by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 29, 2016 | A350, Featured, Lufthansa, Passenger Experience |
Lufthansa has announced that their first A350 successfully completed her maiden flight in Toulouse today.
The maiden flight allowed for flight engineers to test the various systems of the aircraft during the flight to ensure that everything is functioning as designed. If all goes well with a few more flights, Lufthansa will get the ‘keys’ to the plane on December 19. Once in Lufthansa’s hands, the plane will be flown to Munich where it will have the interior installed along with some other Lufthansa-specific customizations.
Plans call for the bird to enter service on Lufthansa’s Munich – Delhi route on February 10, 2017.
Lufthansa’s first A350 completes her maiden flight……
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 29, 2016 | Business Class, Fare Sale, Featured, First Class, Swiss |
For those of you who have yet to decide how or where you’ll spend Christmas this year, SWISS gives you compelling options.
SWISS is currently holding fare specials for Business and First Class from the USA to most of their destinations throughout Europe.
Pricing is attractive!
For example you can fly SWISS Business for only $2050 between NYC and Venice or Barcelona. From Chicago the fare moves up to only $2300-$2700 for most European destinations.
For those of you compelled to spoil yourself and fly in First Class (read about my experiences), you can fly from New York to most of Europe for under $5000, and between $5000 and $6000 from most of SWISS’ other USA gateways. To push you over the edge, here’s look at their fantastic First Class Lounge that opened earlier this year in Zurich.
Economy fares are also attractive, but not as compelling as the premium cabin options!
The travel period for these specials is restricted to the last 2 weeks of December, but what a perfect time to get to Europe to enjoy the fantastic Christmas markets……
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 28, 2016 | Featured, Lufthansa, Strike |
Lufthansa has announced that even though strikes have been called for Short Haul on Tuesday, and for Short Haul and Long Haul flights on Wednesday, they will be able to conduct the majority of their timetable for both days.
For Tuesday, LH expects to operate 2184 of their 3000 scheduled flights. All Long Haul flights will operate as scheduled.
For Wednesday, LH expects to operate 2110 of their 3000 scheduled flights. It appears that the bulk of their Long Haul flights will be impacted.
Please follow this link to look up the status of your flight. If you are affect, please contact the airline, frequent flyer program, or travel agent that issued your ticket so that you can be re-accommodated. Follow @LufthansaNews on Twitter for the latest developments regarding the strike.
