by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 23, 2016 | Brussels, Featured, Industry News, Lufthansa, Passenger Experience, Travel |
Lufthansa Group has announced a waiver of fees and penalties associated with changing travel plans that include Brussels Airport. Due to the events of the last 24 hours, passengers who were scheduled to travel to or from Brussels on a Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian, Brussels, or Germanwings flight have the ability to request a full cancellation of their ticket or change the travel dates without incurring any fees.
This fee waiver applies to travel that was scheduled to take place between March 22 and March 28. One change or cancellation is allowed per booking. In order to process the change, simply look up your itinerary on the website of the airline you are flying and you will be given the option to make changes or cancel your booking. Otherwise, please contact your travel agent who issued your ticket.
Airport officials in Brussels have indicated that the airport will be closed through at least tomorrow, March 23. A decision as to when the airport will reopen will be announced sometime tomorrow.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 20, 2016 | Featured, Ju52, Lufthansa |
After the discovery of a serious fracture in a central stringer during a routine inspection last summer, LH’s beloved Ju52 ‘Tante Ju’ has been grounded while undergoing a complete overhaul. Now with the work nearly complete, she looks to return to service in May of this year, just in time to celebrate her 80th Anniversary which takes place in April. When all is said and done, €200,000 will have gone into repairs to make her airworthy again.
To give a sense of the severity of the damage, engineers at LH Technik compared it to a person suffering a broken neck. In spite of the challenges, it looks as though she’ll be back and better than ever. While repairs were going on for the fracture, other parts of the aircraft have been refreshed so that she’ll be in far better shape after this overhaul than she was before the crack was discovered.
Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin-Stiftung (DLBS), the non-profit group that cares for the Ju52, has been keeping a great ‘record’ of the renovation on their Facebook page. Their regular updates include videos, photographs, and technical information that help visitors keep track of, and understand what has been taking place during the last few months.
Tickets are on sale for flights this summer and can be purchased through DLBS’ website.
Here is their most recent post, a time lapse video showing the wing being installed onto the fuselage:
by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 19, 2016 | A380, Featured, Lufthansa |
Lufthansa’s flight 456 had some company during its approach into Los Angeles on Friday, March 19. According to the cockpit crew, as they were passing through 5,000 feet on approach into LAX a drone had come within 200 feet of the aircraft. The drone apparently had been hovering above the aircraft as it was descending.
The aircraft landed without incident.
Source: NBCBayArea.com
