by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 3, 2014 | Featured |
Beginning March 28, Lufthansa will be introducing the 747-8i on its Frankfurt – Sao Paulo route, replacing the 747-400 that currently flies between the cities. This is being done well ahead of the World Cup that will be hosted by Brazil in June and July so that fans will be able to experience a great ride aboard one of LH’s newest and most advanced aircraft.
If you are in the US and planning on going to the World Cup, doesn’t it make more sense than ever to get to Sao Paulo via Frankfurt? 🙂
One of Lufthansa’s 747-8i aircraft – This one is D-ABYD, the 3rd one to join the fleet.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 2, 2014 | Featured |
Most Star Alliance member airlines have been fairly quiet over the past 10 days or so. However, LOT has already begun looking toward their winter 2014/2015 timetable with several announcements. COPA has increased flight activity during the World Cup this summer while Turkish has announced the launch of new service to several new cities. Otherwise, only a few other minor announcements were made over the past several days.
COPA:
Panama City – Brasilia effective June 9 will increase from 7x/week to 11x/week.
Panama City – Rio de Janeiro effective June 7 to July 17 will increase from 14x/week to 18x/week (extra flights for World Cup).
Panama City – Sao Paulo effective June 5 to July 14 will increase from 28x/week to 32x/week (extra flights for World Cup).
EGYPTAIR:
Luxor – Paris (CDG) effective February 22 has begun 1x/week service (until June 7).
LOT:
Gdansk – Frankfurt effective March 30 is canceled.
Krakow – Vienna effective March 30 is canceled.
Warsaw – Amsterdam effective October 26 will increase from 19x/week to 20x/week.
Warsaw – Belgrade effective October 26 will increase from 3x/week to 4x/week.
Warsaw – Brussels effective October 26 will increase from 19x/week to 20x/week.
Warsaw – Bucharest effective October 26 will increase from 12x/week to 15x/week.
Warsaw – Budapest effective October 26 will increase from 18x/week to 22x/week.
Warsaw – Prague effective October 26 will increase from 19x/week to 22x/week.
Warsaw – Riga effective October 26 will increase from 7x/week to 9x/week.
Warsaw – Sofia effective October 26 will increase from 7x/week to 10x/week.
Warsaw – St. Petersburg effective October 26 will increase from 5x/week to 7x/week.
Warsaw – Tallinn effective October 26 will increase from 4x/week to 6x/week.
Warsaw – Vilnius effective October 26 will increase from 19x/week to 20x/week.
Wroclaw – Frankfurt effective March 30 is canceled.
Wroclaw – Munich effective March 30 is canceled.
SWISS (Edelweiss):
Zurich – Las Vegas effective October 26 will begin 1x/week service year round.
Zurich – Phuket effective October 26 will increase from 2x/week to 3x/week.
Zurich – Tampa effective March 4 will increase from 1x/week to 2x/week (and will operate year round).
Zurich – Varadero (Cuba) effective June 4 is canceled.
Zurich – Havana (Cuba) effective June 5 will begin 1x/week service.
TURKISH:
Istanbul – Basel effective March 30 will increase from 7x/week to 11x/week.
Istanbul – Constantine effective May 15 will begin 3x/week service.
Istanbul – Marseille effective March 30 will increase 4x/week to 7x/week.
Istanbul – Oran effective May 7 will begin 4x/week service.
Istanbul – Pisa effective June 26 will begin 4x/week service.
Istanbul – Tlemcen – Batna effective July 31 will begin 2x/week service.
Istanbul – Tehran effective March 30 will increase from 3x/day to 4x/day.
UNITED:
Chicago – Thunder Bay effective April 24 is canceled.
Houston – Aruba effective between June 5 and August 7 will operate 1x/week service (Saturday).
Newark – Santiago (Dominican Republic) effective between June 5 and August 7 will operate 1x/day.
Washington (IAD) – Nassau effective between June 5 and August 7 will operate 2x/week (Weekends).
Previous Star Alliance Route Announcements
Courtesy: www.AirlineRoute.net
by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 1, 2014 | Featured |
Over the past months Lufthansa has been ramping up the installation of their new Business Class cabin throughout the 100+ long-haul aircraft in the fleet.
In all, 24 aircraft currently have the new Business Class cabin, including ALL 11 747-8i aircraft. Additionally, 4 A340 and 9 A330 aircraft have been retrofitted with the new cabin. Of the 9 A330s, 3 of them have been recent deliveries with the new cabin already installed by Airbus while 6 were retrofitted by Lufthansa Technik.
The first A380 to have the new business class seat is currently going through the retrofit and is expected to re-enter service at the end of March. Additionally a new A380, D-AIMK, will be joining the fleet with the new seats already installed so we’ll see 2 A380s with the new seats beginning March 30.
To help you determine whether or not your flights will have the new Business Class cabin, here is a list of the tail numbers that currently have it installed:
Boeing 747-8i: D-ABYA, D-ABYC, D-ABYD, D-ABYF, D-ABYG, D-ABYH, D-ABYI, D-ABYJ, D-ABYK, D-ABYL, D-ABYM (just delivered on March 1 & not in service yet).
Airbus A330-300: D-AIKD, D-AIKE, D-AIKG, D-AIKH, D-AIKN, D-AIKM, D-AIKP, D-AIKQ, D-AIKR
Airbus A340-600: D-AIHN, D-AIHR
Airbus A340-300: D-AIGM, D-AIGS
Airbus A380: D-AIMB (expected to be completed by end of March), D-AIMK (New and enters service onMarch 30).
