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Originally Posted by Thomas32125
I know that, but you said that LH is still pissed... Boeing wanted to promote their 77F, but LH wanted to renew their old 742F fleet in 1999/2000 immediately and it was kind of weird to expect LH to wait until 2009, a whole decade! (The first 77F was delivered to Air France on February 19 in 2009..)
The last new MD-11F was delivered in 2001 and remarked the end of the widebody trijet era... Since then LH tried to push Boeing for a new generation 747 aircraft, because LH thought that the A388 might be too big. The 744 will leave the fleet when the next gen 748I will join the fleet. LH splitted their 744 renewal into
20 748I orders and 20 on option, designed in a cooperation with Boeing especially for their needs like in the past with other aircraft types...
15 A388 orders and only 5 on option...
replacing 30 744 directly and the options are expected to replace the 26 A343... That would lead to:
40 748I
24 A346
20 A388
15 A333
LH ordered every main type of Boeing's aircraft except the 717 and the 777! (B757-230, B757-330, 767-330ER were ordered for LH's subsidary Condor in the 90s and some even had the LH livery for a short time... LH/DE asked Boeing to stretch the 757 and became the launch carrier shortly after the MD-11F order...)
It's great that LH and Boeing share souch a productive cooperation!
I guess without LH there wouldn't exists a new 747 at all and what would the skies be without the 747!?
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OK Let Me Rephrase That. Boeing
WOULD Have Accellerated The 77F If In Fact LH Ordered 77Fs In Favour Of MD-11s Way Back In The Late 90s.
Cancelling The MD-11 Backfired For Boeing, Hence Delaying The 77F Until A New Launch Customer Was Interested A Decade Later.
It Is In My Opinion, That LH Stil Is Upset To The Point They Won't Even Look At 77s. Pax Or Otherwise.
The 747s Are A SEPARATE Issue, As Corprations, Like LH, Teats Each Type As A Sepaerate Business Deal And Separate Issues. The Soured MD-11 Deal Will Not Have Affected Other Types Such As The 747. Of Course, I Could Be Wrong, And As We All Know Time Does Heal, Perhads As More Time Passes, LH May Look At The 77 In Both Versions.
But IMO, I Still Think The 77 For LH Is Soured.