by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 15, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa |
Lufthansa has just released news that it will operated all scheduled Long Haul flights in and out of Frankfurt tomorrow. Initially, this was not to be the case but thanks to a group of pilots willing to fly in spite of the strike, passengers scheduled to fly on long haul flights will face minimal inconvenience.
Lufthansa however was forced to augment some of the Long Haul timetable for tomorrow so flights may not depart or arrive based on their original schedule. If you are flying Long Haul on LH tomorrow, please use this link to check the status of your flight to see what the new times may be. Additionally, Lufthansa will be sending emails and text messages to affected passengers.
As far as the remainder of the strike, it is still scheduled to take place tomorrow between 8a and 4p (CEST) and will impact domestic and European flights in and out of FRA.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 15, 2014 | Featured, First Class, Lufthansa, Munich |
Continuing its tradition of celebrating Oktoberfest each year, Lufthansa has announced plans to bring this great festival aboard several flights over the coming days and weeks.
Beginning today, September 15, Lufthansa will have certain flights operating from Munich ‘outfitted’ with special crews. These crews, known as ‘Trachten Teams’ will be dressed in traditional Bavarian attire and will bring a bit of Oktoberfest to each of these special flights. Something new for this year, passengers filing within Europe will also have an opportunity to experience LH’s Oktoberfest hospitality.
The following photo shows the variety of attire that you’ll find in Munich and on the special Tracthen flights. From left to right: Munich Customer Service Staff, Long Haul Flight Attendants (center 2), Lufthansa CityLine Flight attendants.
Here is the current list of flights that will have the special Oktoberfest enhancements.:
September 15: LH722 Munich – Beijing
September 20: Munich – Lyon
September 20: Munich – Copenhagen
September 21: Munich – Zagreb
September 21: Munich – Bremen
September 24: LH504 Munich – Sao Paulo (GRU)
October 4: LH520 Munich – Mexico City
October 5: Munich – Zadar
October 5: Munich – Geneva
And lastly, if you are flying in First Class and transiting Munich, make sure you stop by the First Class Lounge to claim your special Oktoberfest Duck!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 15, 2014 | Featured, Frankfurt, Lufthansa |
Each year, Lufthansa’s leadership offers to sit down with frequent and ‘expert’ travelers to gather feedback and share their thoughts in a forum that is designed for open dialogue.
This year, the Kamingespräch event is scheduled in Frankfurt for October 30 at 5pm and as of now 2 of Lufthansa’s key leaders will be in attendance, with more possibly joining. Jens Bisschof, COO of Lufthansa and Oliver Wagner, COO of germanwings will host the ‘town hall’ and it will take place at the Lufthansa Aviation Center located on the airport property.
This event is open to members of Vielfliegertreff (VFT) and Flyertalk and attendance is usually limited in order to assure a comfortable environment. For this session, only 30 participants will be allowed to sign up for the event.
Flyertalk’s Oliver2002 is handling the sign up for the event and there is still space available to join. Should the 30 spots be taken, a ‘stand-by’ list will be put in place in the event of someone canceling.
If you would like to attend, please visit this link on FlyerTalk where Oliver2002 has posted sign-up instructions.
Basically, what is required to sign up is your name, email, your FlyerTalk or VFT member name and a brief statement as to why you would like to participate. Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, September 17 at 12:00p (CEST).
If you are not able to attend, but would like your questions posed to LH, you can list them in the FT thread dedicated to this event and they will be taken to the meeting on your behalf. Otherwise, feel free to leave your questions in a comment to this post and I’ll make sure that they get to Frankfurt.
