Big trouble in Frankfurt: FAA doesn't give Business Allegris a green light. Lufthansa has 15 Boeing 787s grounded.
But--some will say: Lufthansa already has them in service, the Boeing 787s. True, but those, five in all of the series [...]
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But-some will say: Lufthansa already has them in service, the Boeing 787s. True, but those, five in all of the -9 series, He 'inherited them from Hainan Airlines', meaning that the Chinese company had ordered them but then no longer wanted them.
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These are the five planes that, as soon as the German carrier's long-haul fleet is replenished and especially rejuvenated with the entry of more Airbus A350s and the first Boeing 777-9s, Will end up at the subsidiary Austrian Airlines. They have 26 seats in Business Class with Collins Super Diamond seats, 21 in Premium Economy and 247 in Economy.
Here, however, we are talking about the Dreamliners equipped with the new Allegris cabins, which are still grounded, some at Paine Field (the airport where Boeing's Everett plant is based) and others in Charleston. Thirteen in all (but soon to be 15). Six of those already have interiors set up with Allegris: 28 seats in Business Class, 28 in Premium Economy and 237 in Economy.
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The problem is that Lufthansa has been wanting to put them in the fleet for months, to retire the A340-300 and -600. But it cannot do so, because the Federal Aviation Administration has not yet certified the Allegris, which is a totally sui generis product, As for seats and their arrangement in the Business Class cabin..
Why the U.S. Flight Safety Board has still not, after months, granted its certification is unknown. There are those who say he is overworked because of the constant mess Boeing is making, but also those who say that perhaps, those much-arranged interiors have already taken the FAA tests, and have so far failed them. If the latter assumption is true, one would have to wonder: will they ever pass those tests and get certified?
It is not known, but other rumors even say that Lufthansa would be ready to put its 787-9s into service without the Allegris Business Class cabin, a little as he had done with the A350s, which had flown in that case without First Allegris' cabin, which the European Flight Safety Board Easa was slow to certify.
The difference between the A350 and the B787 is all there: the former is a European-built aircraft whose certification is under the purview of Easa, while the latter is American-built and under the purview of the FAA. And what is good for one may not be good for the other.
Or perhaps, who knows, they really are so overworked at the Federal Aviation Administration that they don't have time to deal with the certification of Lufthansa's rococo cabin (which, moreover, is a foreign carrier and is certainly not in a position to put any form of pressure on the FAA).
According to some overseas websites. the situation may remain unchanged for several more months. But it is little doubt that Lufthansa wants to have its Dreamliners in service by next summer.
