by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 27, 2015 | Airports, Featured, Lufthansa, Passenger Experience |
Effective immediately Lufthansa is testing a new concept that will feature ‘Nespresso’ machines at selected gates in Frankfurt and Munich. The trial is set to last for 3 months and if successful we will see an expansion of the program.
As it stands now, the trial begins in Frankfurt today specifically at gates A1 – A10. The trial will begin in Munich on March 6 at Gates 23, 24 and 34.
There will be a €1.50 charge per cup and passengers will need to present their boarding pass.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 17, 2015 | Airlines, Airports, Featured, Photography, Plane Spotting |
If you’ve been visiting LH Flyer over the past few days, you might be thinking that the only things happening at Paine Field last week were related to Lufthansa aircraft. Granted, Lufthansa did take delivery of their last Cargo 777 (D-ALFE), they did unveil the much anticipated Retro Livery on one of their 747-8i (D-ABYT), and of course there was yet another 747, D-ABYS, that underwent her final flight tests ahead of delivery to LH. For those of you that may have missed some of these moments, you can find those posts here:
D-ALFE: Lufthansa Cargo’s last 777F
D-ABYS: Final test and customer flights ahead of delivery.
D-ABYT: Part I (First Looks & Inaugural Flight), Part II (Return From Inaugural Flight), Part III (Additional photos).
However it was a busy week at Paine Field for other carriers as well. Several airlines took deliveries of their newest birds, Boeing unveiled a few newly painted planes and a variety of test flights filled the 3 days that I spent there. I’m glad that I stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn in Everett since it’s location right next to the airport made it easy to see everything that was going on, even in the middle of the night!
Because of the amount of photos, I’ll break this plane spotting post into 2 or 3 parts. Part 2 and 3 will follow in the next few days.
To see my other Plane Spotting related posts, please visit the Plane Spotting Index or Aero-Shots.com where you can see my growing collection (i.e. work in progress) of Airline photographs.
Enjoy!
Cathay’s B-KQV enters the runway for her test flight
A new United 787 departs on her final test flight prior to delivery.
TK’s TV-JJV 777 approaches Paine Field
Turkish 777 touchdown after ferry flight from California where she was painted.
Singapore’s 9V-SNA prepares for a test flight.
Qatar’s 787 A7-BCS departs for a final test flight
Its not all about modern AIrliners at Paine Field…..This DC3 prepares for takeoff.
A rare sight, an ANA 777 being moved in the Boeing Factory.
KLM’s 777 (new livery) prepares for her first-ever flight.
KLM’s newest 777 approaches Paine Field
Hainan’s newest 787 minutes after being removed from the Paint Hangar.
Cathay’s B-KQV enters the runway for her test flight
A unique angle as this CX 777 executed an intentional missed approach.
Batik Air’s newest 737
American Airlines 737
by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 8, 2015 | Airports, Featured, Strike |
The union that represents airport workers in Germany has called for a strike that will impact certain airports tomorrow, February 9.
Specifically, security workers will walk off the job at Hamburg, Stuttgart and Hannover which will in turn create long delays at security and cargo screening checkpoints at these airports.
Thus far, Lufthansa has cancelled 18 domestic flights due to tomorrow’s strike but has not yet posted anything on their ‘Flight Status’ web page regarding the strike. You can check here to see if your flight for tomorrow is affected.
