by Lufthansa Flyer | Dec 23, 2016 | A350, Featured, Lufthansa, Munich |
As expected, Lufthansa has added a substantial amount of training flights to their new A350 between now and December 27. Yesterday’s update covered only this week’s activity and was limited to a few airports. Today’s announcement not only increases the amount of flights but adds new places that the A350 can be spotted as Lufthansa pilots continue to get enough hours behind the ‘yoke’ so that they can be certified to operate the A350. Expect an update for additional flights between December 28 and January 31 to be released in a day or 2.
Today’s announcement adds the following appearances and even includes Christmas Day:
December 25:
11:00a: Departs Munich and flies to Leipzig for a touch and go at 11:55a.
11:55a: Leaves Leipzig and heads to Hannover for touch and go at 1:40p.
1:40p: Leaves Hannover and heads to Nuremberg for takeoffs and landings between 2:30p and 3:40p.
3:40p: Leaves Nuremberg and arrives in Munich at 4:10p for a touch and go.
4:10p: Leaves Munich and heads to Stuttgart for a touch and go and returns to Munich at 6:10p.
Monday, December 26:
11:00a: Departs Munich and flies to Calons Vatry in Northeastern France and will execute takeoffs and landings between 12:20p and 3:10p.
3:10p: Departs Calons Vatry and returns to Munich at 4:30p.
Tuesday, December 27:
9:00a: Departs Munich and flies to Leipzig for a touch and go at 9:55a.
9:55a: Departs Leipzig and flies to Hamburg for take offs and landings between 10:50a and 11:20a.
11:20a: Departs Hamburg and flies to Hannover for a touch and go at 11:45a.
11:45a: Departs Hannover and flies to Munich, arriving at 12:50.
2:00p: Departs Munich and flies to Stuttgart for a touch and go a 2:40p.
2:40p: Departs Stuttgart and heads to Nurnberg for a touch and go at 3:15p.
3:15p: Departs Nurnberg and returns to Stuttgart at 3:50p.
3:50p: Departs Stuttgart and returns to Munich at 4:40p.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Dec 21, 2016 | A350, Delivery Flight, Featured, Munich |
Earlier today, amid poor conditions at Munich, Lufthansa’s first A350 (D-AIXA) finally touched down at her new home base to begin what should be a long and successful career.
As I mentioned in earlier posts, D-AIXA will begin a concentrated schedule starting tomorrow that will take her around Germany to allow pilots to gain certification to fly the A350. After this 7-10 day marathon, LH Technik will complete the installation of parts of the interior and other items before being released into service. The first event is scheduled for February 2 where the A350 will enjoy a ‘Roll In’ reception in Munich that I’ll be attending. Then on February 9, D-AIXA will fly a special roundtrip between Munich and Hamburg and then on February 10 she’ll begin regularly scheduled service between Munich and Delhi.
Lufthansa captured nearly every minute today of the A350 as it flew from Toulouse to Munich. Below you’ll find a series of photos and videos that LH had posted throughout the day celebrating the new milestone for the airline. All photos and videos are courtesy of Lufthansa.
This morning in Toulouse, ahead of the delivery flight:
Video showing Take Off on the A350’s Inflight Entertainment System:
Cruising towards Munich:
Video showing arrival in Munich through the eyes of the Aircraft’s cameras:
Ground perspective of the A350’s arrival in Munich:
Cockpit Video showing the A350 taxiing in Munich:
Welcome committee at Munich:
One last shot before being taken to the hangar for the evening….
by Lufthansa Flyer | Dec 21, 2016 | A350, Featured, Lufthansa, Munich |
In a short while now, Lufthansa’s first A350 will take off from the runway at Airbus’ complex in Toulouse and head for Munich where she is due to arrive at approximately about 2 hours later. This delivery flight will mark the long awaited beginning of the A350 fleet that will initially be based in Munich.
The ‘keys’ to the plane were officially handed over to Lufthansa on Monday after completing the paperwork that transferred ownership of the airplane from Airbus to Lufthansa.
Lufthansa is currently live streaming the event, and you can watch it here while it is taking place (If there is no feed, that means that they have stopped broadcasting). You can also check their Facebook Portal for additional video as they make it available.
German Avgeeks In For a Treat!
For those of you living near major airports around Germany, you’ll have a chance to see the airplane in person as she will do a wide series of take offs and landings at airports around the country. This is done in order to give cockpit crew ample time to gain certification for flying the aircraft. You can find that the initial training flight schedule here.
D-AIXA going through test flights in Toulouse. Photo courtesy of Airbus.
After delivery, LH Technik will take time to install the aircraft’s cabin interior in Munich ahead of it’s debut on the route between Munich and Delhi on February 10.
Before entering ‘revenue service’, LH will show off ‘D-AIXA’ at an invitation only ‘Roll In’ event in Munich that I will be attending on February 2. From there, Lufthansa will have the A350 fly a special pair of flights from Munich to Hamburg and back on February 9 right before it departs for Delhi on the 10th.
