by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 27, 2016 | 737, Featured, Fleet Update, Frankfurt, Lufthansa |
This Saturday, October 29, Lufthansa will be broadcasting via Facebook the retirement ceremonies surrounding the last 737 in the fleet.
Her last day of work is scheduled to be on October 29th with a few roundtrip flights from Frankfurt. As of now, she is scheduled to fly to Geneva, Stuttgart and Nuremberg. The final landing of the 737 is scheduled to take place at 7:40p when she returns from Nuremberg (LH153) and the simulcast will capture the moment. Tickets are still available for these final flights.
To tune into the broadcast, please use this link (you will be redirected to Facebook). You can also track events on Twitter or Facebook using the hashtag of #ThankYou737.
One of the retired workhorses of the LH Fleet…..
There’s a lot attention being paid to this final 737 due to the fact that Lufthansa was the launch customer for the aircraft nearly 50 years ago and is responsible for the aircraft’s existence.
Lufthansa approached Boeing in the 1960s looking to replace a propeller driven regional fleet with jets so that they can better serve their European destinations. Boeing and Lufthansa announced February 19, 1965 that LH would be the launch customer, and almost exactly 3 years later on February 10, 1968, the first 737 joined the fleet. In all, 155 737 aircraft had been part of the LH fleet at one time or another over the last 48 years.
Had it not been for LH, there’s no guarantee that the 737 would have ever been developed and become one of history’s best selling and most popular aircraft.
Related:
Lufthansa gives birth to the 737
Lufthansa’s 737 retirement schedule
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 25, 2016 | Featured, Swiss, Voucher |
SWISS is celebrating Weltspartag (World Savings Day) with a voucher giveaway that will give away 1000 vouchers. For bookings being made for European travel, the voucher is good for €20. If you are booking an international flight, the voucher can be redeemed for €80.
You’ll have to hurry. Once the 1000 vouchers are claimed, the promo is over!
When booking use the appropriate ‘code’ at checkout:
For Euro travel, use code SWISSEUROPASPARTAG2016.
For International bookings, use code SWISSWELTSPARTAG2016.
H/T: FlyerTalk’s Oliver2002
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 25, 2016 | Airports, Featured, London Heathrow |
After what seems like a lifetime (and for some of you, even before that), London Heathrow has finally received permission to move forward with plans to construct a 3rd runway. The approval came amid a contentious debate between supporters and opponents of the idea. Supporters looked at the 3rd runway as a much needed relief valve for the already over-congested LHR as well as a huge economic boon to the area and country. The major concerns from the opposition revolved around cost of the construction and environmental impact.
The layout of the Runway expansion. Looks like a few villages will have to move over a bit. Courtesy: BBC
The £18 billion runway, set to be over 11,000 feet long, is however a long way from being installed. Opponent groups have already announced plans to raise funds and to take the fight to the airport and government through legal challenges in an attempt to have the decision reversed. Should the legal challenges fail (as I expect they will), the runway construction would begin in 2020 and if everything is on time, the runway would enter service 5 years later.
