WSJ: LH To Launch A380 on FRA-JFK [merged first sheduled A380 destination thread]
Apr 9, 2010, 6:39 am
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D-AIMA was in FRA this week for gate testing and then parked in the Hangar.
The MUCforum has the exact timetable of the promoflight:
http://www.mucforum.de/showthread.ph...l=1#post181957
The MUCforum has the exact timetable of the promoflight:
http://www.mucforum.de/showthread.ph...l=1#post181957
Apr 9, 2010, 7:18 am
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It was not D-AIMA, used for the testing the last two days. It was an Airbus owned test aircraft (MSN004) with EA-engines and without a pax cabin.
Apr 9, 2010, 8:01 am
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Apr 9, 2010, 8:26 am
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I can also confirm that it wasn't D-AIMA. There was a short documentry on TV about the arrival in FRA.
Apr 9, 2010, 1:55 pm
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It's just for the world cup isn't it? I don't see it in the GDS.
Apr 9, 2010, 2:58 pm
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so then it will not be the first official route, that's still JFK ?
Apr 10, 2010, 1:47 am
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http://www.hr-online.de/website/fern...0407_1930_a380
Apr 10, 2010, 4:10 am
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Apr 11, 2010, 3:51 am
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Shanghai or Tokyo
Today in "Welt am Sonntag" they had an article about airlines flying the A380. They listed PVG and NRT as possible first schedulded LH flights.
Apr 11, 2010, 11:55 pm
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Greetings - Dirk
Apr 12, 2010, 4:55 am
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Both are not the FIRST destinations of Lufthansa as flying them requries three A380 to do the two rotations (and it would require two A380s to fly each of them). If they were, no A380 service would be available through July, and I highly doubt that LH would allow D-AIMA and D-AIMB to collect dust until then.
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But in reality, I doubt LH would do something like this when better alternatives are available.
Apr 12, 2010, 6:27 am
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Both are not the FIRST destinations of Lufthansa as flying them requries three A380 to do the two rotations (and it would require two A380s to fly each of them). If they were, no A380 service would be available through July, and I highly doubt that LH would allow D-AIMA and D-AIMB to collect dust until then.
Apr 12, 2010, 11:50 am
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I don't really understand why there is so much speculation after the CEO already said that it will be FRA-JFK in the WSJ last year (the first posting of this thread, after all).
Apr 12, 2010, 3:20 pm
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Because since the interview, there were other reports suggesting First regular long-haul A380 service might go to Asia, not JFK.