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Old Jun 17, 2019, 5:17 am
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LX A340 refurbishment timeline

HB-JMH : 06DEC18 - 06MAR19
HB-JMI : 07MAR19 - 25APR19
HB-JMC : 26APR19 - 18JUN19
HB-JMB : 11DEC19 - 20JAN 20
HB-JMA : 30OCT19 - 11DEC19
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Old Jan 6, 2019, 4:55 pm
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Originally Posted by vantage03
A friend of mine who is an LX pilot said that the A340 pilots were not happy about the addition of the second Lav as they’re worried it’ll create too much noise being so close to the crew rest
Have they heard of earplugs ?
And on their salaries, they can afford good ones
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Old Jan 7, 2019, 12:51 am
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Originally Posted by LXA350
LX will be using the A340 100%, possiby you are lucky with the new product as the first of the refurbished planes should begin flying as of end of Jan / begining of Feb. There will be no changes concerning the aircraft type on the NRT route until 2020 when the route will probably be changed to B77W with the arrival of two extra frames then
Flew ZRH NRT on 1/3 and FA mentioned that the first refurbed bird should be back by February.. then the lottery starts until summer when all 5 have been refurbished..
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Old Jan 9, 2019, 9:00 am
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I‘ve just had my Swiss travel Agent tell me that the current shedule shows that the first A340 should return mid January. But he wasn‘t sure weither this was very up to date.
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Old Jan 22, 2019, 2:52 am
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Baby steps...
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Old Jan 22, 2019, 8:19 am
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I wonder what's in the big boxes. Any chance the large F seats are in them?
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Old Jan 22, 2019, 9:01 am
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Since it says "Thompson Aero Seating" on the boxes...
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Old Jan 22, 2019, 9:11 am
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The F seats in the A330 and B77W are manufactured by B/E Aerospace (Rockwell collins). Its a modification of the Oasis. Thompson does the C seats.
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Old Jan 22, 2019, 9:35 am
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Glad to see this moving along.
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Old Jan 25, 2019, 4:20 pm
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Anyone know if the A330's will get similar refurbs once the a340's are done?
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Old Jan 25, 2019, 6:31 pm
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Anyone know if the A330's will get similar refurbs once the a340's are done?
They will not.
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Old Jan 27, 2019, 7:25 am
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Originally Posted by Nick Art

They will not.
We will need to hope for A350's to arrive around 2025 earliest if they will be ordered to replace the A330's
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Old Feb 8, 2019, 5:36 am
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Does anyone have news on the status of the retrofit...? HB-JMH flew into DRS for the facelift on 6th December, as noted here. Its 8th February now, more than 2 months have past! Surely it can't take that long to install new seats and cabin fittings. Any plane that stays on the ground is not making money for its airline...

Maybe just the first bird takes longer and once they have done it the others will be quicker?
Or could there be possible unexpected issues with the seats or fixtures?
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Old Feb 8, 2019, 5:47 am
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Originally Posted by rosenkavalier
Does anyone have news on the status of the retrofit...? HB-JMH flew into DRS for the facelift on 6th December, as noted here. Its 8th February now, more than 2 months have past! Surely it can't take that long to install new seats and cabin fittings. Any plane that stays on the ground is not making money for its airline...

Maybe just the first bird takes longer and once they have done it the others will be quicker?
Or could there be possible unexpected issues with the seats or fixtures?
According to https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/hb-jmh the bird is still sitting in DRS.
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Old Feb 8, 2019, 6:12 am
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Originally Posted by rosenkavalier
Does anyone have news on the status of the retrofit...? HB-JMH flew into DRS for the facelift on 6th December, as noted here. Its 8th February now, more than 2 months have past! Surely it can't take that long to install new seats and cabin fittings. Any plane that stays on the ground is not making money for its airline...

Maybe just the first bird takes longer and once they have done it the others will be quicker?
Or could there be possible unexpected issues with the seats or fixtures?
The plumbers are trying to work out where the 2nd F toilet goes
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Old Feb 8, 2019, 8:53 am
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Originally Posted by rosenkavalier
Does anyone have news on the status of the retrofit...? HB-JMH flew into DRS for the facelift on 6th December, as noted here. Its 8th February now, more than 2 months have past! Surely it can't take that long to install new seats and cabin fittings. Any plane that stays on the ground is not making money for its airline...

Maybe just the first bird takes longer and once they have done it the others will be quicker?
Or could there be possible unexpected issues with the seats or fixtures?
The first one probably takes longer due to certification requirements...
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