by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 14, 2017 | 767, 777, A380, Airports, Austrian, CS100, CS300, Featured, Livery, Swiss, Zurich |
As I find time to go through and process photos taken from my transfers through Zurich a few weeks ago, I’ve come up with the next batch of shots that I think are worthy of being posted.
Having a 13 hour layover on the outbound and a 7 hour layover on the inbound segments gave me plenty of time.
These shots were taken from the SWISS First Class Lounge in Terminal ‘E’ which gives you a fantastic view of all of ZRH’s runways. The only issue is that the sun is not your best friend during most of the day because it either ‘back lights’ or ‘top lights’ the aircraft so it’s tougher to get a nice vibrant profile of any plane.
Regardless, ZRH is still one of the best all-around airports to spot in and is extremely ‘spotter friendly’ whether you are in a pre- or post security part of the airport or outside the airport property altogether and just hanging around the perimeter fences with your ladder looking for that perfect shot.
I’ll post more as I get through them.
SWISS 777 Spools up for departure…….
Austrian’s Dash8 is Vienna bound….
Another one heading for Vienna…..
Delta’s 767 departing towards the Alps before turning west for the USA
Dubai-bound Emirates A380
Arriving from Keflavik Airport in Iceland
SWISS C-series sports a new livery…..
A very clean C-Series arrives
Thai’s 777 heading to Bangkok
United 767 heading for the States…
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 17, 2017 | Bombardier, Corporate, CS100, CS300, Featured |
In a shocker of an announcement this evening, Airbus and Bombardier announced that Bombardier’s C-Series will be built in Airbus’ Alabama facility.
In a partnership dubbed ‘C-Series Aircraft Limited Partnership’, a second final assembly line for the C-Series operated by Airbus will compliment the existing production taking place in Quebec. Airbus will also market the aircraft on behalf of Bombardier.
In their comments, Airbus stated that it is a perfect combination of their global reach and Bombardier’s cutting edge technology for short and medium haul aircraft. Airbus will have a 50.1% stake in the operation, with Bombardier’s share being approximately 31 percent and Investissement Quebec getting the other 19%.
This comes at an interesting time for Bombardier whose US-based customers (primarily Delta) were facing stiff 300% tariffs for any Bombardier aircraft that they would purchase as a result of a Boeing complaint filed with Washington DC claiming unfair subsidies for Bombardier from the Canadian government.
With this announcement, it appears that everyone including President Trump and his position as it relates to NAFTA along with Bombardier and Airbus will be able to claim victory from their respective perspectives.
Bombardier and Airbus both denied that politics had anything to do with this, but I find that hard to believe especially when you consider the timing of this announcement and how quickly the partnership was assembled.
by Lufthansa Flyer | May 30, 2017 | CS300, Featured, Route Announcements, Swiss |
With SWISS receiving their CS300 aircraft from Bombardier, they’ve updated their timetable to reflect its deployment.
The inaugural flight will take place on June 1 when the CS300 flies from Geneva to London. From there, the CS300 will see nearly 30 cities by October 23.
Here is the tentative schedule as of May 30, 2017:
June 1:
Geneva – London (LHR)
Geneva – Palma Mallorca
Geneva – Porto
June 2:
Geneva – Madrid
June 6:
Geneva – Nice
June 9:
Geneva – Barcelona
Geneva – Moscow (DME)
June 15:
Geneva – Malaga
June 17:
Geneva – Lisbon
Geneva – Pristina
June 18:
Geneva – Prague
June 19:
Geneva – Athens
July 1:
Geneva – Irakleion
Geneva – Zakinthos
July 2:
Geneva – Zurich
July 7:
Geneva – Valencia
August 19:
Geneva – Thessaloniki
August 22:
Geneva – Olbia
September 4:
Geneva – Marrakech
September 9:
Geneva – Catania
Geneva – Corfu
September 16:
Geneva – Biarritz
September 17:
Geneva – Brindisi
Zurich – Paris (CDG)
October 15:
Zurich – Venice
October 17:
Zurich – Brussels
October 18:
Zurich – Bari
October 19:
Zurich – Manchester
Zurich – Prague
October 20:
Zurich – Budapest
Zurich – Hanover
October 21:
Zurich – Sofia
October 23:
Zurich – Palermo
H/T: www.AirlineRoute.net
