winter mean 1 less A380 to JFK

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07-11-2011, 11:22 PM
shoturtle

winter mean 1 less A380 to JFK

Lufthansa will stop A380 to jfk for the winter schedule.
07-11-2011, 11:42 PM
NIKV69

Source please.
07-12-2011, 12:06 AM
wunaladreamin

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Originally Posted by shoturtle

Lufthansa will stop A380 to jfk for the winter schedule.

Please don't tease me like that!
07-12-2011, 10:58 AM
Matt Molnar

'tis true. Just checked the LH site, flights 400/401 and 404/405 will both be 744s. :frown:

Odd, since they'll have four A380s by winter. I guess they'll be using them elsewhere.
07-12-2011, 11:05 AM
steve1840

No complaints here. I love seeing the 744s in LH colors and maybe it'll increase my chances of getting their 50th Anniversary scheme. Plus, its not like theyre going to be using the A330.
07-12-2011, 12:17 PM
megatop412

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Originally Posted by steve1840

No complaints here. I love seeing the 744s in LH colors and maybe it'll increase my chances of getting their 50th Anniversary scheme. Plus, its not like theyre going to be using the A330.

Steve you can always come down to Philly if you miss the LH A330's!:biggrin:
07-12-2011, 12:23 PM
steve1840

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Originally Posted by megatop412

Steve you can always come down to Philly if you miss the LH A330's!:biggrin:

Haha. I will be down in Sept for Rotor Fest! Are you going to be around that weekend? I am thinking that I may do a full day at PHL that sunday
07-12-2011, 04:28 PM
sammers4247

Sorry but any time there's another 747 coming, it's good news to me...
07-12-2011, 05:36 PM
Steven Holzinger

Caught the 50th anniversary scheme at Dulles back in March... sorry for the poor quality... comes from my Facebook gallery...

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._5541172_n.jpg
07-12-2011, 05:53 PM
gonzalu

Well, they do have a hard on for their new 747-8i to fill routes that the A380 was never really meant to fill (I believe that's what they said) :-)
07-12-2011, 06:05 PM
shoturtle

Source is Lufthansa. The reason is they can not fill the plane in the winter I suspect.
07-12-2011, 06:05 PM
shoturtle

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Originally Posted by gonzalu

Well, they do have a hard on for their new 747-8i to fill routes that the A380 was never really meant to fill (I believe that's what they said) :-)

The -8i will be coming the JFK I am pretty sure.
07-12-2011, 06:08 PM
shoturtle

They did use the A330 for the LH400 last winter.

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Originally Posted by steve1840

No complaints here. I love seeing the 744s in LH colors and maybe it'll increase my chances of getting their 50th Anniversary scheme. Plus, its not like theyre going to be using the A330.
07-12-2011, 06:43 PM
PhilDernerJr

As a general rule for the future, we like an actual link to be posted to any news declared as fact. But excellent tidbit!
07-12-2011, 06:46 PM
steve1840

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Originally Posted by shoturtle

They did use the A330 for the LH400 last winter.

Thats why I'm excited that they are using the 747 instead. Unless of course they are going to split up the week between the 330 and 744 like last winter.
07-12-2011, 06:51 PM
shoturtle

They uses to use a A340 for the LH400 in past years. Especially when they had 3 flights to jfk in the summer. 1 a340 and 2 747. The A330 was due to the eco collapse in europe with spain and greece. They could not fill the a340 and the 747 last year.

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Originally Posted by steve1840

Thats why I'm excited that they are using the 747 instead. Unless of course they are going to split up the week between the 330 and 744 like last winter.
07-12-2011, 08:19 PM
megatop412

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Originally Posted by steve1840

Haha. I will be down in Sept for Rotor Fest! Are you going to be around that weekend? I am thinking that I may do a full day at PHL that sunday

I actually do plan to be at PHL that Sunday but for a different event- my employer is hosting a fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House with a plane pull that I am trying to gain photographer status for. We'll see how that goes. If they say no then I guess I'll see you on the other side of the fence!
07-12-2011, 08:37 PM
steve1840

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Originally Posted by megatop412

I actually do plan to be at PHL that Sunday but for a different event- my employer is hosting a fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House with a plane pull that I am trying to gain photographer status for. We'll see how that goes. If they say no then I guess I'll see you on the other side of the fence!

Sounds awesome....good luck!
07-31-2011, 11:13 PM
shoturtle

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Originally Posted by steve1840

No complaints here. I love seeing the 744s in LH colors and maybe it'll increase my chances of getting their 50th Anniversary scheme. Plus, its not like theyre going to be using the A330.

This is my capture of the 50th anniversary Livery

http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/.../IMG_20791.jpg