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Lufthansa considering purchase of 100 planes
Web posted at: 9/3/2006 2:2:53
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BERLIN • Germany's biggest airline Lufthansa is considering a multi-billion-euro purchase of some 100 new planes to replace part of its aging fleet, the newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported.

“A rather large order” for aircraft will be made in the autumn, the airline's chief pilot, Juergen Raps, said in an internal publication Flightcrew Info.

The first decisions could be made during a meeting of the supervisory board on September 20.

According to the newspaper, Lufthansa is in negotiation with US aircraft maker Boeing and its European arch-competitor Airbus, as well as the Brazilian manufacturer Embraer and Canada's Bombardier.

The German airline wants to replace 30 of its Boeing 747 and 29 of its Airbus A340 aircraft with long-haul planes, as well as 62 of its Boeing 737 with European aircraft, the newspaper said.

It added that Lufthansa also wants to replace several of its 83 A320 planes, and may buy up to 60 Embraer for its domestic flights.

Italy has become a bigger market for Lufthansa due to the financial troubles of the Italian national carrier Alitalia, the paper said.

In another article to appear in Der Spiegel, the German magazine said that for long-haul jets, Lufthansa is interested in the new model Airbus A380 superjumbo jet as well as the current model 747-8 from Boeing, and for its medium-haul fleet, it is debating between the Airbus A350 and Boeing's 787 and 777 planes.


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unable to do any analysis at this point, but would be interested to watch how it goes.  Especially, LH is the only major airlines without B777.


Also lets see how the US vs EuroUnion politics comes into play.


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Someone on anet had earler suggested that Boeing would definately be getting 737 orders from LH

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Hmn is Lufthansa going the INDIGO way

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JumboJet wrote:

Hmn is Lufthansa going the INDIGO way

Lets hope they dont become a LCC atleast

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its fun to see the media circus before any important order.... the speculation is truly amusing!

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DABTH wrote:

its fun to see the media circus before any important order.... the speculation is truly amusing!


"Most" media Aviation related news is Amusing


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just a hint!.... we have already decided!! and im pretty damn happy
alas for obvious reasons... i cant tell you'll the long and the short of the story ;).... but all shall be revealed in good time...

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DABTH wrote:

just a hint!.... we have already decided!! and im pretty damn happy
alas for obvious reasons... i cant tell you'll the long and the short of the story ;).... but all shall be revealed in good time...

Atleast u can hint the aircrafts shortlisted not the exact list although

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if i did... it would give away everything... its pretty easy to add 2 and 2 together with the hints id have to give...

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DABTH wrote:

if i did... it would give away everything... its pretty easy to add 2 and 2 together with the hints id have to give...


Given you're probably working on the 747s at BOM, I'm guessing the LH long haul order might go the Boeing way - with a few 748s and maybe even some 773s in the short term? This is of course pure speculation

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... we should announce it soon!

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Ok i presume LH to get 777s and either more of 380s or 748s


Also some narrow bodies like 30 aircrafts or so maybe 737s


Lets see if i can get something right out of this


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News you heard here first...

BLR is likely to be upgraded to a 747-400 from the existing A340-300 service from the coming winter schedule onwards

Our Boeing 747-400 fleet is to be revamped and an entirely new seating version is to be introduced featuring the new business class product... cant reveal the exact breakup of the seating just yet.

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DABTH wrote:

News you heard here first...

BLR is likely to be upgraded to a 747-400 from the existing A340-300 service from the coming winter schedule onwards

Our Boeing 747-400 fleet is to be revamped and an entirely new seating version is to be introduced featuring the new business class product... cant reveal the exact breakup of the seating just yet.

Thanx for that but what about the fleet info

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i cant give you fleet info ;)... if i could.... you'd already have it by now out on A.net forums by the many guys who work for LH

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starting 09 October 2006

LH754/755 will be revised to a Boeing 747-400 timings will also be updated...

now departs FRA at 1125 arrives BLR 2345 total flight time 8h50min

return LH755 departs BLR 0145hrs arrives FRA 0730hrs total flight time 9h15mins


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30 of those 100 have gone Airbus' way:

Lufthansa orders 5 A330s as A380 delayed, 30 A320s
FRANKFURT, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Germany's Deutsche Lufthansa (LHAG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) said it is ordering five Airbus (EAD.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) A330s for delivery in the next two years to plug a gap as it waits for its delayed A380s.

The airline also said it was buying five A319s, 10 A320s and 15 A321s to expand its short-haul fleet, with options for a further 30 A320-family planes.

From: Reuters/Yahoo

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this aint the reason im happy ;)... theres still more to come :D

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DABTH....How many Flights/Night you handle.


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DABTH wrote:

starting 09 October 2006
LH754/755 will be revised to a Boeing 747-400 timings will also be updated...
now departs FRA at 1125 arrives BLR 2345 total flight time 8h50min
return LH755 departs BLR 0145hrs arrives FRA 0730hrs total flight time 9h15mins



And surprise surprise - I'm booked on LH 755 on 4/Oct and return via LH754 on the 18/October - hence getting to experience the old and the new!! Will try to keep notes and get a good trip report in place on this sector. I've not flown LH455/454 for ages now (don't know if I've actually ever flown that flight), since most of my flying to SFO has been on SQ/TG over the past few years.

It's definitely going to be interesting to see how the BLR airport deals with a full jumbo coming in at night

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