Luftanza is looking at a compromise that will allow him to fly a Boeing 787 this summer, as business class seats are delayed.
The update and deployment of long-range fleets of products in flight to the new Allegri of this group is shocking the wide range of manufacturing and certification delays.
“The basic bottlenecks of manufacturers in our industry have been with us for the past year. They will probably continue to affect the end of the decade,” said Carsten Spohr, CEO of the Luftansa Group, who spoke at the full year results briefing on March 6th.
Specifically, he refers to 41 Boeing aircraft scheduled to be operated by the Lufthansa Group by 2024.
However, Spohr says he is “cautiously optimistic” when the airline can roll out these 787s this summer.
“If there's a compromise that you need to block some business class seats now that you can use these planes and are the only seats waiting to be certified, so it makes sense to fly these planes, train pilots and eventually get certified for all seats, so if you've now compromised,” he says.
“So, while some of the business class seats may be blocked and planes will be flying this summer, all other compartments and some business seats are certified.”
He says he expects the entire group to deliver 26 aircraft a year.
