by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 10, 2014 | Airlines |
Lufthansa has now made it possible for passengers on long-haul flights to use their mobile devices to connect to terrestrial friends, family and others using their existing service provider.
Currently installed and available on a handful of A330 aircraft and others, the service will be made available ‘long-haul’ fleet-wide by the end of the year. The early phase of this rollout will cover flights serving North America and the Middle East.
The technology is provided by AeroMobile, who has contracted with over 200 mobile phone service providers worldwide to make this possible. It is integrated with Lufthansa’s existing FlyNet service.
However voice calls, Skype, Face Time and the like will still not be permitted aboard LH flights. This service will simply allow passengers to use their mobile devices to text, surf the internet, check emails etc.
The pricing of access will depend on your service provider. It will be considered ‘Data Roaming’ which can carry significant charges. Charges will be billed directly by your service provider and added to your normal bill.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 9, 2014 | Airlines |
Lufthansa has recently announced changes to their flight operations in the US for their Summer 2014 timetable. The biggest change involves the removal of First Class cabins from certain gateways in the US. Please keep in mind that these kind of updates are fluid and other changes can still be announced. I’ll provide updates as they are released by LH.
Boston – Munich beginning on March 30, 2014 will be operated by an Airbus A330-300. Beginning on June 5, it will be replaced by an Airbus A340-600. First Class cabins will be available on these aircraft.
Dallas – Frankfurt beginning July 1, 2014 will be served by a 2-class Airbus A340-300. This will replace the A330. First Class will not be available from Dallas during the summer timetable.
Detroit – Frankfurt effective between March 30 and May 4, 2014 will be operated by an Airbus A340-600 with 3-class service. Beginning on May 5, a 2-class Airbus A340-300 will resume flying the route.
Los Angeles – Frankfurt will see the 747-8i operate both daily flights between LAX/FRA for the summer timetable.
Miami – Frankfurt will continue to see the A380 fly the route during the summer timetable.
New York(JFK) – Frankfurt will see the A380 return for the summer for one of the 2 daily JFK-FRA flights. The A380 will operate on LH400/LH401.
Philadelphia – Frankfurt beginning June 1, 2014 will be served by a 2-class Airbus A340-300. First Class will not be available from Philadelphia during the summer timetable.
San Francisco – Frankfurt beginning on April 22 will see the return of the A380, replacing the 747-400 for the summer timetable.
Seattle – Frankfurt beginning June 21 will be served by a 2-class Airbus A340-300. First Class will not be available from Seattle during the summer timetable.
Washington Dulles – Frankfurt beginning on July 24, Flight LH416/417 will be flown by a 2 class A340-300. First Class service will not be available. The other daily Washington DC – Frankfurt, LH418/LH419, will continue to have First Class capacity.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 8, 2014 | Airlines |
Lufthansa is offering EXTRA seats for a fare sale this weekend for travel between the USA and Europe. Among the best fares is a roundtrip between New York and Milan for only $619, Chicago to Copenhagen for only $879 and San Francisco to Stockholm for $839.
There are many more great fares available and cover most of Lufthansa’s destinations in Europe from their USA gateways.
The extra seats will be available this weekend only. On Monday, inventory will be reduced for the duration of the fare sale that ends on March 6.
Be mindful of who is operating the flights. In some cases your flight may be operated by United, SWISS or Brussels. Additionally, please be aware that these fares are considered discounted economy fares so they may or may not earn miles for your frequent flyer program.
Additional terms & conditions for this sale:
Departure must take place between February 22 and March 27, 2014.
Return must take place between February 22 and September 27, 2014.
14 day advance purchase is required.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 7, 2014 | Airlines |
Lufthansa’s Supervisory Board has made official what has been hoped for and speculated about for several weeks.
Carsten Spohr, 47, has been selected as Lufthansa’s CEO, replacing Christoph Franz who will be leaving his role of CEO on May 1. It was widely thought that Carsten Spohr was the front runner for the role due to his success at running Lufthansa’s Passenger Airline division.
Mr. Spohr looks to be a popular choice with Airline employees since he had been a pilot for Lufthansa before advancing through leadership positions within the company and many feel that ‘one of their own’ will be running the entire company.
This also bodes well for the continuation of the measures put in place over the last few years to help Lufthansa improve its position in the marketplace as well as to strengthen its balance sheet.
In his comments, Spohr stated “As a Lufthansa man ‘born and bred’, I view the appointment as the new CEO as both an honor and an obligation. I look very much forward to this important task and I am convinced that the company is on the right track. The cornerstones for the future success are in place. Together, we will meet the challenges confidently, willing to embrace change and prepared to deliver on our strategy in order to make our company resilient and ready for the future also beyond 2015.”
Fortunately it looks to be business as usual for LH and no unexpected surprises as far as leadership change is concerned!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 1, 2014 | Airlines |
I finally had some free time to really start sorting through nearly 6,000 photos that have accumulated over the last 2+ years of my plane-spotting addiction. Lufthansa aircraft alone account for over 2000 images and nearly 60 giga-bytes of space on my hard drives.
Tonight I took some time to sort through my LH shots deleting duplicates and blurred shots. Along the way I pulled a few aside (both new and old) that were among my favorites and thought to put them together for other ‘Avgeeks’ to enjoy. Some you may have seen before, some you may have missed — but in my opinion it is hard to get tired of watching aircraft doing ‘their thing’!
Who knows, I might even be tempted to publish a calendar at some point! 🙂
Enjoy:
One of Lufthansa’s A380s is pushed back from her gate in Frankfurt
Though back-lit, this Airbus A321 is a favorite due to her retro-livery
This 747 is being taken to a Technik hangar to be prepared for her next flight
One of my all-time favorite shots—- This is Lufthansa’s FIRST 747-8i, D-ABYA, minutes before she departed on her inaugural flight from Frankfurt to Washington DC on June 1, 2012.
Lufthansa’s 3rd 747-8i, D-ABYD, departing for India
Lufthansa’s 6th 747-8i, D-ABYG departing Frankfurt
Up close to an A320 in Munich
An A330, D-AIKE, departing Frankfurt
Taxiing to her gate in Frankfurt
An A340 departing Munich on a beautiful fall day.
An A340 is being towed to her gate in Frankfurt for boarding and departure.
This A340 in Munich would depart for San Francisco
Another favorite shot, this A380 approaches the runway in Frankfurt for takeoff to Beijing.
A closer look……
This would have been a PERFECT shot had the doors been closed on D-ABYA. I tried, but could not reach to close them……
From a recent trip to Frankfurt, I caught this moment from Gate A10 looking back towards the new ‘Z’ gates which was full of 747s and even an A380
