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 24, 2016 | Featured, Lufthansa, Strike, UFO |
Late last week, Lufthansa announced that it had agreed to enter arbitration with UFO. For those of you not familiar with UFO, they are the union that represents Lufthansa’s cabin crews.
The new agreement promises labor peace between UFO and LH until June 30th at which point this arbitration agreement is set expire. This latest agreement for arbitration is important to both sides because their previous ‘band-aid’ agreement expires on September 30. Last year, LH and UFO reached agreements on several points, however there are still a few agreements that need to be reach in order to have a long term labor agreement in place.
From what I’ve read, it seems that both sides are optimistic that a deal will be reached and perhaps for the first time in a long time, we can book travel without the shadows of strikes in the background.
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.
