by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 16, 2012 | Airlines |
Over the past few days, I’ve started the daunting task of organizing my planespotting photos. After consolidating all my files, directories, sub directories, flash drives, external drives, etc, etc, I’ve come to realize that I have 6200 photos. The next step is to sort by Airline, then aircraft type, then tail number, then location and date of sighting and ultimately come up with an index of my photos. I have to thank digital photography. This would not have been possible 15-20 years ago with traditional film. To have the collection that I have today, it would have taken me approximately 172 rolls of film. Factor in film development costs, planespotting would have cost me a fortune. Perhaps one day I’ll set up a website that will be a gallery of all my photos, like my own Airliners.net or Planespotters.com. But I digress.
My first project was to sort through and organize my 2000+ Lufthansa photos. I’m no where near done with their final sort, but I did scan through all of them and “set aside” some of my favorites that I’ve included here. Being that 95% of my travel either takes me to or through Germany, it’s easy to see why there are so many LH pictures. Not all of them are perfect (actually no photo can ever be perfect!), but I think I’ve done a fairly reasonable job in capturing some decent shots of some great aircraft.

An A340 arrives in Los Angeles in the late afternoon

A 747-400 leaves Los Angeles bound for Frankfurt

A 747 parked in Frankfurt

Lufthansa's 747's usually dominate Frankfurt's landscape

A 747-400 leaves LAX and heads to Frankfurt - Coming soon the 747-8i!

The beautiful 747-400 continues climbing out from Los Angeles

An A380 lands in Houston (IAH) after a thunderstorm

The same A380 taxis to her gate at Houston

A 747 arrives in Frankfurt on an overcast morning

An Airbus A321 gets ready to taxi to a Frankfurt runway

An A330 arrives in Frankfurt (this specific plane once hit a United Express Jet and flew without one of her winglets!)

Airbus A321 arriving in Frankfurt

This A320 is arriving in Istanbul and would take us to Munich

This A319 would take us from London to Frankfurt

An A340 approaches her gate in Frankfurt

Another 747-400 in Frankfurt

Up close to an A330 in Frankfurt

An A330 in Frankfurt right before we boarded and flew to Detroit

Another A340 taxis for take off in Frankfurt

An A380 parked in her hangar in Frankfurt

An A380 arriving in Frankfurt

An A321 heads for the runway in Frankfurt

An A380 pushes back from her gate in Frankfurt

A beautiful Retro Livery

Up close to an A340's starboard engines.

An A380 at her gate in Frankfurt

An A320 arriving at Munich

The same A320 in Munich

Parked in a hangar in Munich

Routine engine service in a spotless Munich Technic Hangar

Beneath the belly of a San Francisco bound A340

An A340 taxis to the runway at Munich

Up close to an A340's tail at Munich

An A340 at her gate in Munich

A happy passenger from Dusseldorf to Chicago

Right after deplaning in Frankfurt (from London)

The 747-8i is pushed back, ready for her inaugural flight

Lufthansa's New 747-8i sets to leave on her inaugural flight

The 747-8i seconds before taking off for Washington DC

One of Lufthansa Cargo's MD11s parked in Frankfurt

An A340 parked at her gate in Munich

The 747-8i in Washington DC a few minutes after I arrived. A fitting gate number!!

The 747-8i parked at her gate in Washington DC (IAD)
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 15, 2012 | Uncategorized |
I have to give credit to my wife for finding this “off-topic” gem.
In what could be one of the greatest travel short cuts of all time, she had found this gem while browsing “Pinterest” showing how anyone can program an elevator to go directly to their desired floor and eliminate the annoying stops along the way. This comes in REALLY HANDY when you are on a high floor and want to get to the lobby without being the “local” elevator stopping on every floor.
Not sure if this will work on every elevator, but it may be worth a shot!
This coding is apparently built into some elevators as a safety mechanism which allows emergency workers to access any floor without interruption.
The instructions are self-explanatory in this image:

by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 15, 2012 | Airlines |
When the Lufthansa Group Supervisory Committee meets next Wednesday, there may be discussions and proposals surrounding the launch of a new low cost carrier (LCC) from the airline. Currently “germanwings” is considered the unofficial ‘LCC’ of Lufthansa but there have been conversations that have come and gone over the last year or so that may finally lead to an “official” LCC brand within the Lufthansa Group.
According to the story that I first saw on Reuters this morning, no decisions are expected during the meeting but we may learn about a blue print that may be in development.
Back in April I had originally written about plans for “Direct 4 You” which involved the potential of Lufthansa converting “germanwings” and “Eurowings” into a new LCC. Eurowings is a subsidiary within Lufthansa’s Regional Division.
At a time when Lufthansa sees continued pressure from LCC’s on intra-european routes, it may be coming close to deciding on how it will compete effectively for that space in the European market.