by Lufthansa Flyer | Aug 2, 2014 | Business Class, Featured, First Class, Lufthansa, Swiss |
The 2014 World Travel Awards For Europe are taking place this weekend in Athens, Greece and Lufthansa and SWISS have been honored with a handful of awards!
First, Lufthansa took home the trophy for ‘Europe’s Leading Airline’ for the 4th consecutive year. Additionally, Lufthansa also took home the prize for ‘Europe’s Leading Airline Lounges’ for the First Class Lounges in Frankfurt Airport.
SWISS takes home the award for ‘Europe’s Leading Business Class’ for the 4th year in a row. It seems like SWISS’ formula is working wonderfully!
The World Travel Awards host a series of these Award Ceremonies around the World and break down their events on a regional basis. This year, these ‘Regional Qualifying Events’ will take place for the following areas: The Middle East, Africa & the Indian Ocean, South & Central America, North America & the Caribbean, Asia & Australasia, and Europe.
Winners from each of these ‘Qualifiers’ will move on to compete at a year-end event in Morocco that will eventually crown a ‘World Champion’ in a variety of travel related categories. Voting is reserved for professionals in the travel industry and typically attracts upwards of 500,000 ballots each year.
Looks like LH and LX have advanced to the ‘Knock-Out’ Round! 😉
by Lufthansa Flyer | Aug 1, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa |
Due to EXTREMELY popular demand, LUFTHANSA will keep the ‘Siegerflieger’ Fanhansa livery on their 747-8i (D-ABYI) through 2016 European Championships.
For those of you unfamiliar with this special livery, Lufthansa ‘re-labeled’ the 747-8i as ‘Fanhansa’ to celebrate the 2014 World Cup held in Brazil. ‘YI’ then flew around the world serving as bit of an ambassador for the German Football team. Once Germany cinched the 2014 World Cup, the aircraft had the additional ‘Siegerflieger’ livery added which translates to ‘Winners Plane’.
‘Fanhansa’ arriving in Frankfurt on May 24, 2014.
YI shown the day in Chicago before she would become the ‘Siegerflieger’
Due to the popular reception of this aircraft by passengers, football fans and avgeeks Lufthansa will keep the Siegerfliger livery going for another 2 years! I know some of you were hoping to fly on her so now you’ve been given a 2 year extension to track her down!
Fans will be able to enjoy the livery for another 2 years! Photo courtesy of Lufthansa.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Class, Featured, Lufthansa |
Earlier today, Lufthansa provided an update concerning the retrofit and roll out of the new Business Class cabins on their long haul aircraft.
To date, 44 out of 100 aircraft now feature the new Business Class interior. Out of the 44, 19 were delivered with the new cabin while 25 have thus far been retrofitted by Lufthansa Technik.
Following is a breakdown by each aircraft type and tail number:
A330:
Delivered with new cabin: D-AIKP, D-AIKQ, D-AIKR, D-AIKS
Retrofit of existing aircraft: D-AIKD, D-AIKE, D-AIKG, D-AIKH, D-AIKI, D-AIKM, D-AIKN.
A340-300:
Retrofit of existing aircraft: D-AIFC, D-AIFE, D-AIGL, D-AIGM, D-AIGN, D-AIGO, D-AIGS, D-AIGT, D-AIGV, D-AIGX, D-AIGZ.
A340-600:
Retrofit of existing aircraft: D-AIHE, D-AIHN, D-AIHQ, D-AIHR, D-AIHS.
A380:
Delivered with new cabin: D-AIMK, D-AIML.
Retrofit of existing aircraft: D-AIMB, D-AIME.
Boeing 747-400:
The first 747-400 is currently undergoing a retrofit to a 2 class configuration that will feature the new Business Class and standard economy class.
Boeing 747-8i:
All aircraft are furnished with the new Business Class cabin.
