rumours that the Lufthansa 787 Whitetails will be arriving as a demonstration to others that whitetails are availabe and that Boeing can have them available for airlines should they need/want them.
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I am surprised that they can get insurance in the first place! OMAA Ha Ha PIA the Pakistani authorities and such things ! I can imagine them being like a parent calling the insurers to put their 17 year old child, "Noooo, honestly we will only let him drive once a month to church and back!&quo...
Jump to postI am surprised that they can get insurance in the first place!
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Ref your last line, that's not necessarily true. Take a look at the 787s. China Cargo have another one coming shortly. Info as of 15 September shows it still going to them, but whether that will change in between times, I can't say. DHL UKs first 777 coming soon. Also a mystery 777F coming end of y...
Jump to postIts off to VCV/SBD.
Likely for long term storage or scrapping, i would guess they will try and find a buyer for a little while before scrapping it.
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Will they deploy them straight to longhaul or wll they a few shorthaul for training purposes? They were planning on doing Intra-Europe flights in December (FRA-LHR/CDG) however, given the delays with the 787 now, its a possibility that they may go straight onto long-haul from January 17th. This may...
Jump to postWell, that's strange. Boeing certainly say that LH are taking the 787s with GE. https://www.boeing.com/commercial/#/orders-deliveries But All Things 787 are now showing that the five planes in question with RR. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FH3Y2-vRUgojntPkCSJI5Pd-15rsJ1a0SFCRaT-iqgo/edit...
Jump to postWell, that's strange. Boeing certainly say that LH are taking the 787s with GE. https://www.boeing.com/commercial/#/orders-deliveries But All Things 787 are now showing that the five planes in question with RR. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FH3Y2-vRUgojntPkCSJI5Pd-15rsJ1a0SFCRaT-iqgo/edit...
Jump to postA359bw wrote:Ah sorry i mixed it up with ln 898.
I heard different things about the engines
That is not so true. The aircraft with the serial number 887 is in Charleston and is being prepared for its first flight. In other news, the five aircraft are rumored to have been changed over to rr engines. Incorrect, LN887, Reg N1005S/N8752A was ferried VCV-PAE. It is currently there. Your engine...
Jump to postIt is now likely that the first 787 delivery will not be made until Mid/Late December due to the issues which have been identified by Boeing. These will have to be rectified before delivery in line with FAA guidelines. Two of the aircraft awaiting delivery, LN887 and LN905 are currently in the hange...
Jump to postNo, Newquay is for summer only, November is now out of season and there will be little to no holiday traffic going there. I believe there is still some flights from MAN, LBA, EDI and a few others, but otherwise your options are now Car or Train. Either way, you are looking at 5+ hours of travelling....
Jump to postI dont really see the point in this. Its the most daft idea going!! At the end of the day, people vote with their wallet, if the cheapest flight happens to produce the least amount of CO2, then its a bonus, however, if the cheapest flight produces the most CO2, nobody will be bother, because it is t...
Jump to postI am lead to believe that they will be coming with the Vistara Business Class, Reverse Herringbone.
They were already installed on the 3 Vistara aircraft which they are taking. Perhaps they will be taking the Vantage XL on the other two ex-Hainan.Suparna frames
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The First Lufthansa 787, D-ABPA, will be named "Berlin"
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The price which Lufthansa are paying for these 787's is ridiculous, talk about a good deal, clearly Boeing were desperate to get them out of the parking lot and onto somebody else. They will be a good fit at Lufthansa, I can see them going to A330 destinations, or perhaps A340/747 locations which w...
Jump to postReuters coverage... Lufthansa said on Sunday it has agreed to lease four new Airbus A350-900 long-haul passenger jets, taking on newer planes left without homes as airlines restructure their balance sheets amid the coronavirus crisis. ... The aircraft were originally earmarked for Philippine Airlin...
Jump to postInterestingly, today, Lufthansa has stated that they in favor of compulsory vaccinations for crew; https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/corona-lufthansa-impfpflicht-100.html (In German, use translate) Interesting read, as a fully vaxxed individual, I don't see what the problem is, especially if y...
Jump to postInterestingly, today, Lufthansa has stated that they in favor of compulsory vaccinations for crew; https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/corona-lufthansa-impfpflicht-100.html (In German, use translate) Interesting read, as a fully vaxxed individual, I don't see what the problem is, especially if yo...
Jump to postI know this is going off topic slightly, but converting them into Freighters, or even an A380F, is the most terrible idea in the world. I cant think there would be many, if any, routes out there that would require that amount of cargo. Along with that, how much cargo do you think you would be able t...
Jump to postDo we actually know how many outstanding 777F's are are being built? On the production part of the spreadsheet, there is only 5 orders left, but this is clearly not correct as certain carriers have bigger order, such as DHL UK, which we are presuming the first is to be delivered in March '22. Will t...
Jump to postThey will go on LHR/CDG/FRA, there is no way that they will go down to Australia.
Could this be a little like the Lufthansa situation, where they are merely only really bringing it back for first class, since as no other aircraft in their fleet has it? Just a thought.
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The first 744 back in service will be LH786/787 on the 1st October to Qingdao
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What about all the 787's which have been stored in the desert for several years and were never taken by the operator. Then what? Is that a case of they will be inspected when the time is right for them to go to an operator. For example, all of the Mexican 787s which have been going out of VCV the la...
Jump to postI love how it says "BUY TODAY FOR ONLY $488,000 per month"
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These aircraft were terrible when they were in the skies and literally have no value to fly again. They were the highest empty weight 777's, with the first suites, granite galleys etc. The engines weren't much better, no bump rating and would struggle to pull the skin off rice pudding on a hot day! ...
Jump to postI broke the news the other day on airliners.de in regards to an internal meeting with the initial proposed routes for the 787 when it starts service in 2022. Intra-European training flights will commence around December/January FRA-LHR FRA-CDG International service will begin 01/02/2022 FRA-EWR DAIL...
Jump to postEvening All
I’m wondering if there is a document, pdf, Google drive or anything of the like, which has all the current outstanding 777 orders on.
I’ve tried Google and can’t seem to find anything, yet I have read other members mentioning it.
Hope someone can help.
Regards
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Do we know where the 777F's will be coming from? Part of the outstanding 777;s to which DHL have on order still?
Any Speculation or rumors as to which routes they will be covering once they are up and running?
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Any signs that Boeing begins to prepare the first 787 for LH soon? With all the trouble with the FAA I fear that we will not see the first one at the end of 2021 as planned. https://www.instagram.com/p/CP6NjO_hDF_/ According this is IG poster Line 887 is now in Boeing hangar at VCV for rework and m...
Jump to postReserve seat meaning similar to QSuites and ANA's J? No - More like Hainan/Vistara seats. OMAA Would this not make it the highest density layout of any three class 787-8 out there? Rumor has it this might not happen. You’re right, this definitely won’t happen! However, the 787-9 that I’m discussing...
Jump to postMore information about the Austrian 787. Rumor has it that the aircraft will be in a three-class configuration with - 26 J - 21 W - 241 Y The business class will be a reverse seat and the premium economy will be similar to the usual reclining seats. OMAA Reserve seat meaning similar to QSuites and ...
Jump to postMore information about the Austrian 787.
Rumor has it that the aircraft will be in a three-class configuration with
- 26 J
- 21 W
- 241 Y
The business class will be a reverse seat and the premium economy will be similar to the usual reclining seats.
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According to German Media the A321P2F will be already converted 2nd hand aircraft - makes sense as the conversion of own aircraft would take some time. And in another forum there is this rumor floating around: OS is getting 787-9 as of the phase out of the 767 LX is getting A350-900 to replace A340...
Jump to postThe 787-9's going to Lufthansa are the Vistara Airframes ntu. Not the ANA frames, LN 887, 893, 898, 905 & 913 are the ones going to LH OMAA All in all, what are the white-tails that the Lufthansa Group is taking? They probably just convert their own aircraft. And the article mentions A321P2F, n...
Jump to postThe 787-9's going to Lufthansa are the Vistara Airframes ntu. Not the ANA frames, LN 887, 893, 898, 905 & 913 are the ones going to LH
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The White-Tails which are rumored to be going to Austrian are LN955 LN 971 LN983 LN1011 All we destined for Norwegian, but never delivered. OMAA So these would be RR powered, if I recall correctly? The main LH order is also for RR powered aircraft and the 5 white-tails already ordered were GE? For ...
Jump to postThe White-Tails which are rumored to be going to Austrian are
LN955
LN 971
LN983
LN1011
All we destined for Norwegian, but never delivered.
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Yes, the initial 4 of the 20 aircraft they ordered in 2019 will be White-Tail aircraft.
I guess they have plenty sitting on the ground. They will have gotten a good price on them I would imagine.
The 5 you mention with GE Engines are certainly going to LH
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Good afternoon all. A rumour doing the rounds at OS currently, is that, of the 20 787's the LH Group originally ordered, the initial four will be delivered to Austrian as current White-Tail 787's. These will all be the undelivered Norwegian 787-9s which are all currently in storage. These aircraft w...
Jump to postLH should get the Vistara Birds. Don´t know which LN would be correct for them. Yeah, those we're the rumoured aircraft and ones which seems to have been confirmed by the Lufthansa Group Fleet Website and along with the 787 Delivery Shhet google.doc However, it was just a theory that I had come acr...
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