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Post by airboche on Nov 9, 2018 11:46:07 GMT 1
Good point. But I still think LH okayed it exactly this way. (I have some further information I cannot share).
It might be the case that by now LH in general favors less economy seats and slightly smaller aircraft to offer higher frequencies for higher yield business passengers.
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Post by kevin5345179 on Nov 29, 2018 8:31:34 GMT 1
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Post by airboche on Nov 29, 2018 9:40:11 GMT 1
Frankfurt was expanded and has lots of slots available. Lufthansa wants to block as many as possible to avoid competitors coming in. So smaller aircraft to Frankfurt to occupy as many slots as possible by LH itself.
Munich is a wealthy market and is saturated during peak times due to limited runway capacity. So LH moves bigger airplanes to MUC.
Plus: LH love a little tough talking to Frankfurt airport and the local government there. Like if you don't follow our requests we move capacity to the south. There goes your business. On the other hand: Still sort of a good moment for competitors to "attack" LH at Frankfurt.
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Post by kronus on Mar 14, 2019 8:34:36 GMT 1
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Post by philidor on Mar 14, 2019 17:00:02 GMT 1
Maybe 14 commitments for 777-9X LH currently converted to 20 orders for 787-9. These 14 orders aren't really firm, since Boeing doesn't consider them as such. This means LH can take them or not without any penalty ... Why not, however, a 748 trade-in, as they did with their A380s ?
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Post by FabienA380 on Mar 15, 2019 7:49:33 GMT 1
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Post by kevin5345179 on Sept 11, 2019 0:31:08 GMT 1
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Post by philidor on Sept 11, 2019 14:34:54 GMT 1
If LH wanted to postpone 779 deliveries, that would be another serious blow to the programme. Performing 744 D checks, however, might just be a cautious move signaling that the airline believes the programme will suffer delays of its own. There is also an unclear point : does LH enjoy a 748 buyback agreement with Boeing (they seemingly had one with Airbus regarding their A380s) ? If yes, then 779s may be introduced as a 748 replacement.
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Post by s543 on Sept 12, 2019 8:30:16 GMT 1
If LH wanted to postpone 779 deliveries, that would be another serious blow to the programme. Performing 744 D checks, however, might just be a cautious move signaling that the airline believes the programme will suffer delays of its own. There is also an unclear point : does LH enjoy a 748 buyback agreement with Boeing (they seemingly had one with Airbus regarding their A380s) ? If yes, then 779s may be introduced as a 748 replacement. 1 - very sensible - since everybody knows there WILL be loooong delay - if nothing else much more thorough certification than is BO used to. 2 - if there is the buyback agreement and if it would be executed it is a bad news for BO since who would than buy those 748 ? I seriously doubt there is someone - maybe only Iran (but those will not get the export licence)
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Post by airboche on Sept 12, 2019 12:50:32 GMT 1
Those 747-8 will still be young enough for profitable conversion to freighters. Lufthansa seems to favour less types in the fleet now so I don't expect the 747-8 to remain in the fleet forever after all 747-400 will be gone one day.
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