by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 2, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Listed below are recently announced route changes from Skyteam and Oneworld carriers:
SKYTEAM:
China Eastern effective Jan 1 2012 increased service to 7x/daily between Beijing and Taiyuan. In sddition service between Zhengzhou and Xining has increased from 3x/week to daily.
Alitalia effective Mar 25, 2012 will increase service between Rome and Moscow (Sheremetyevo) to 16x/week. Currently it is operating the route 14x/week.
AeroMexico effective Apr 29, 2012 is terminating its 3x/week service between Mexico City (MEX) and Denver, Colorado (DEN)
ONEWORLD:
Finnair has several changes coming to its Summer 2012 timetable (All effective Mar 25, 2012):
Helsinki-Prague will be 14x/week (currently 8x/week)
Helsinki Budapest will be 14x/week (currently 12x/week)
Helsinki–Lisbon Summer schedule is terminated
Helsinki-Pisa Summer schedule is terminated
Iberia Is terminating the following 3 routes currently being flown from Madrid:
Effective Jan 30, 2012 Madrid-Pisa
Effective Jan 31, 2012 Madrid–Genoa
Effective Feb 1, 2012 Madrid-Naples
Cathay Pacific effective Mar 25, 2012 is reducing service on Hong Kong-Auckland to daily (currently 10x/week) and effective May 1, 2012 is reducing Hong Kong-Toronto to 10x/week (currently 14x/week).
S7 Airlines effective June 16, 2012 will begin 2x/week service between Novosibirsk and Ulan-Ude. The route will be flown by Boeing 737-800’s.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 1, 2012 | Uncategorized |
(GRR)–1 January 2012– LufthansaFlyer.com is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire its own flagship Lufthansa 747-8i. Negotiations had been on going for the past few days and regulators have recently signed off on the deal. Terms of the sale were not disclosed but those close to the deal suggest that the terms were favorable for all sides involved.
“We’re pleased to have reached an agreement that will allow us to be the first firm to take delivery of the revolutionary new passenger aircraft. Especially pleasing is the fact that we’ll have ours before Lufthansa gets their first 747-8i later this year”, a spokesman for LufthansaFlyer said at a small press briefing that included Mrs. LufthansaFlyer and their Jack Russell Terrier, Torre.
“I’m curious how much was spent” quipped Mrs. LufthansaFlyer during the briefing at the company’s kitchen table. The dog appeared to share in her sentiment with a slight growl. Again, terms of the deal were not disclosed….to ANYONE!
Work has already begun on the aircraft and LufthansaFlyer.com is expected to take delivery sometime in January of 2012, It will be displayed under registration D-ABYA. It is scheduled to enter final assembly in the coming days and additional photos will be released at that time.
The manufacturer has released the following images as the Aircraft entered production:
by Lufthansa Flyer | Dec 31, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Thanks to Mrs. LufthansaFlyer for finding this in her reading of the internet today (she’s almost read the whole thing).
This DailyMail.co.uk article talks about Paro Airport in Bhutan. Apparently only 8 pilots on the planet are allowed to land at this airport. If you click on the article, there are 2 video clips that demonstrate why so few are allowed to actually land an aircraft there. Not sure if I’d want to be in the cabin for these flights!!!
