by Lufthansa Flyer | May 25, 2016 | Featured, Frankfurt, Lufthansa, Route Announcements |
Beginning December 2, Lufthansa will resume service between Frankfurt and Cape Town, South Africa. Flights will operate 3 times a week aboard a 3-class A340-300 aircraft (Business / Prem Eco / Economy). Departures will take place from Frankfurt on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays while return flights from Cape Town will operate on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Mondays. Here are the flight details:
Lufthansa LH576 will depart Frankfurt at 10:10p and arrive in Cape Town the following morning at 11:00a. Flight time is scheduled for 11 hours 50 minutes.
Lufthansa LH577 will depart Cape Town at 6:30p and arrive in Frankfurt the following morning at 5:30a. Flight time is scheduled for 12 hours.
Be mindful that when searching or booking for flights, it appears that First Class is available, but when you dig deeper, those fares book in ‘J’ fares which are Business Class seats. Not sure why LH has that error in the booking system. I blame the millennial hipsters in IT for that one.
Booking is now available on Lufthansa.com
H/T: FlyerTalk and confirmed via Lufthansa.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 6, 2016 | Featured, Frankfurt, Lufthansa |
To make it even easier for you to leave your Euros behind when traveling, Lufthansa and Frankfurt Airport have teamed to make shopping even easier.
As of now, passengers who visit most of LH’s lounges inside Terminal 1 will be able to use lounge iPads to shop virtually all of the stores located at the airport. If you purchase anything, it will be delivered to you at the lounge within 30 minutes. From what I gathered this program will not be available in the First Class Terminal, which has its own dedicated shop.
During the first quarter of this year, the program will continue to expand to provide other options as well. For example the next phase of the program will allow passengers to use iPads located at check-in areas where they will be able to order food from the airport’s various restaurants and have the meal brought to them at their departure gate so that the meal can be enjoyed during the flight.
Another expansion of the program in the near future will allow you to shop while aboard long haul flights and have your order waiting for you at your gate when you de-plane. I suspect that this may be expanded to medium and short haul flights once all the aircraft are upgraded to the same inflight entertainment and communication systems.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 22, 2016 | Fleet Update, Frankfurt, Lufthansa |
After passing last minute inspections, Lufthansa is set to bring their first A320neo to Frankfurt tomorrow and have it enter service on January 24. To mark the occassion, LH will simulcast the arrival of the aircraft on their Facebook page. The aircraft is set to arrive at 14:00 local Frankfurt time on January 22. For those of you interested, you can use this Facebook link to watch the event live.
For those of you that have been reading LH Flyer for the last few weeks you know of the trials and tribulations that delayed the delivery. To catch up on recent events re: the NEO you can visit these posts:
Lufthansa Leapfrogs QATAR to get first NEO.‘
Airbus delays delivery of A320neo.
Lufthansa takes delivery of their first A320neo.
For those of you flying in the next few days, here is D-AINA’s schedule (H/T to FlyerTalk’s Oliver2002):
January 22: Ferry flight to Frankfurt.
January 23: Test flight between Frankfurt – Karlsruhe (FKB) – Frankfurt.
January 24: Lufthansa flight LH010 and LH 017 between Frankfurt and Hamburg.
Lufthansa flight LH110 and LH115 between Frankfurt and Munich.
January 25 & 26: Shuttle flights between Frankfurt and Munich.
