Route Development & Rumours

[LBA4EVER]

Can someone please explain to me why the most powerful military force on earth is seemingly unable to secure control of the Strait of Hormuz?

Thinking exactly the same sierra! Might sound a bit silly but surely the oil tanker ships could position nearer to the UAE and oman coastlines (obviously still a mile or so out due to water depth) and essentially a blockade or long line of US military ships to stop the iranians getting thru complete with missile drone interceptors in case it was an air attack on the oil tankers.
was watching an interesting programme where over the years they have looked at creating a huge canal like the suez that slices right thru the top of the UAE and Oman to avoid the narrow straight of hormuz but sadly due to a mountain range it would be a monumental task.

 

[White Heather]

Thinking exactly the same sierra! Might sound a bit silly but surely the oil tanker ships could position nearer to the UAE and oman coastlines (obviously still a mile or so out due to water depth) and essentially a blockade or long line of US military ships to stop the iranians getting thru complete with missile drone interceptors in case it was an air attack on the oil tankers.
was watching an interesting programme where over the years they have looked at creating a huge canal like the suez that slices right thru the top of the UAE and Oman to avoid the narrow straight of hormuz but sadly due to a mountain range it would be a monumental task.

They might except for the fact their insurers wont take the risk. Especially with Iranian mines scattered around the strait.

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

Wasn’t LH always shutting city line down and folding some flights into main line operations? Cited by unions who were demanding better conditions. But fake news media love a scare tactic.

Air Canada cancelled JFK. Media will have you believe it’s down to this. Reality - better yield at LGA. NYC-Toronto is all about point to point traffic or Toronto connections which will be minimal given the very large hubs of Delta and American at JFK and United at Newark. But again. Fake news media.

Surprised on of these dipstick globalist owned journalist hasn’t dug out the full list of airlines that cancelled routes and blamed it on the crisis. Cause they love a good manipulation and to invoke anxiety. Lazy journalism. Lazy headlines. But top effort on all parts for been compete and utter wa**ers.

 

[Len Fish]

Further explanation by Lufthansa regarding the demise of CityLine. As others have said this could only be the start if the war continues for any length of time.

Lufthansa Group Accelerates Strategy Implementation

Accelerated capacity and fleet measures due to increased kerosene costs and additional burdens from labor disputesCapacity reduction in three steps:(a) During the current summer flight schedule:Immediate and permanent removal of Lufthansa CityLine's capacity from the program(b) At the end of the...

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[LBA4EVER]

They might except for the fact their insurers wont take the risk. Especially with Iranian mines scattered around the strait.

Yes apparently its all about the ships insurance, think we need to start drilling in the north sea abit more then

 

[pug]

Yes apparently its all about the ships insurance, think we need to start drilling in the north sea abit more then

According to a mate of mine who works offshore in geology and seabed mapping it’s not as simple as that. I say that as someone who tends to agree with you, but it’s really not quite as much an answer to our potential problems as it might otherwise appear. I’m therefore a big believer in alternative energy sources now. How can we create a SAF network whilst transitioning land and sea based transport to more efficient energy?

 

[airforced]

Trying to read into that rather long statement provided by Len Fish it isn't as straightforward as was initially said. The removal if the City aircraft was part a cost saving exercise and part a solution to a dispute that seeminglly was causing problems. Whatever, it is cutting off a revenue stream which makes me wonder if, and it hasn't been said, if they were also not performing to expectations and they too were being removed from the operation due to economics. We will probably never know,

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

As I’ve said. This is short sighted lazy fake news journalism. And it’s easy to see an airline shutting down, create anxiety and have an impact on the industry. Rather than understanding the true reasoning - LH couldn’t be arsed with unions.

 

[Finger66]

Some new routes announced by easyJet today - currently, and sadly, nothing from/to LBA