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Post by airboche on Sept 22, 2020 13:47:45 GMT 1
Cost is said to be around Euro 1.1 bio. per Q3/2020 for the fleet shrinking.
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Post by kronus on Nov 6, 2020 6:15:01 GMT 1
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Post by a380fanclub on Nov 6, 2020 7:53:41 GMT 1
It says ‘long-term parking’: that’s not permanent. At the announcement of its 3rd restructuring plan a few months ago, Lufthansa said that the A380-fleet will go into deep storage and only be re-activated if demand would recover quicker than anticipated. This hasn’t chsnged with the wording in either the report and Q3 press release. |
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Post by kronus on Jan 27, 2021 6:43:17 GMT 1
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Post by stealthmanbob on Mar 8, 2021 12:28:32 GMT 1
Looks more likely now that the A380 will not return for Lufthansa. Quote Ch Aviation - "Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int'l) is unlikely to ever reactivate its fourteen mothballed A380-800s and will instead boost its medium-size widebody fleet with at least some of its twenty ordered B787-9s, Chief Executive Carsten Spohr said during a presentation of the company's annual results. "At Lufthansa German Airlines, fourteen A380-800s and ten A340-600s, among others, have been permanently decommissioned," he said. The group's annual financial report lists six Airbus double-deckers as "scheduled for retirement" and the remaining eight just as "temporarily decommissioned". Spohr, however, clarified that from today's perspective, there was no chance that the latter would ever be reactivated." Full Article - www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/101257-lufthansa-sees-no-future-for-a380s-but-will-add-b787-9s |
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Post by airboche on Mar 8, 2021 13:37:35 GMT 1
He said it is "very unlikely they return to scheduled airline service". All are in long-term storage status already. So there is only a very low chance of reactivation. However he did NOT say they were permanently decomissioned phased out or similar.
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Post by stealthmanbob on Mar 8, 2021 14:55:14 GMT 1
He said it is "very unlikely they return to scheduled airline service". All are in long-term storage status already. So there is only a very low chance of reactivation. However he did NOT say they were permanently decomissioned phased out or similar. 6 have already been sold back to Airbus (I guess as part of the A350 deal), so really only 8 left. |
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Post by peter on Mar 8, 2021 15:15:11 GMT 1
He said it is "very unlikely they return to scheduled airline service". Spohr did not say that. It's the opening line from CH-aviation However he did NOT say they were permanently decomissioned phased out or similar. And that is exactly what Spohr DID say: |
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Post by airboche on Mar 8, 2021 16:21:03 GMT 1
I listened to the press conference webcast myself and seem to remember his exact wording. I think that was when he answered some question in the Q and A part.
There were early reports/tweets about some LH announcement of LH having decommissioned their A380s but AFAIK these were withdrawn.
My point is he only said he considers it highly unlikely that they return to scheduled service.
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Post by kronus on May 9, 2021 5:40:20 GMT 1
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