by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 23, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa |
LUFTHANSA is planning to celebrate it’s 60th Anniversary by dressing one of their 747-8i aircraft in a retro-livery set to debut in April 2015.
The livery will be carried by D-ABYS, which will be the 17th 747-8i delivered to Lufthansa. ‘Yankee Sierra’ was chosen as the canvas for the new livery because it’s delivery is scheduled for April, coinciding with the anniversary.
The livery will be the one carried by Lufthansa aircraft from the 1970s through 90s before the introduction of the current livery. For those of you who recall this classic livery, you’ll remember that this livery sported a polished/unpainted aluminum ‘underbelly’. Unfortunately this will not carry forward to the retro livery. However, all other aspects of it will be in place.
To give you an idea of what the aircraft and livery will look like, here is a photo from Lufthansa’s archive showing a classic 747:
Lufthansa’s D-ABYS, scheduled for April 2015 delivery will sport this classic look……
H/T to FlyerTalk’s NewbieRunner and Oliver2002.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 23, 2014 | Airlines, Featured, Route Announcements, Star Alliance |
AEGEAN:
Corfu – Paris CDG effective April 19 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Corfu – Rome effective September 8 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Irakleion – Amsterdam effective April 21 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Irakleion – Copenhagen effective June 26 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Irakleion – Dole effective April 13 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Irakleion – Geneva effective June 12 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Irakleion – Istanbul (SAW) effective June 22 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Irakleion – London Gatwick effective June 21 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Irakleion – Metz effective April 13 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Irakleion – Milan Malpensa effective June 25 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Irakleion – Nantes effective April 16 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Irakleion – Prague effective June 9 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Irakleion – Rome effective June 13 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Irakleion – Stockholm effective June 26 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Irakleion – Stuttgart effective April 2 will BEGIN 1x/week service; 2x/week from June 16.
Irakleion – Toulouse effective April 13 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Rhodes – Amsterdam effective April 25 will BEGIN 1x/week service; 2x/week from June 10.
Rhodes – Geneva effective June 12 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Rhodes – Larnaca effective June 15 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Rhodes – Lyon effective April 12 will BEGIN 1x/week service.
Rhodes – Stuttgart effective April 4 will BEGIN 1x/week service; 2x/week from June 17.
Rhodes – Tel Aviv effective May 3 will BEGIN 1x/week service; 2x/ week from May 28.
Rhodes – Vienna effective May 22 will BEGIN 1x/week service; 2x/week from June 2.
AIR CANADA:
Vancouver – Osaka effective May 1 will BEGIN 5x/week service (Operated by ROUGE).
AIR NEW ZEALAND:
Auckland – Los Angeles effective March 29 will increase from 14x/week to 17x/week; 18x/week from July 4-26.
Auckland – Singapore effective January 6 will BEGIN 1x/day service.
AUSTRIAN:
Vienna – Amman effective March 29 will increase from 6x/week to 1x/DAY.
Vienna – Baghdad effective January 2 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
Vienna – Tehran effective March 29 will increase from 5x/week to 6x/week.
EGYPTAIR:
Cairo – Manchester effective October 26 is CANCELLED.
Cairo – New York (JFK) effective September 30 is reduced from 7x/week to 5x/week.
ETHIOPIAN:
Addis Ababa – Tel Aviv effective October 27 will increase from 1x/day to 2x/day.
LUFTHANSA:
Frankfurt – Lublin will CONTINUE as a year-round route. Previously was due to end October 26 (seasonal).
SHENZHEN:
Shenyang – Hong Kong effective September 29 will BEGIN 3x/week service.
SOUTH AFRICAN:
Johannesburg – Sishen effective September 29 will BEGIN 2x/day service (weekday only / SA Airlink).
THAI:
Bangkok – Dusseldorf: Planned launch of 4x/week service has been postponed indefinitely.
TURKISH:
Istanbul – Hannover effective October 26 will increase from 14x/week to 17x/week.
Istanbul – Kherson effective October 15 will BEGIN 4x/week service.
Istanbul – Malta effective October 2 will increase from 5x/week to 1x/DAY.
Istanbul – Stuttgart effective December 2 will increase from 25x/week to 28x/week.
PREVIOUS STAR ALLIANCE ROUTE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Courtesy: www.AirlineRoute.net
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 21, 2014 | Cargo, Featured, Frankfurt, Lufthansa |
If you caught my previous post regarding ‘SAVING THE DATE’ for a great 2-3 days in Frankfurt over Thanksgiving Weekend, you’ll recall that I mentioned I was working on confirming the details for a tour of LH’s Cargo Facility. If you missed that post, click on the link to get caught up!
Well that confirmation has arrived and LUFTHANSA CARGO has invited us to their facility for a detailed look at their operation. As a bonus to the tour and based on their current aircraft timetable, we’ll also have the ability to visit the apron and get up close to one of their 777F freighters that have been added to the fleet this year.
The Cargo Tour will be limited to only 20 people due to security logistics and a limit on how many people can be on an active ramp at the same time. On my last visit to Cargo, I had a chance to be in the cargo hold of an MD11-F during loading and I can see why only a few people can be allowed near the aircraft during loading.
The tour will take place Friday, November 28 in the afternoon and will dove tail nicely with the other events that are planned for the weekend. As of now, there will be a tour of Lufthansa’s Technik hangars which may include boarding a 747-8i to see the new Premium Economy seats being introduced in a few weeks. There are other events planned for the weekend as well.
A tour of Cargo is usually difficult to arrange due to the nature of their business, so we’re fortunate that they agreed to host us for a few hours. I expect sign up for this event to be completed quickly once registration for the events open in the coming weeks.
At the risk of self-promotion, you may want to follow me on twitter at @LufthansaFlyer so you’ll know immediately when sign-up is open for the events. You can also get the latest news from VFT’s thread dedicated to the event.
