by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 8, 2016 | Euro 2016, Featured, Industry News |
If you’re traveling to France to take in the Euro 2016 tournament that begins on Friday, make sure you take your Passport or Identity Card. Otherwise you might be watching the tournament in your living room back home.
Just short of suspending Schengen, France will require a valid passport or National ID Card for anyone entering the country ahead of the tournament. This includes rail, road and airport entry points into France as well as Basel Airport in Switzerland due to its location on the French border.
According to French officials, drivers licenses will not be considered an acceptable form of ID for the purpose of entering France.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 8, 2016 | 747, Avgeek, Featured, Iron Maiden |
For those of you who know me (there’s maybe 8 of you), you know that I’ve been a fan of Iron Maiden for the Majority of my 44 years on this rock, going all the way back to my days in Elementary School.
Over the past few years, its been no secret that Iron Maiden has used chartered aircraft to help them get from concert to concert when they are on world-wide tour. First, it was a 757 that helped them get around the world on 3 tours that began in 2008.
Now for their most recent tour celebrating their ‘Book Of Souls’ album, the band upped their game and got their hands on a 747-400 from Air Atlanta Icelandic to help them get around even more effectively than with the 757.
Photo courtesy of Iron Maiden
The absolute best part of this? Their lead singer, Bruce Dickinson, often serve as the Captain for the flights. Yes, the lead singer of one of the world’s greatest bands has a license to fly the heavies! In fact, Lufthansa featured him in an interview in their in-flight magazine back in September 2013.
Since February, the latest version of ‘Ed Force One’ has been seen around the world as the band travels on tour. There have been a lot of great photos taken of the exterior, but now, thanks to a Daily Mail feature, we have a chance to look inside, behind the scenes, one of the coolest airplanes currently in the air.
Enjoy!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 7, 2016 | A380, Featured, Lufthansa, Route Announcements |
Lufthansa announced today that it will temporarily reduce service between Frankfurt and Shanghai during the month of August.
Specifically, flight LH732 from Frankfurt and LH733 from Shanghai will not operate between August 1 and August 28. This service is the one flown by the 747-400 aircraft.
The remaining Frankfurt/Shanghai flights, LH728 and LH729 (operated by the A380) are not affected by this announcement.
