Over the last few weeks, Lufthansa has begun to refine it’s already excellent onboard dining experience with upgrades to Cutlery, China and other related items. You’ll notice onboard that the cabin crew will have completely new serving utensils; including new pitchers for beverages, pepper grinders, coffee dispensers etc. The changes aim to make the dining experience on board more like the experience that you would have in a high quality restaurant.
Passenger China, Glassware and Silverware have been updated as well. For First Class passengers, gone are the wire towers that held your appetizers. They have been replaced with a serving platter that will contain all 3 appetizers that are typically availabe. Additional the Caviar Service will be it’s own course and no longer combined with appetizers. Business Class passengers will also notice obvious improvements to dining hardware and menus.
These changes apply to First and Business Class international routes as well as in Business Class on short and medium-haul flights within Germany and Europe.
2 days ago, Lufthansa released a video highlighting the changes that you can expect going forward:
This installment covers several photos taken standing near the midway point of Runway 18. It was a good location because smaller aircraft would begin their rotation here and larger aircraft were at full speed and the noise was FANTASTIC! 🙂 There are many more photos taken from this spot that I will add to Aero-Shots.com in the coming weeks. I just have about 5,000 photos to sort through at this point….
Not too many more things to be said on the topic, so go ahead and enjoy the pics!
This themed ADRIA CRJ-200 carries a MINI market promo wherever she goes…..
Condor’s Boeing 767-300 D-ABUD
Lufthansa’s A330 D-AIKD ‘Siegen’
Lufthansa’s CRJ-700 D-ACPL
Lufthansa’s CRJ700 D-ACPO
Lufthansa’s 737 D-ABEA
Lufthansa’s 737 D-ABEH
Lufthansa’s 2nd 747-8i D-ABYC (There is no ‘D-ABYB’ as a memorial to an older 747 that was lost)
Lufthansa has launched a pair of fare specials targeted specifically for US travelers for travel to Poland or Italy.
In my opinion the better of the 2 deals is for travel to Poland where fares start as low as $769 for travel between New York and Krakow. The fares reach into the mid $1100’s if you are traveling from Lufthansa’s West Coast gateways or from Houston, otherwise most fares are sub $1000 making them fairly attractive.
The other part of the fare sale covers Italian destinations including cities such as Florence, Catania, Genoa, Pisa, Rome, Venice and others. Fares for this sale range from the low $1100’s from East Coast gateways to the mid $1300’s if you are flying from the west coast. Still attractive fares, but not as attractive as the fares to Poland.
Granted that Italy may be the better value since their is a bit more to see in Italy as a tourist than there may be in Poland, but a “miles earning” standpoint, Poland fares provide better from a “cents per mile” perspective if you’re into measuring that metric.
Late Summer/Early Fall is especially a great time to visit Poland or Italy(or Europe in general) because it is past the peak summer holiday travel season. Travelers typically find great deals on hotels and travel during this time of year, not to mention the fantastic weather that exists in the early fall. It’s personally my favorite time to travel to Europe. I’ve been to Rome, Capri, Venice, Sorrento and Naples in the fall and can tell you from first hand experience that the fall season is a great time to go. It’s also when I do a majority of my travel to Slovakia when visiting family. Less crowds, less hassles, less “weather”, BETTER DEALS!
