by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 16, 2014 | Featured, Route Announcements, Star Alliance |
AIR CHINA:
Beijing – Ho Chi Minh effective between July 14 and September 19 will be reduced from 4x/week to 3x/week.
ETHIOPIAN:
Addis Ababa – Brazzaville – Kinshasa effective September 1 is CANCELLED.
Addis Ababa – Brazzaville effective September 1 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
Addis Ababa – Kinshasa effective September 1 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
LUFTHANSA:
Frankfurt – Palma Mallorca effective between December 20 and January 11 will operate 2x/week (Saturday / Sunday).
SINGAPORE:
Singapore – Beijing effective August 1 will decrease from 4x/day to 3x/day.
Singapore – Christchurch effective between December 1 and January 29 will increase from 7x/week to 9x/week.
TAP:
Lisbon – Caracas effective July 1 will increase from 2x/week to 4x/week.
TURKISH:
Istanbul (SAW) – Moscow (VKO) effective July 1 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Istanbul (IST) – Rotterdam effective July 14 will increase from 4x/week to 5x/week.
UNITED:
Chicago – Belize effective December 20 will BEGIN 1x/week service (Saturday).
Houston – Punta Cana effective December 20 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Houston – Punta Cana effective between December 20 and January 4 will operate 2x/week.
Houston – Santiago de Chile effective December 7 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
Newark – Belfast effective between January 5 and March 10 is CANCELLED (seasonal suspension).
Newark – Rome effective between November 6 and March 27 is CANCELLED (seasonal suspension).
Washington (IAD) – Dublin effective between January 5 and March 4 is CANCELLED (seasonal suspension).
Washington (IAD) – Manchester effective between January 6 and March 4 is CANCELLED (seasonal suspension).
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Courtesy: www.AirlineRoute.net
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 16, 2014 | Austrian, Featured |
As you are reading this Austrian’s latest 777 addition, OE-LPE, debuted today and is enroute from Vienna and will be arriving at New York’s JFK at approximately 2:00p Eastern Time.
This marks the 5th 777 to join the fleet and is the aircraft responsible for Austrian’s ability to introduce new service to Newark that is set to begin on July 2.
The aircraft, nicknamed ‘Blue Danube’ has been completely retrofitted and sports Austrian’s new Economy and Business Class cabin that were installed while the plane underwent a thorough C-check that required over 57,000 man-hours to complete. In fact, it was AUSTRIAN’s largest ever undertaking as far as aircraft maintenance and retrofit are concerned. In all, Austrian has €50 million invested in the aircraft, including €20 for the retrofit alone.
Austrian’s beautiful new Business Class Cabin
According to Austrian, this single aircraft is responsible for the creation of 130 new jobs at the airline including 20 pilots and 90 flight attendants. Austrian expects the ‘Blue Danube’ to add €80 million in revenue and carry 170,000 passengers each year.
The aircraft is being leased from ILFC (International Lease Finance Company) and originally entered service with AeroFlot in 1998. It was also part of Vietnam Airlines’ fleet from 2005 until delivery to Austrian in March of this year.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 13, 2014 | Austrian, Featured |
On Monday July 23, The Austrian version of the ‘Rock’ will attempt to set a new world record by pulling an Austrian 777 by himself at Vienna’s Airport.
Franz Müllner, known as the ‘Austrian Rock’, will strap himself into a harness and attempt to pull one of Austrian’s Boeing 777 a distance of 10 meters in a bid to set a World Record. He’ll have his work cut out for him as the aircraft weights approximately 142 tons when unloaded.
I’m not about to bet against this man……
Müllner is no stranger to incredible feats and world record setting efforts. According to his website, he has been setting records and demonstrating amazing feats of strength for 12 years. This endeavor however looks to become his crowning achievement.
To get a sense of what is involved ahead of the attempt, here’s a video providing a sneak peak into the prepartions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNyGd-YaZxw&list=PLUKf5Zy7ljZtmqcP5nexTb1vKVtzLUoGF&feature=share&index=2
