If you watched our videos from Airbus’ Innovation Days you will have noticed the comments about eTaxi. Airbus seems to favor the Honeywell/SAFRAN eTaxi solution which uses the main wheels. When asked about this, Airbus says the nose wheels don’t…
We spoke with Dr. Enno Ludtke, Senior Consultant at Lufthansa Consulting, at the June 2013 Lufthansa Academy in NYC. This recording was made after Dr. Ludtke delivered a 45 minute address that covered a range of things Lufthansa is doing…
There is much debate about market need for VLAs (defined as an airplane with >400 seats). The argument goes back to the time when Airbus decided on the A380 and bet on the need for the VLA (demand for hub…
Lufthansa is spending €1m per day for the next 1,000 days on its business class refurbishment on its long haul fleet. The new lie-flat business class seats are standard only on the 747-8 of which they have three (used for…
Lufthansa recently ordered the A320neo, joining ILFC as a major customer in the first quarter. ILFC ordered 60 of their 100 aircraft with the Pratt & Whitney GTF, with 40 options, providing a boost to the GTF program. The focus…
Lufthansa’s EVP Corporate Fleet is Nico Buchholz and he is based in Frankfurt. Herr Buchholz is a very important man in the airline business; he and his team buy planes for Lufthansa, Swiss, Brussels, Austrian and BMI. So he is…