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LY reported to start service to Chicago next year
« on: February 28, 2019, 04:44:15 AM »
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-el-al-to-launch-tel-aviv-chicago-flights-1001276138

Israeli newspaper Globes reports that LY will start flying to Chicago next year, as soon the the airline takes delivery of enough Dreamliners. This comes from LY internal sources.

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Re: LY reported to start service to Chicago next year
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2019, 07:46:57 AM »
Hopefully UA opens a route to compete.

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Re: LY reported to start service to Chicago next year
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2019, 09:18:09 AM »
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-el-al-to-launch-tel-aviv-chicago-flights-1001276138

Israeli newspaper Globes reports that LY will start flying to Chicago next year, as soon the the airline takes delivery of enough Dreamliners. This comes from LY internal sources.
787-9 is probably too much for the route. They're probably waiting for delivery of the 787-8
(I know I've said this in the past, but now it seems almost confirmed)

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Re: LY reported to start service to Chicago next year
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2019, 11:01:51 AM »
787-9 is probably too much for the route. They're probably waiting for delivery of the 787-8
(I know I've said this in the past, but now it seems almost confirmed)
Extremely possible.

Do you have any indication that the 787-8 is on its way? I recall they had ordered 4 of those, but with the option to upgrade them to 787-9 as long as the production had not started.

For example in Q3 they said they decided to lease a -9 instead of the -8 planned originally

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Re: LY reported to start service to Chicago next year
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2019, 01:43:46 PM »
Extremely possible.

Do you have any indication that the 787-8 is on its way? I recall they had ordered 4 of those, but with the option to upgrade them to 787-9 as long as the production had not started.

For example in Q3 they said they decided to lease a -9 instead of the -8 planned originally
I believe they originally said the -8 would start coming in the second half of 2019. CMIIW

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Re: LY reported to start service to Chicago next year
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2019, 03:05:40 PM »
https://www.elal.com/en/USA/Flights-to-Tel-Aviv/Pages/Chicago-TelAviv.aspx

its great that they talk about their code share with b6

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Re: LY reported to start service to Chicago next year
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2019, 03:33:14 PM »
235 seats?
Is that the 787-8?
If the 235 number is correct then yes. The 787-9 has 282

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Re: LY reported to start service to Chicago next year
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2019, 03:35:04 PM »
Does LY still have 4 788s on order?
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Re: LY reported to start service to Chicago next year
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2019, 03:37:56 PM »
Does LY still have 4 788s on order?
Theoretically yes, but they are allowed to upgrade the order to 789 as long as production hasn't started (and conversly from 789 to 788); they've done that upgrade for one of the orders a while back.

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Re: LY reported to start service to Chicago next year
« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2019, 03:44:09 PM »
Based on their recent financials I doubt they’ll be upgrading any orders
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Re: LY reported to start service to Chicago next year
« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2019, 06:28:07 PM »
Hopefully UA opens a route to compete.
+1

I really don't understand why they didn't beat LY to it? Especially with ORD being a hub with their headquarters right there.
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Re: LY reported to start service to Chicago next year
« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2019, 06:36:50 PM »
https://www.flychicago.com/business/media/news/pages/article.aspx?newsid=1537

Here they talk about 282 seats, i.e 787-9

The new service will be offered three times weekly, with flights departing O’Hare on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday using a 282-seat Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, offering three service classes: Business, Premium and Economy.

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Re: LY reported to start service to Chicago next year
« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2019, 07:14:19 PM »
Was I reading this correctly that the route doesn’t start until next year but that they will start selling tickets next week (a full year out)?

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Re: LY reported to start service to Chicago next year
« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2019, 07:52:57 PM »
+1

I really don't understand why they didn't beat LY to it? Especially with ORD being a hub with their headquarters right there.
They have plenty of time to beat them, perhaps they were even waiting for LY's announcement.

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Re: LY reported to start service to Chicago next year
« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2019, 08:20:21 PM »
UA probably preferred SFO & IAD where AA won't compete.
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Re: LY reported to start service to Chicago next year
« Reply #19 on: March 20, 2019, 03:11:33 AM »
UA probably preferred SFO & IAD where AA won't compete.
If AA would launch a route it would be PHL-TLV not ORD