by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 31, 2015 | Airlines, Eurowings, Featured, germanwings |
This Sunday, February 1, marks the first time that an A320 will fly under Lufthansa’s Eurowings LCC subsidiary. The ‘inaugural’ flight will take place between Hamburg and Prague – departing Hamburg at 10:55a and arriving in Prague at 12:00p. The aircraft will also sport Eurowing’s new livery.
D-AIZQ will be the first Eurowings A320 to enter service (Photo: Lufthansa)
Eurowings is part of a larger program known as ‘WINGS’ which focuses on the ‘leisure’ travel market and competes directly with other LCCs within Europe such as Ryanair, Easyjet, and others. The WINGS fleet serving Europe and nearby medium-haul destinations will be comprised of an A320 fleet. The A320s will be replacing the 23 Canadair CRJ900s currently being used by Eurowings. In all, 23 A320s will be in the fleet. 12 will be transferred from Lufthansa and 10 are on order from Airbus.
Plans call for all of Lufthansa’s LCCs including Germanwings to be consolidated into Eurowings, which will ultimately be Lufthansa’s only LCC division. This realignment should be completed by the end of this year and will feature destinations worldwide.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 28, 2015 | Airlines, Featured |
What has been expected for a while has become official.
The US Air Force has chosen the Boeing 747-8i to replace the existing 747 aircraft that serve as Air Force 1 when flying the President on his appointed rounds. This comes just in time as Boeing’s 747-8i backlog is diminishing as the final few aircraft are completed.
Know to the military as the VC-25, the current pair of Aircraft that serve as Air Force 1 have been in service for approximately 25 years. The new planes would enter service in 2017-18 and would start flying the President in 2023 after additional years of testing and retrofit to meet military standards and the installation of the secret systems that would be required.
This will most likely also mean the end of the line for the 747-8i and perhaps the 747 platform in general since Boeing is ramping up their facilities for the 777x and has no plans for a successor 747 model. There are only a handful of deliveries left for the 747 and no new orders are on the horizon.
At one point, Boeing was thought to have offered Lufthansa a bargain-basement price to purchase additional 747-8i aircraft to sustain the production line. However nothing came of those negotiations.
The story first broke via Reuters earlier this afternoon.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 26, 2015 | Airlines, Featured, Route Announcements, Star Alliance |
AIR CHINA:
Beijing – Melbourne effective June 1 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
ANA:
Fukuoka – Komatsu effective March 29 is reduced from 3x/day to 1x/day.
Fukuoka – Miyazaki effective March 29 will increase from 2x/day to 3x/day.
Okinawa – Fukuoka effective March 29 is reduced from 9x/day to 8x/day.
Okinawa – Ishigaki effective March 29 is reduced from 8x/day to 6x/day.
Okinawa – Kagoshima effective March 29 is CANCELLED.
Okinawa – Nagoya Chubu effective March 29 is reduced from 3x/day to 2x/day.
Osaka Itami – Fukuoka effective March 29 is reduced from 6x/day to 4x/day.
Osaka Itami – Hakodate effective March 29 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
Osaka Itami – Niigata effective March 29 will be reduced from 5x/day to 4x/day.
Osaka Itami – Okinawa effective between August 1 and August 30 will increase from 3x/day to 4x/day.
Osaka Itami – Sendai effective March 29 will be reduced from 6x/day to 5x/day.
Osaka Kansai – Miyakojima effective June 1 will BEGIN 1x/day service (Until September 30).
Sapporo Chitose – Fukushima effective March 29 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
Sapporo Chitose – Komatsu effective March 29 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
Sapporo Chitose – Osaka Itami effective March 29 will increase from 3x/day to 6x/day.
Sapporo Chitose – Osaka Kansai effective March 29 will increase from 3x/day to 4x/day.
Sapporo Chitose – Sendai effective March 29 will be reduced from 3x/day to 2x/day.
Sapporo Chitose – Toyama effective March 29 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
Tokyo (HND) – Kobe effective July 17 will be reduced from 3x/day to 2x/day.
Tokyo (HND) – Okinawa effective July 17 will increase from 11x/day to 12x/day.
Tokyo (HND) – Hong Kong effective March 30 will increase from 7x/week to 9x/week.
Tokyo (NRT) – Bangkok effective August 1 will increase from 1x/day to 2x/day.
Tokyo (NRT) – Fukuoka effective March 29 will is reduced from 3x/day to 2x/day.
Tokyo (NRT) – Honolulu effective July 17 will increase from 1x/day to 2x/day.
Tokyo (NRT) – Houston effective July 12 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
Tokyo (NRT) – Kuala Lumpur effective September 1 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
Tokyo (NRT) – Singapore effective July 11 will increase from 1x/day to 2x/day.
EVA:
Taipei – Guam effective between July 1 and August 31 will increase from 2x/week to 4x/week.
SINGAPORE:
Singapore – Athens effective between July 20 and August 15 will increase from 2x/week to 3x/week.
Singapore – Bangkok effective April will increase from 5x/day to 6x/day on THURSDAYs & FRIDAYs ONLY!
TURKISH:
Istanbul – Djibouti – Mogadishu effective January 22 will increase from 4x/week to 1x/DAY.
