by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 7, 2012 | Airlines |
A few minor updates, most notable the continued contraction in CSA’s routes.
CSA Czech Airlines:
Prague-Sofia effective March 25 is canceled.
China Southern:
Guangzhou-Amsterdam effective April 8 increases from 3x/week to 5x/week.
Guangzhou-Amsterdam effective June 11 increases from 5x/week to 1x/day.
Guangzhou-Vancouver effective June 18 increases from 3x/week to 5x/week.
Alitalia:
Rome-Beirut is effective June 12 increases from 8x/week to 10x/week.
Tarom:
Bucharest-Budapest effective February 6 increases from 5x/week to 12x/week.
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by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 6, 2012 | Industry News |
As reported today by Reuters, Boeing is undertaking corrective steps to fix an issue that has been discovered with their 787. Boeing is saying that incorrect shimming was creating problems on the aft sections of the 787’s fuselage.
Boeing is also standing by its commitment to build 10 new 787s a month, and this recent set back should not affect that plan at this point.
In the article, it goes on to describe the problem as delamination where layers of the composite material used in building the aircraft are coming undone. According to Boeing the delamination is being caused by repeated stress.
Obviously this is not a good thing when it comes to an aircraft whose fuselage is made up primarily of these layers of composites. Personally I think I am going to wait a fair amount of time before flying on the 787. Even though I am by no stretch an Aeronautic Engineer and I don’t understand the particulars when it comes to using composites in building aircraft, I am however an expert in self preservation and will like to keep it that way for another 40 or 50 years!
I know that with any new aircraft design there will be growing pains and bugs (just ask Airbus and its woes with the A380) that are discovered once a new model of aircraft enters real life use and abuse. It appears that Boeing is on top of the problem and is being proactive about it.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 6, 2012 | Airlines |
Just a small update from Lufthansa and Turkish. Lufthansa’s changes are primarily to cover the gaps left now that Malev (Hungarian) is no longer flying.
Lufthansa:
Hamburg-Birmingham effective May 2 will begin 2x/day service.
Hamburg-Budapest effective February 6 will begin 1x/day service (to replace Malev)
Berlin(TXL)-Budapest effective February 6 will begin 1x/day service (to replace Malev)
Turkish:
Istanbul-London(LGW) effective April 24 will increase from 7x/week to 10x/week.
Istanbul-London(LGW) effective May 28 will increase from 10x/week to 14x/week.
