by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 14, 2017 | 767, 777, A380, Airports, Austrian, CS100, CS300, Featured, Livery, Swiss, Zurich |
As I find time to go through and process photos taken from my transfers through Zurich a few weeks ago, I’ve come up with the next batch of shots that I think are worthy of being posted.
Having a 13 hour layover on the outbound and a 7 hour layover on the inbound segments gave me plenty of time.
These shots were taken from the SWISS First Class Lounge in Terminal ‘E’ which gives you a fantastic view of all of ZRH’s runways. The only issue is that the sun is not your best friend during most of the day because it either ‘back lights’ or ‘top lights’ the aircraft so it’s tougher to get a nice vibrant profile of any plane.
Regardless, ZRH is still one of the best all-around airports to spot in and is extremely ‘spotter friendly’ whether you are in a pre- or post security part of the airport or outside the airport property altogether and just hanging around the perimeter fences with your ladder looking for that perfect shot.
I’ll post more as I get through them.
SWISS 777 Spools up for departure…….
Austrian’s Dash8 is Vienna bound….
Another one heading for Vienna…..
Delta’s 767 departing towards the Alps before turning west for the USA
Dubai-bound Emirates A380
Arriving from Keflavik Airport in Iceland
SWISS C-series sports a new livery…..
A very clean C-Series arrives
Thai’s 777 heading to Bangkok
United 767 heading for the States…
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 10, 2017 | Featured, Route Announcements, Swiss |
SWISS has updated their Summer 2018 timetable to reflect service to 2 new destinations in France:
Zurich – Bordeaux: Effective March 26, SWISS will begin 12x/week service as follows:
LX550 will depart Zurich at 7:25a, arriving in Bordeaux at 9:05a. This flight will operate daily except on Sundays.
LX551 will depart Bordeaux at 9:45a, arriving in Zurich at 11:25a. This flight will operate daily except on Sundays.
LX556 will depart Zurich at 5:20p, arriving in Bordeaux at 7:00p. This flight will operate daily except on Saturdays.
LX557 will depart Bordeaux at 7:40p, arriving in Zurich at 9:20p. This flight will operate daily except on Saturdays.
Flight LX550 and LX551 will be operated by C-Series aircraft, while LX556 and LX557 will be operated by Austrian Dash8 aircraft.
Zurich – Marseille: Effective April 21, will begin 3x/week service as follows:
LX574 will depart Zurich at 12:00p, arriving in Marseille at 1:25p. This flight will operate on Saturdays.
LX574 will depart Zurich at 12:40p, arriving in Marseille at 2:05p. This flight will operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
LX575 will depart Marseille at 2:35p, arriving in Zurich at 4:10p. This flight will operate on Saturdays.
LX575 will depart Marseille at 2:45p, arriving in Zurich at 4:20p. This flight will operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
All flights between Zurich and Marseille will be operated by Austrian Dash8 aircraft.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 24, 2017 | AnyWay, Austrian, Featured, Lufthansa, Swiss |
LH group announced a new way of booking trips to a limited group of destinations that help reduce your costs and add a bit of mystery to your trip.
The way it works is that you first tell LH the dates you want to depart and return on and then book your trip as usual. Two days before your departure, you’ll get an email from LH letting you know what flights you’ll be taking. Don’t fret, you’ll depart and return on the days you booked, but you might get some creative routing for the trip. Your flights will be operated by a combination of Lufthansa, SWISS, or Austrian aircraft.
This new program is dubbed ‘AnyWay’ and it covers travel from most of Lufthansa’s German gateways including Stuttgart, Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt, Berlin, Dusseldorf, and Leipzig. However, the ‘AnyWay’ concept only covers 10 destinations thus far: Miami, Bangkok, Mumbai, Dubai, Boston, Delhi, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Peking, Shanghai, and Tel Aviv.
Keep in mind that this is only available to Economy Class bookings made for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
For your willingness to be this flexible, the fares will be a bit cheaper than the lowest prices usually offered on a given route. In most cases, I observed fares being €50 to €100 less.
Sounds like fun if you’re into saving a small bit of money, but there can be some consequences to being frugal…..
The biggest issue that I see and would have with this program is that you’ll be steered to aircraft that will already be near capacity and the airlines are trying to squeeze every last ‘sardine’ into the tin. What this might mean for you is that you may be stuck in a middle seat on a very overcrowded A340 aircraft as you jet off to Asia. Since you’ll be among the last passengers to be put on a flight, your odds of getting a good seat diminish dramatically. If you book for you and your family, your odds of sitting together all but vanish if the plane is full.
However, if you’re into sitting at the back of an A340 in the seat next to the stairs going down to lavatories, you’ll have virtually everyone sitting in coach walking past you at least twice during the flight so you might be able to make a few friends as a result! 😉
‘AnyWay’ is set to launch on October 23 and will be available for travel from Mid-December to Mid-March in most cases.
To learn more about the program and to book travel under ‘AnyWay’, please visit the AnyWay webpage. However as of this writing, it appears that the webpage is not yet functioning even though the launch was set for October 23.
