Problem is that neither the goverment of Berlin nor the goverment of Brandenburg have any politcal intention to keep Tegel open. In fact they both promised their voters that Tegel will close the day BER will open. Surely you could change this, but not in any reasonable timeframe and not without comp...
Jump to postThe law is clear. The day the first lfight starts at the new airport Tegel must close. Keeping Tegel open is not legal possible. If this means flights to and from Berlin will have to be reduced, so be it.
Jump to postIB has so many prolbem.s Today the South American carriers offer a better product than Iberia. LATAM, Avianca and Copa are all strong and well connected. If I had to choose between <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> from <acronym title="Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / E...
Jump to postWhen more A350 and 787 are in service, their might be an interesting market for used A330.
Jump to postWell, the question is what the future should be. Using Iberia Express to feed the long haul flights is not going to work, as the service is too bad, even comapred to the new Germanwings. Then they operate to Germany, but even have a German website and their english one is bad. try finding out if the...
Jump to postI found a way better article explaining the planing of the airport. <a href="http://www.derwesten.de/wr/staedte/duesseldorf/flughafen-duesseldorf-will-mehr-starts-und-landungen-id8089686.html" target="_blank">http://www.derwesten.de/wr/staedte/d...tarts-und-landungen-id8089686.html</a> It is only 50...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PanHAM" class="quote" target="_blank">PanHAM</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>the current government got a black eye trying ...
Jump to postI am realistic. The confirmation fo the Angerland treaty is recent and I fail to see any political desire in NRW to push that move forward given the current government.
Jump to postThat is interesting when we consider what LH said about their future replacement for A343/744/A346.
Jump to postWill be bitterly fought against by the people living in the approach and all cities affected by it. Won´t go through. The Angerland treaty is still valid and it allows only a single runway use. A wet dream by the airport - nothing more.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/OldAeroGuy" class="quote" target="_blank">OldAeroGuy</a> (<a href="#163" class="quote">Reply 163</a>):<br/><i>Yes, if you like reading 12 year o...
Jump to postFirst off all the problem is not so much about the aircraft, it describes something that can hit any aircraft, should the market change more quickly than expected. The 748 and the A388 are other prime contenders to see such problems. On the A346, it is not a bad aircrat per se, if you can use it on ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KarelXWB" class="quote" target="_blank">KarelXWB</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>AirAsia picks CFM's Leap-1A and CFM56-5Bs ...
Jump to postI personally think LH will be one of launch customers of the 777X. I can see them go 778, 779 + 787-1000. This way they would get the most influence on the final product.
Jump to postOr used 767s tanker converted by Israeli companies.
Jump to postI would say D7100 If the 70-300 works fine with the D5100 it will work equally fine with the D7100. With the D600 you lose reach. Secondly the <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> in the D7100 is better. It has the high-end 51 point <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym>, the D600 has the old ...
Jump to postConsider that by the time the first XWBs will enter service most carriers will offer a premium eco product.
So imho it will be
10 seats - eco
9 seats - premium eco
and then biz
Yes, the 777X instead of some 748s seems likely. Yet I do not expect them to go all 777X. I would not be surprised if the addition is a 787-950 (a 1000 with reduced gross weight and engine power). This version could appeal to not only LH.
Jump to postI believe most airlines will go 10 abreast with the XWB in eco.
Jump to postMH has stated that they plan to keep on taking aircraft in a steady rythm. So that they never again come to a point in which they have a completely old subfleet for one market segment.
Jump to post748 repalcement seems a long way off in the future. First they need to look at the remaining 744, A343 and A346. (A333 later) For the requirement they could go A350 or 787/777X. Both options have advantages, as a common fleet with the A350 and as a wider range of capacity available with the 787/777X...
Jump to postI would agree that a split buy is likely.The 789 could be a great tool to replace the A343 with the 777X replacing A346 and 744. In the end I would not be surprised if the order goes to the manufacturer who is willing to make a version of its plane that is optimized for <acronym title="Lufthansa (Ge...
Jump to postLiveries are overrated in this forum. If they want to improve the brand, they need to improve the product. that means get a homogeneous cabin product for the long haul fleet, get the 2 airlines merged into one by setting one standard service level, improve the website. A flashy new livery does nothi...
Jump to postDo228 is too small. On the other hand I wonder if AA could not do with the ATR 42-600.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/na" class="quote" target="_blank">na</a> (<a href="#96" class="quote">Reply 96</a>):<br/><i>No, very ignorant and unaware that businesslike also...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/na" class="quote" target="_blank">na</a> (<a href="#91" class="quote">Reply 91</a>):<br/><i>If your "classic" look is great, fine. But <acronym ...
Jump to postI personally like their classic livery. Not being trendy is a value itself in todays world.
Jump to postVLA has a future, but currently there are few routes which justifiy such a large plane and are slot limited so that it is no option to have a second flight instead of one flight with a VLA. The current crisis has helped that, as the passenger growths has been below what was epxected, but in the end ...
Jump to postI wonder what the AF crew and engineers did, before taking back the plane coming out of the check? Never tried the radios or the toilets in the test flight ?
Jump to postThe 77X might just be a little too much for some airlines and imho its biggest impact will hit the 748, which will be made obsolete.
Jump to postIt is unlikely that we will ever see a similar thermal event. The new containment box is solid and reminds me of other containment designs used for storage of flammable liquids used in industrial production or storage applications. As the FAA already pointed out, the ETOPS certification could be inf...
Jump to postI had a photo in the queue that disappeared. It had not been accpeted and it is also not listed as rejected or still in the queue.
Jump to postPassengers migt prefer a jet, but only few would pay extra to fly in a jet and in the end the first thing people compare when looking for a flight is the ticket price.
Jump to postThe question is if the expensive F-35B will ever operate from rough FOBs. The engine downwash is way stronger than that of the Harrier, the RAM coatings won´t like the dust and small stones hitting it.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KD5MDK" class="quote" target="_blank">KD5MDK</a> (<a href="#62" class="quote">Reply 62</a>):<br/><i>I'm curious why 90 seat and not 99. It seems...
Jump to postLH likes to be launch customer, as they can influence the design that way. So 787-1000 and 777X seem more likely to me than A350.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Aviaco" class="quote" target="_blank">Aviaco</a> (<a href="#106" class="quote">Reply 106</a>):<br/><i>The whole thread should be more focussed o...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Stitch" class="quote" target="_blank">Stitch</a> (<a href="#77" class="quote">Reply 77</a>):<br/><i>I'm sure the failure rate is lower because t...
Jump to postThere is nothing much to discuss. LH can not drop costs to a level that would match the middle eastern carriers. Even if they are able to reduce costs this around, it would mainly increase pressure on other European airliners, not on the Gulf carriers.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Stitch" class="quote" target="_blank">Stitch</a> (<a href="#67" class="quote">Reply 67</a>):<br/><i>If they're going to reduce the 787's ETOPS c...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PanHAM" class="quote" target="_blank">PanHAM</a> (<a href="#53" class="quote">Reply 53</a>):<br/><i>it is about <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germa...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PanHAM" class="quote" target="_blank">PanHAM</a> (<a href="#44" class="quote">Reply 44</a>):<br/><i>Right now <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany...
Jump to postIt is good for the unions to know that they now must fight. And they should not compromise at all.
Jump to postLow cost could also mean, lower operating costs. Think about an LH owned airline based in Asia.
Jump to postAn APU fire can be shut of by stopping the fuel supply and the fire extinguishers are effective. A Li-Ion battery melt down event, continues without external supply of flammable liquids, can not be extinguished by on-board systems and re-ignites on its own. Apart from that you also lose the APU when...
Jump to postSo I guess they got a really good price for those 737-800.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/lightsaber" class="quote" target="_blank">lightsaber</a> (<a href="#73" class="quote">Reply 73</a>):<br/><i>Ghad, three large NEO orders and no ...
Jump to postThe more interesting question will be the engine choice on those NEOs.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/francoflier" class="quote" target="_blank">francoflier</a> (<a href="#24" class="quote">Reply 24</a>):<br/><i> So, you're not only assuming that...
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