by Lufthansa Flyer | Aug 7, 2013 | Airlines |
Lufthansa Cargo has announced that it has completed the installation of SATCOM-based navigation equipment in its entire fleet of MD-11 Freighters.
SATCOM is shorthand for Satellite Communications and is designed to be far more effective and efficient than previous generations of navigation technology. SATCOM allows airlines to plan more direct ‘point to point’ routes rather than using ‘airways’ when it comes to flight planning. As an example, Lufthansa Cargo suggests that SATCOM will save them 2,000 tons of fuel and 6,300 tons of C02 emissions just on their Hong Kong – Guangzhou – Alamty route segment each year.
SATCOM installation had begun in 2012 and the final installation was completed in July. SATCOM will also be installed on all Boeing 777 Freighters that Cargo is set to begin receiving later this year.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Aug 6, 2013 | Airlines |
The past several days have seen a fair amount of route updates from Star Alliance members. Avianca appeared to be most active as it announced a variety of service increases between San Salvador and various USA destinations. Even the normally ‘quiet’ Croatia had a few announcements regarding several of their routes. Otherwise the only other significant announcement was Lufthansa’s when they announced the cancellation of their Dusseldorf – Miami route beginning with the Winter timetable.
AEGEAN:
Athens-Moscow (DME) effective October 27 will increase from 2x/week to 3x/week.
Kalamata – Kiev effective September 26 is CANCELED.
AIR CANADA:
Halifax- Ft. Lauderdale effective December 14 will BEGIN 1x/week service (Saturdays).
AVIANCA:
San Salvador – Cali effective September 15 will increase from 5x/week to 1x/DAY.
San Salvador – Los Angeles effective November 15 will increase from 24x/week to 26x/week.
San Salvador – Mexico City effective November 15 will increase from 7x/week to 11x/week.
San Salvador – Mexico City effective December 1 will increase from 11x/week to 14x/week.
San Salvador – Miami effective November 15 will increase from 1x/day to 2x/day.
San Salvador – Washington DC (IAD) effective November 15 will increase from 17x/week to 21x/week.
CROATIA:
Pula – Zadar effective October 27 will be reduced from 1x/day to 6x/WEEK.
Zagreb – Brussels effective October 27 will increase from 7x/week to 10x/week.
Dubrovnik – Frankfurt effective October 27 is CANCELED.
Dubrovnik – Paris effective October 27 is CANCELED.
Zagreb – London (LGW) effective October 27 is CANCELED.
ETHIOPIAN:
Addis Ababa – Enugu effective August 24 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
EVA:
Taichung – Macau effective August 1 will be reduced from 1x/day to 6x/WEEK.
LUFTHANSA:
Dusseldorf – Miami effective with the Winter timetable is CANCELED.
SWISS:
Basel – Rome effective between December 13 and January 6 will be reduced from 1x/day to 4x/WEEK.
Basel – Barcelona effective for the Winter timetable will be reduced from 7x/week to 6x/week.
Basel – Prague effective for the Winter timetable will be reduced from 5x/week to 4x/week.
THAI:
Bangkok – Sapporo will increase to from 3x/week 1x/DAY on October 1 instead of October 27 as previously planned.
TURKISH:
Istanbul – Kano – N’Djamena effective December 12 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Aug 4, 2013 | Airlines |
Since Lufthansa launched BLUE LEGENDS, I’ve had many USA based Blue Legend users email me voicing their disappointment that they could not participate actively when flying on non-Lufthansa operated flights in the USA. In order to “Check In” for a flight on Blue Legends, a Lufthansa flight number is required. This included codeshare flight numbers for flights operated by United and US Airways.
To that end, I’ve been able to assemble a complete list of codeshare flight numbers that Lufthansa uses for flights operated by United and US Airways. I’ve made these lists available as dedicated pages on my website.
For United Operated Flights: “BLUE LEGENDS: Lufthansa Codeshare Flight Numbers For United Flights”
For US Airways Operated Flights: “BLUE LEGENDS: Lufthansa Codeshare Flight Numbers For US Airway Flights”
If you are unfamiliar with Blue Legends, I encourage you to visit the app’s website or read my post on Blue Legends.
There are a few things to keep in mind with these lists:
Lufthansa does not have a codeshare flight number for every United or US Airways operated flight.
Lufthansa updates their codeshare flight numbers monthly and I’ll update my list to reflect the changes (I’ll let you know when I’ve updated the pages).
The list only contains the LH codeshare flight number, origin and destination and does not contain departure or arrival time information. You’ll need to cross reference your own itinerary and match it up to the appropriate LH code share flight number.
If you have any questions or need help with Blue Legends, feel free to e-mail me or leave a comment on this post.
