by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 26, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Today in 1952, the government of post-war Germany voted to reinstate a national airline for Germany after suspension of passenger airline services during World War II. This initial step paved the “runway” for the creation of Aktiengesellschaft für Luftverkehrsbedarf or “LUFTAG” on January 6, 1953.
Following up on this approval, LUFTAG began to organize as an airline and started to build facilities in Cologne, create it’s structure and hire it’s employees. Also during this time in 1953, LUFTAG ordered 4 Lockheed 1049G Super Constellations (Super Connies) and four Convair 340s. The Convairs began joining the fleet in mid-1954 while the Super Connie’s began arriving in late 1958.
On August 6, 1954 LUFTAG formally changed it’s name to what we know today as Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft(AG) or “LH” for short!
On April 1, 1955 2 of Lufthansa’s new Convair 340’s (D-ACOH and D-ACEF) took to the skies and officially christened Lufthansa’s first regularly scheduled routes. To mark the inaugural routes, one of the Convairs flew Munich-Frankfurt-Cologne-Hamburg while the second Convair flew Hamburg-Dusseldorf-Frankfurt-Munich.
D-ACEF courtesy: Robin A. Walker
D-ACOH
A Super Constellation at Munich Airport's Besucherpark (Visitor Park)
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 25, 2012 | Airlines |
ASIANA:
Busan-Fukuoka effective November 15 is CANCELED.
Busan-Osaka effective November 15 will increase from 1x/day to 2x/day.
BRUSSELS:
Brussels-Kigali effective October 28 will increase from 3x/week to 4x/week.
COPA:
Panama City-Sao Paulo effective December 15 will increase from 3x/day to 4x/day.
LUFTHANSA:
Dusseldorf-Tel Aviv effective November 1 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
THAI:
Bangkok-Taipei effective January 13 will increase from 14x/week to 18x/week.
Bangkok-Brussels effective May 7 to June 29 will be reduced from 4x/week to 3x/week.
UNITED:
Cleveland-Nashville effective January 3 will BEGIN 2x/day service on weekdays and 1x/day service on weekends.
Cleveland-Oklahoma City effective February 14 will BEGIN 6x/week service.
PREVIOUS STAR ALLIANCE ROUTE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Courtesy: www.AirlineRoute.net
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 24, 2012 | Airlines |
Earlier today SWISS introduced a Christmas Week Business Class fare sale for flights departing Zurich, Basel, Lugano and Geneva. The fare sales covers destinations to North America, Asia, The Middle East and Africa during the Christmas Holiday.
As is typical for Holiday travel, the fares are about 50% lower than their normal “peak” rates which gives passengers a great opportunity to experience SWISS’ onboard hospitality. As I’ve said in the past, I would pick SWISS’ Business Class cabin over many other airline’s First Class cabins! Honestly, it’s that good!
Example fares include:
Zurich to Beijing from CHF2499/€2065/$2670
Zurich to Chicago from CHF2729/€2255/$2916
Lugano to Dubai from CHF2099/€1734/$2242
Geneva to Tel Aviv from CHF1999/€1651/$2135
The fare sale lasts until September 28, and availability is excellent at this point for the various destinations that I looked at. The nice part is that most if not all of the flights are operated by Swiss Aircraft.
The fare sale website doe not provide too many terms and conditions other than the fare sale ends on 28 September and travel needs to occur between 22 December 2012 and 6 January 2013.
For more information on fares between specific city fares, please visit SWISS’ Christmas Holiday Business Class Fare Sale Webpage.
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