Lufthansa Removes A380 From Houston For 2 Weeks….BUT…..

Lufthansa Removes A380 From Houston For 2 Weeks….BUT…..

Lufthansa will be removing the A380 from their Frankfurt – Houston route for 2 weeks but fret not, it will be replaced by a 747-8i during that time.  Could IAH possibly see?:

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Preparing for taxi test

 

The exact dates of the swap is scheduled to take place from March 29 to April 8 according to Lufthansa.com’s booking engine.  I’ll provide an additional update should this schedule change.

The swap is taking place because of the Premium Economy & New Business Class retrofit schedule for the A380.

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LUFTHANSA Delays A380 To Seoul and 747-8i To Boston

LUFTHANSA Delays A380 To Seoul and 747-8i To Boston

Lufthansa has announced an additional delay to the deployment of the A380 to Seoul, South Korea and the 747-8i to Boston.

In the latest update, it now appears that the A380 will begin to fly between Frankfurt and Seoul on May 14.    The 747-8i is now set to appear on May 15 for flights between Frankfurt and Boston (LH422/LH423).

Tentatively, there is also a one time 747-8i flight between Frankfurt and Boston on May 8 (LH422/423).

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Star Alliance Route Announcements:  January 27 – February 7, 2015

Star Alliance Route Announcements: January 27 – February 7, 2015

 

AIR CANADA:

Calgary – Hamilton, Ontario effective June 27 will BEGIN 1x/day service (Rouge operated).

Toronto – Abbotsford effective June 27 will BEGIN 1x/day service (Rouge operated).

Toronto – Dublin effective June 13 will increase from 10x/week to 11x/week (Rouge operated).

 

AIR CHINA:

Beijing – Macau effective March 5 will BEGIN 1x/day service.

Beijing – Pyongyang effective April 20 will increase from 2x/week to 3x/week.

Beijing – Vancouver effective June 19 will increase from 7x/week to 11x/week.

Shanghai – Melbourne effective June 1 will be reduced from 5x/week to 4x/week.

 

AIR NEW ZEALAND:

Auckland – Honolulu effective July will increase from 4x/week to 5x/week.

 

AUSTRIAN:

Vienna – Odessa effective March 29 will BEGIN 4x/week service.

 

COPA:

Panama City – New Orleans effective June 24 will BEGIN 4x/week service.

 

CROATIA:

Split – Skopje effective June 24 will BEGIN 1x/week service.

 

ETHIOPIAN:

Addis Ababa – Mumbai effective March 29 will increase from 1x/day to 2x/day.

 

EVA:

Kaohsiung – Fukuoka effective March 31 will BEGIN 2x/week service.

 

LUFTHANSA:

Frankfurt – Panama City effective November 16 will BEGIN 5x/week service (read more here).

Munich- Las Palmas effective October 18 will BEGIN 1x/week service.

Munich – Rotterdam effective March 29 is CANCELLED.

 

SAS:

Stockholm – Hong Kong effective September 10 will BEGIN 5x/week service.

Stockholm – Riga effective March 29 will BEGIN 18x/week service.

 

SOUTH AFRICAN:

Johannesburg – Beijing effective March 30 is CANCELLED.

Johannesburg – Mumbai effective March 29 is CANCELLED.

Johannesburg – Walvis Bay effective February 1 increased from 7x/week to 9x/week.

 

THAI:

Bangkok – Madrid effective September 7 is CANCELLED.

 

UNITED:

Guam – Nagoya beginning in March will increase from 14x/week to 16x/week.

Houston – Dallas (Love Field) effective March 16 is CANCELLED.

 

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Courtesy: www.AirlineRoute.net


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