Germanwings : 4U : GWI

Germanwings yesterday said it will increase ASKs by "double-digits" this year and will add four new A319s to its fleet. Lufthansa Group's low-cost subsidiary did not say where it will get the aircraft. By year end it will operate 30 A319s/A320s. It said it will focus on growing business traffic this year with initiatives that might appeal to travelers looking for cheaper tickets and travel solutions. The carrier expects to transport more than 8 million passengers in 2010; it carried 6.3 million in the first 11 months of 2009. It operates bases at Cologne, Stuttgart, Berlin Schoenefeld, Hamburg and Dortmund and serves 65 destinations. Last month, LH Chairman and CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber said Germanwings will grow independently and will not be used as a vehicle to cut costs across the mainline's European network [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

• 20 A320s pour Lufthansa
  
• 3 A330-300 pour Lufthansa
  
• des A320 pour Swiss
  
• 5 A330 pour Swiss
  
• 8 A319 pour Germanwings
  

Lufthansa orders 40 more Airbus jets

Germany's Lufthansa Group will buy 40 more Airbus jets, under a deal the company's supervisory board approved Wednesday.
Specifically, the group will acquire 20 A320 Family jets and three A330-300s for Lufthansa airline, A320 Family aircraft and five A330-300s for subsidiary SWISS and eight A319s for subsidiary Germanwings.
The jets are worth approximately $4.3 billion at list prices, although customers generally get steep discounts. The order means Airbus now has won 410 orders from Lufthansa Group, its biggest airline customer.
"Our decision to acquire additional Airbus aircraft is testament not only to their advantageous operating costs, reliability and performance, but also to our long-standing partnership with Airbus," Nico Buchholz, Lufthansa's executive vice president, Group Fleet Management, said in a news release.
Also Wednesday, Lufthansa's board named Deputy Chairman Christoph Franz to succeed Wolfgang Mayrhuber as chairman and chief executive officer of the Lufthansa Group, effective Jan. 1.
"With Christoph Franz at the helm and his broad wealth of experience, foresight and determination to implement change, our company will continue to be able to react to future challenges with the necessary speed and flexibility," Mayrhuber said in a statement.

Jeannot a écrit:Le groupe Lufthansa va commander 40 Airbus supplémentaires dont :

• 20 A320s pour Lufthansa
  
• 3 A330-300 pour Lufthansa
  
• des A320 pour Swiss
  
• 5 A330 pour Swiss
  
• 8 A319 pour Germanwings
  

Lufthansa orders 40 more Airbus jets

Germany's Lufthansa Group will buy 40 more Airbus jets, under a deal the company's supervisory board approved Wednesday.
Specifically, the group will acquire 20 A320 Family jets and three A330-300s for Lufthansa airline, A320 Family aircraft and five A330-300s for subsidiary SWISS and eight A319s for subsidiary Germanwings.
The jets are worth approximately $4.3 billion at list prices, although customers generally get steep discounts. The order means Airbus now has won 410 orders from Lufthansa Group, its biggest airline customer.
"Our decision to acquire additional Airbus aircraft is testament not only to their advantageous operating costs, reliability and performance, but also to our long-standing partnership with Airbus," Nico Buchholz, Lufthansa's executive vice president, Group Fleet Management, said in a news release.
Also Wednesday, Lufthansa's board named Deputy Chairman Christoph Franz to succeed Wolfgang Mayrhuber as chairman and chief executive officer of the Lufthansa Group, effective Jan. 1.
"With Christoph Franz at the helm and his broad wealth of experience, foresight and determination to implement change, our company will continue to be able to react to future challenges with the necessary speed and flexibility," Mayrhuber said in a statement.

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The Lufthansa's supervisory board has approved a Group's order for a total of 48 new Airbus and Embraer aircraft.
The planned order includes three Airbus A330-300 and 20 Airbus A320 Family aircraft for Lufthansa.

The order also includes five Airbus A330-300s, two Airbus A321s and tw Airbus A320s for SWISS, ...

...... as well as eight new Airbus A319 for Germanwings as well as eight new Embraer 195 aircraft for Lufthansa Regional.

Lufthansa says the new aircraft will be delivered to the Group from 2012 onwards.

"This order will allow our airlines to make targeted use of the growth opportunities that are resulting from the growing demand, and at the same time, it will allow us to preserve the necessary freedoms to always react to fluctuations in demand and changes in the market with the necessary flexibility," comments Lufthansa Chairman and CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber.

The financing of the orders shall occur using the Group's liquid assets or external financing says the Group.

• Les moteurs des 8 x A330-300 (dont 3 pour Lufthansa & 5 pour SWISS)
  ont déjà été commandés "ferme" auprès fr RR (soit des RR Trent 772B-EP). [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir cette image]
  
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The Lufthansa's supervisory board has approved a Group's order for a total of 48 new Airbus and Embraer aircraft.
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