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FRANKFURT (AFP) — German airline Lufthansa said Tuesday it was looking for a successor model to replace its fleet of Boeing 737 jets as well as a new model for its regional routes.

The German flag carrier plans to hold negotiations with both Boeing and its arch-rival Airbus but it is demanding technical modernizations compared with the existing planes, Lufthansa's head of purchasing Nico Buchholz told the Financial Times Deutschland in its Tuesday edition.

FT Deutschland said that, based on the catalogue price of the aircraft, the order could be worth about $3 billion (2.5 billion euros).

A Lufthansa spokesman described the figure as "pure speculation" and said that a final decision regarding the renewal of its Boeing 737 fleet had not yet been taken. Currently, Lufthansa uses 59 Boeing 737s on its short and medium-haul flights and its European fleet also includes 70 Airbus jets.

The group had originally planned to use Fairchild Dornier 728 jets on its regional routes, until the aircraft maker went bust.



I'll bet that the "technical modernizations" have something to do with pulling the plane's door handle twice to open it.
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Ja Wohl!!!

In addition to the double pull door handle (and wtf is up with that...that is so dated....I hate it)...I think all new Lufti planes should have I Drive. If that doesn't piss off the Pilots, then absolutley nothing will. I guess we could also install BMW Navigations systems....that will keep them busy finding sub-menus and settings. Ha ha [bash]
 
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deutsch100 said:
Ja Wohl!!!

In addition to the double pull door handle (and wtf is up with that...that is so dated....I hate it)...I think all new Lufti planes should have I Drive. If that doesn't piss off the Pilots, then absolutley nothing will. I guess we could also install BMW Navigations systems....that will keep them busy finding sub-menus and settings. Ha ha [bash]
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Ya know, you're absolutely correct. It must be I-Drive they're after. I should have thought of that one myself.

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it is "JAWOHL" my friends [hihi]

actually, I think what they aim at is finally getting in-seat video and stuff. you know, all those nice goodies all other airlines have for years now...
 
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Ich bin kein Besserwisser....aber im deutschen Wörterbuch "Jawohl" ist "Ja-wohl" geschrieben. Zwei Wörter. Vielleicht kann man Jawohl oder Ja Wohl schreiben. Es ist egal [:)]

Lufthansa does have in seat video and Internet via Satellite on their flights to München from LAX & NY. We have enjoyed those features twice, but it might be limited to Business and First Class. Maybe they are spiffing up 3rd class...which is a great idea....during a long flight, one needs all the entertainment possible!!!
 
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Double pull door handles outdated? BMW didn't start using them until the E38 7 series...right? My 88 doesnt have double pull handles.
 
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schau mal im duden. jawohl zusammen ist wie das militärische "YES SIR!" und das war gemeint oder? daher habe ich das korrigiert [hihi] nichts für ungut.

i believe that in tourist class, or "holzklasse" as we like to put it, LH only has a very little number of flights that are equipped with all that funky entertainment. in business and first its a totally different story. they have in-seat video and stuff on all international flights. i think that LH wants to keep up with Singapore airlaines as an example. they have nintendo games and a bunch of flicks available in every seat of their planes. that is service in my eyes.

okay, bmws have the double pull....but at least here they don´t have a bell ringing when i´m not buckled up [rofl]. that was so ennoying!!!
 
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