by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 18, 2015 | Featured, Lounges, Lufthansa |
For those of you who are truly in the know, this is not the first time that you’ve heard of the Lufthansa Cocktail liquor.
The orange/apricot flavored ‘adult juice’ was first unveiled in 1955 when used as a ‘Welcome Aboard’ beverage for passengers flying in ‘Senator’ class. From there it became one of the most popular cocktails throughout Germany in the 60s and 70s (I suspect only West Germany however! 😉 )
After the waning of its popularity in the 80s and 90s, it was revived in 2005 as part of a 50 year celebration of Lufthansa and has been available in Lufthansa’s First Class Lounges and First Class Terminal (Frankfurt) ever since. But you had to know it was there, so apologies to any ‘maximizers’ that missed adding this to their list of lounge ‘freebies’ that they’re entitled to. 🙂
Currently, you can purchase the Cocktail at a very few select employee stores (Ringeltaube) near Frankfurt and Munich Airport but you have a card giving you permission to shop there or be taken there by an LH employee.
The reinvention of the new Lufthansa Cocktail will debut later this year and will be available in 6 distinct flavors. Plans call for it to be available in Duty Free shops in Munich and Frankfurt and potentially other shops in Germany.
If you’ve never had the cocktail, next time you are in an FCL or the FCT, try one. Its great ‘on the rocks’ or with Sprite (7 Up).
All this talk of a Lufthansa Cocktail has now led me to want to pour a bit over some ice, light a cigar and watch the thunderstorms roll in this evening…….Gotta’ go….Good Night!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 16, 2015 | Featured, Industry News |
You may be wondering why I am writing about a container shipping company. Let me give you a bit of context.
In June, there were announcements from several airlines regarding a shift in their policies that would ban the transport of Hunting Trophies such as Lions, Elephants, Tigers, Rhino, etc. It started with South African and spread to Lufthansa, Brussels, Austrian, SWISS, Emirates, British Airways.
During the course of these announcements, I had a discussion with a friend of mine, Nils Haupt, who works on the corporate communications team for Hapag-Lloyd in Hamburg and asked what their policies were on the topic since shipping is their business.
At the time, I was to understand that Hapag had policies against illegally harvested trophies but nothing beyond that. Well that has changed.
Last night when I checked my email, I had a note from Nils stating that based on the trend in the industry and their observations (and because of our initial conversations last month), Hapag-Lloyd has now amended their container shipping policy and has fully banned the transport of any Game Trophy, regardless of how it was harvested.
I love the fact that Hapag-Lloyd has joined the ‘fight’. The biggest criticism when the airlines changed policy was the fact that not many trophies are transported via aircraft. So seeing one of the world’s largest container shippers change their policy should send a VERY strong message about how the transportation industry is beginning to view this topic.
Good on you Hapag-Lloyd and THANKS!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 15, 2015 | Airports, Featured, Munich |
Earlier today the German Federal Administrative Court gave its blessing toward the building of a much needed and much debated 3rd runway at Munich Airport.
The court ruled in favor of the airport after hearing arguments from Bundes Naturschutz, a nature conservancy group in Bavaria. The court also dismissed other private complaints filed against the building of the new runway. From what I gather, this was the last major legal hurdle that needed to be cleared ahead of planning the construction.
The runway, which would be built on the north side of the field will run parallel to MUCs other 2 runways and will be a major compliment to the new terminal that is set to open next year.
