by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 11, 2015 | 777, Cargo, Delivery Flight, Featured, Lufthansa |
Earlier this year, Lufthansa Cargo received the last of their 5 777 Freighters (D-ALFE) and to mark the special occasion, LH commissioned PilotsEYE.tv to create a documentary that would capture the experience.
PilotsEYE.tv is an awarding winning team that specializes in capturing rare, behind the scenes footage of airlines in a way most of can only imagine. Their access to all of the ‘good stuff’ is truly impressive and it reflects in their documentaries!
The PilotsEYE.tv crew at work at Boeing
The 100 minute documentary takes us behind the scenes at Boeing, showing D-ALFE in her various stages of final assembly as well as fantastic footage from aboard her delivery flight to Frankfurt and interviews with the pilots. The video also gives us a rare front row seat to the delivery meeting where Lufthansa pays for the aircraft. Amazing how quickly hundreds of millions of dollars can change bank accounts! 🙂
As an additional ‘bonus’ they included some of my personal footage from my ‘secret spotting spot’ capturing D-ALFE being moved from one part of the factory to another in preparation for final assembly. Don’t believe me? Check the credits at the end! 🙂
To learn more about the video, including additional footage that is included, please visit the PilotsEYE.tv webpage for this documentary.
Now for the special offer……
Normally the video is available for purchase for online viewing or DVD and costs €29.95 on Amazon.de, Amazon.uk and various bookstores and video retailers in Germany.
However, PilotsEYE.tv has offered LufthansaFlyer readers a coupon code good for 50% off of the video when ‘renting’ it through Vimeo. Normally, the cost would be $18.90, but by using code ‘LHF50’ you’ll save 50% off of the published rate. The rental period through Vimeo lasts for 1 week and you can use this link to take you to the Vimeo webpage for this video.
Please note that the coupon code is limited to the first 30 purchases, so hurry before the coupon code disappears!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 8, 2015 | Featured, Lufthansa, Strike |
Thanks to the stubborness of the union representing Lufthansa’s Pilots, a third of Lufthansa’s short and medium haul flights have been cancelled for tomorrow, Wednesday September 9.
This is in addition to the cancellation of approximately 90 long haul flights today.
Additionally LH’s LCC, Germanwings had insisted that none of their flight operations are threatened by the strike tomorrow. The union had previously marketed the idea that Germanwings would be completely grounded tomorrow.
If you are traveling with LH tomorrow on a short or medium haul route, please contact LH or your whomever booked your ticket to rebook or request a refund of your fare.
You can look up the status of your flights by visiting this link. Hopefully you are on one of the 2,000 flights that are still scheduled to take place.
In related news, the frustrations have reached a boiling point at Lufthansa who has now announced that they will be taking legal action against the union and will seek the help of Germany’s judicial system to put in place injunctions against this extortionary behavior by the union.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 8, 2015 | Featured, Lufthansa, Strike |
So much for a weekend full of negotiations……
Talks broke off between Lufthansa and their Pilots union and as a result the Union called for immediate strikes that are set to begin Tuesday, September 8 and continue through Midnight on Wednesday September 9.
Tuesday’s strike action will cover Long Haul Flights and will impact flights scheduled to take off or land between 8:00a and 12:00a Midnight. Lufthansa still expects to operate a bit more than half of their long haul flights (90+ are scheduled to take place thus far).
Wednesday’s strike is aimed at all short and medium haul flights, including those operated by Germanwings. Lufthansa currently has not published an updated timetable for the strike on Wednesday however the strike is set to run all day from 12:01a through 11:59p.
To see if your particular flight is impacted, please visit this dedicated strike webpage on Lufthansa.com. You’ll be able to look up your flights as well as choose alternative routing should your flight be affected by the strike.
I probably shouldn’t mention when I’m flying to and from Jo’berg……but lets call it November 😉
