by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 18, 2017 | Etihad, Featured, Lufthansa |
Yesterday I shared the news breaking from the Italian media regarding a potential blockbuster deal that would join Lufthansa and Etihad.
Fortunately, it appears that the sides were not in any serious conversation regarding combining themselves into some strange Eur-Abic airline.
Unsubstantiated rumors from the Italian yellow press (specifically Il Messaggero) suggested that Etihad was prepared to take as much as a 40% stake in LH. Maybe ‘Il Messaggero’ just needed the page hits for their website revenue so they threw something out there to gain some attention.
This time, sources I deem reliable quashed such a notion as unrealistic due to the obstacles involved in such a combination.
At least I was on the record from yesterday’s post casting my own doubts and not running any ridiculous ‘What If’ scenarios that were running rampant on the Interweb.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 17, 2017 | Etihad, Featured, Lufthansa |
In reports coming from Italian media (Italian newspaper Il Messaggero) this morning, it appears that Lufthansa and Etihad are discussing a merger that would combine the 2 airlines.
As of now, the discussions are said to revolved around 2 options. One being Etihad taking a 40% stake in Lufthansa and the other being a complete merger of the 2 carriers.
This news is just reaching the wires and has not been substantiated by either side, so there may be more smoke than fire to this development. However, LH and Etihad have been working closely together when dealing with Air Berlin, so it should come as no surprise that their conversations may have expanded to included a larger relationship.
There is a myriad of regulatory hurdles that would have to be cleared in order for any serious deal to take place. These regulations limit foreign ownership of a European carrier as well as other restrictions, so it may not be as easy to accomplish as the press would like you to believe!
Stay tuned!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 6, 2017 | Featured, Frankfurt, Lufthansa, Route Announcements |
Lufthansa has announced that it has cancelled their 3x/week service between Frankfurt and Tokyo for the Summer timetable. This is an extension of the seasonal cancellation of the route that was to take place between January 9 and March 25.
Initially, LH was to bring back FRA-NRT for the Summer 2017 timetable but the decision has been made to permanently cancel the route.
This announcement does not impact their existing service between Frankfurt and Tokyo Haneda.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Dec 30, 2016 | A350, Featured, Lufthansa, Munich |
Lufthansa has announced that the A350 will be operating the following ‘training’ schedule:
The aircraft is schedule to leave Munich at 11:00a and fly to Ingolstadt, arriving at 11:55a. It will execute touch and goes until 2:40p and will arrive back at Munich at 3:35p.
Keep in mind that schedules can change with no notice, so ‘tune’ into @LufthansaNews on Twitter for any updates.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Dec 28, 2016 | A350, Featured, Lufthansa, Munich |
Ever since the first A350 joined the fleet last week, it has been on a whirlwind schedule with pilots flying it all around Germany in an effort to get their training flights completed. Until recently, LH has been publishing the schedule of these flights 2-3 days in advance but due to weather and short-notice changes, it will now announce the A350s schedule the day before. This is being done primarily for weather related issues as the airline doesn’t want ‘avgeeks’ trekking to airports in bad weather only to come away disappointed that the A350’s plans changed for the day.
As of right now, Lufthansa has only published the A350 target airports for tomorrow and times have yet to be confirmed. For December 28, the aircraft is scheduled to appear at Leipzig, Hannover, Stuttgart and Nuremberg. Typically the aircraft departs Munich by mid morning and is back to MUC by 4-5:00p.
LH has done a great job providing real time updates via their @LufthansaNews Twitter account. I suggest you follow this account so that you know exactly what is happening with the flights.
