by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 19, 2012 | Uncategorized |
My month-long contest that will award the winner 10,000 “Miles & More” Miles is slowly drawing to a close. The contest formally ends at midnight eastern time on the 21st of September (this coming friday). If you haven’t entered yet, time is running out!
Remember that you can enter one time per each Contest Entry Post that I published this month, so if you’ve been paying attention to the site this month, you should have 4 entries. If you are new to LufthansaFlyer.com or forgot to enter using one of the Contest Entry Posts, this will be your final reminder!!
Here are the links to the 4 Contest Entry Posts in case you missed any of them:
Contest Entry Post 1
Contest Entry Post 2
Contest Entry Post 3
Contest Entry Post 4
Thanks again to everyone who has entered and made the contest such a success!
PLEASE NOTE: ANY COMMENTS LEFT ON THIS POST WILL NOT COUNT AS ENTRIES!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 19, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Reported earlier this morning by Reuters, Lufthansa has entered an arrangement with Australia’s Algae.Tec whereby Lufthansa will arrange for the financing to cover the construction costs of a dedicated BioFuel plant. Lufthansa itself will not be a stakeholder in the project. The plant will be located in a European country, close to industrial CO2 sources.
According to the press release from Algae.Tec, Lufthansa will commit to purchasing at least 50% of the output of the plant at an agreed up price with Algae.Tec.
No timeline for the project has been set, and final approval will still be required from Lufthansa’s Supervisory Board.
Lufthansa has been leading the way in determining the viability of alternative BioFuels for use in commercial airliners. It has successfully demonstrated the safety and savings that are achievable with BioFuel, so this step makes perfect sense in Lufthansa’s evolution towards the use of BioFuels on a regular basis throughout its fleet.
Earlier this year Lufthansa completed its BioFuel trials when a 747 flew from Frankfurt To Washington DC partially fueled with BioFuels. The trial had lasted 6 months and involved nearly 1200 flights within Germany using aircraft with a 50/50 blend of BioFuel and aviation fuel.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 18, 2012 | Airlines |
To celebrate Bavaria’s Oktoberfest, Lufthansa will be showing off their “Trachten Crew” during the festival season.
The Trachten Crew is a 14 member flight crew team that has been together for 7 years. They will be sporting their traditional “Dirndl” costumes on flights from Munich to points throughout the world during Oktoberfest. According to Lufthansa, the male flight attendants for the first time will be dressed in their traditional Lederhosen.
The debut of this year’s Trachten Crew will be on Lufthansa Flight 412 from Munich to Newark on Friday, September 21.
The Trachten Crew will also be on the flight from Munich to Charlotte on September 28 (Lufthansa flight 428) and they will fly back to Munich the following day on Lufthansa flight 429.
The Trachten team is scheduled to show off their Bavarian pride on additional routes worldwide during Okotberfest, including on flights to and from New York and Hong Kong.
FYI, if you are flying to or from Munich in First Class, make sure to claim your souvenir Bavarian Duck celebrating the festival as well. You’ll find them at the First Class Lounge and they are unique to Munich.
There is a male and female version:
