by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 7, 2018 | 100th Anniversary, 747-8i, Featured, Livery, Lufthansa |
In Frankfurt today, Lufthansa pulled out all the stops and threw a proper party to officially unveil their new logo when D-ABYA was put on display in Hangar 7.
Though the livery has been ‘public’ for several days, today was the first time that a significant amount of people had a chance to finally see her in person, officially carrying the new look of Lufthansa.
Earlier in the day, I attended a press briefing hosted by Lufthansa’s CEO, Carsten Spohr that discussed some of the logic and rationale behind the decision to update the look. Some of his comments were expected, yet some raised an eyebrow. I’ll go into greater detail about his comments in another post. I’ll also talk about what passengers can expect once they get aboard a Lufthansa aircraft starting this Spring. All I can say at this point is that I came away impressed with what is planned and look forward to seeing the rollout.
For now, because I’m working on no sleep over the last 48 hours, I’ll leave you with these images from tonight’s party to whet your appetite. I’ll have a lot more from today’s events to talk about. Tomorrow I’ll have exclusive shots of ‘YA’ on the ramp at Frankfurt as she prepares for her Tour Of Germany. If I’m lucky, I might get to feel her jet blast as she scoots past me. Fingers crossed!
Special light effects danced all over the fuselage…..
Lookin’ Good!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 3, 2018 | Featured, Hamburg, Livery, Lufthansa |
Lufthansa’s first aircraft to sport the new livery arrived in Hamburg earlier this morning where she’ll get a refresh of the economy cabin before being introduced officially to the public next week.
‘D-ABYA’, Lufthansa’s first 747-8i, arrived from Rome where she was repainted into the new LH colors. The interior work that will take place in HAM will reflect the new direction that Lufthansa is taking with interior colors. Passengers will be greeted by warmer and lighter blue tones similar to the color scheme found aboard the A350 aircraft. Over time, all aircraft will have their interior reworked into the new look.
These are some of the latest photos that Lufthansa has published showing D-ABYA’s arrival from ‘FCO’. She’ll be in HAM for a few days and then flown to Frankfurt sometime on Tuesday.
Looks quite dark in the overcast conditions. I wish they had applied a similar angle treatment to the engine covers to make the middle of the aircraft ‘pop’ a bit more.
Parked at the Technik hangars in Hamburg
Looking pretty good!
Arrival from Rome….
The new, bold look of Lufthansa
Related: Lufthansa to show off the new livery during a German Tour…..
by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 2, 2018 | 100th Anniversary, Featured, Lufthansa |
Lufthansa has just announced that it will take one of their A321 aircraft in the new livery and fly it as part of its regular day on February 8. Stops will include Milan, Paris, Frankfurt, and Munich. The chart below shows exactly what time the flights will take place and their corresponding flight numbers.
In addition to the A321, Lufthansa will also send their flagship 747-8i (D-ABYA) around Germany to show off the new look. Her stops will include Dusseldorf, Cologne, Bremen, Hamburg, Dresden, Hannover, Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart and back to Frankfurt. The Bremen, Hannover, Cologne, Stuttgart, Dresden appearances will be fly-bys or quick touch and goes while the other airports will see her rest for 30 to 60 minutes at each stop.
Here is the chart showing how D-ABYA will spend her day on February 8:
Look for more info and a lot more coverage from me as we get closer to the formal unveil….
by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 2, 2018 | Corporate, Featured, Lufthansa |
LUFTHANSA has unveiled the update to their livery to mark ‘100 years of the Crane’ and quite honestly I must say that I like it!
Certain elements have been removed, but replaced with new and updated features that will really help the LH fleet stand out.
What’s changed:
- Lufthansa has decided to forego the yellow and blue logo that adorns the tail and replaced it with a white logo surrounded by a new, darker and more rich blue that will extend from the tail and follows the tail’s line onto the fuselage.
- The grey belly is also a thing of the past. The planes will now be fully white, except for the blue found in the tail section.
- A minor update to the font as well, but not so much that it looks radically different.
To see how it all comes together, here are a couple of pages from Lufthansa’s inflight magazine that highlight the changes and discusses them in a bit more detail. The only thing I wish that would have been considered was to bring the new blue color onto the engine nacelles to really ‘pop’ the middle of the aircraft.
As you can see below the front of the plan looks fairly identical to the current look except for what LH refers to as a ‘simplified, timeless new typeface’…..which still looks very much as the current version.
Courtesy: Lufthansa Magazin
The rear of the aircraft is where we really see the impact of the new look. Lufthansa has gone with a darker blue for the tail, and as I mentioned earlier, the yellow circle and blue crane have been replaced with a sleeker version of the 100-year old logo. Additionally, the blue now flows onto the fuselage to accentuate the lines of the tail. You’ll also notice that they paint the leading edge of the tail white to further help show off the plane’s geometry. Though by keeping it white, it also prevents paint chips from being too obvious. Take a look at an older Singapore A380’s tail and you’ll see what I mean, the leading edge of the tail takes a lot of abuse!
Courtesy: Lufthansa Magazin
These changes will not be limited to only the aircraft. LH over the coming months will refresh everything to reflect the new look, including stationery, airport signage, media graphics, all the way down to the hangars that are found aboard their aircraft. In fact it will take a few years to get hundreds of aircraft to sport the new look. Each aircraft will be repainted as it goes in for normal ‘heavy’ maintenance.
I think Lufthansa has knocked it out of the ballpark with this new look. Fortunately, they decided to honor the Crane and her 100 years of flying with Lufthansa but they brought her into the 21st century in a beautiful and modern way.
I very much look forward to seeing it in person.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Feb 2, 2018 | Featured, Lufthansa, Timetable |
Lufthansa has updated their summer timetable to reflect a wide variety of increased flights to a majority of their European destinations. This update suggests that LH is substantially increasing flights and capacity for the Summer of 2018 as compared to their 2017 timetable for the same period. The changes reflect service from Frankfurt and Munich.
Most of these changes take effect on March 25 unless other dates are indicated. These changes will be in effect until updates are made for the 2018/19 Winter timetable that we’ll see published sometime later this summer.
Frankfurt – Alicante effective between July 17 and August 1 will increase from 3x/week to 5x/week.
Frankfurt – Athens increases from 3x/day to 4x/day
Frankfurt – Budapest Increases from 5x/day to 6x/day
Frankfurt – Bordeaux Increases from 2x/week to 7x/week
Frankfurt – Bydgoszcz Increases from 6x/week to 7x/week
Frankfurt – Dubrovnik beginning April 29 will increase from 4x/week to 5x/week
Frankfurt – Gdansk Increases from 14x/week to 18x/week
Frankfurt – Kiev Increases from 2x/day to 3x/day
Frankfurt – Krakow Increases from 4x/day to 5x/day
Frankfurt – Madrid Increases from 28x/week to 31x/week
Frankfurt – Marseille Increases from 2x/day to 3x/day
Frankfurt – Milan Malpensa increases from 5x/day to 6x/day (WEEKDAYS ONLY)
Frankfurt – Naples Increases from 18x/week to 20x/week
Frankfurt – Olbia between July 30 and August 24 will increase from 4x/week to 7x/week.
Frankfurt – Palma Mallorca Increases from 14x/week to 19x/week
Frankfurt – Pula beginning April 27 will increase from 2x/week to 3x/week
Frankfurt – Reykjavik effective between May 25 and September 12 will increase from 6x/week to 7x/week.
Frankfurt – Rome Increases from 6x/day to 7x/day
Frankfurt – Sofia Increases from 2x/day to 3x/day
Frankfurt – Split effective between July 31 and August 23 will increase from 5x/week to 7x/week
Frankfurt – Toulouse Increases from 3x/day to 4x/day
Frankfurt – Valencia Increases from 2x/day to 3x/day (WEEKDAYS ONLY)
Munich – Ancona beginning April 16 will increase from 2x/day to 3x/day
Munich – Athens Increases from 23x/week to 25x/week
Munich – Barcelona Increases from 5x/day to 6x/day
Munich – Bilbao Increases from 3x/day to 4x/day Munich – Catania Increases from 7x/week to 8x/week
Munich – Cagliari effective between June 29 and July 27 will increase from 4x/week to 5x/week
Munich – Corfu effective between July 14 and September 8 will increase from 1x/week to 2x/week
Munich – Debrecen Increases from 3x/week to 5x/week
Munich – Dublin Increases from 13/x week to 14x/week
Munich – Dubrovnik beginning May 6 will increase from 7x/week to 8x/week
Munich – Gdansk Increases from 3x/day to 4x/day
Munich – Genoa Increases from 2x/day to 3x/day
Munich – Glasgow Increase from 4x/week to 5x/week
Munich – Helsinki Increases from 3x/week to 4x/week
Munich – Ibiza effective between July 16 and September 3 will increase from 4x/week to 5x/week
Munich – Larnaca effective between July 17 and August 21 will increase from 5x/week to 7x/week
Munich – Lisbon Increases from 14x/week to 20x/week
Munich – Lyon Increases from 26x/week to 28x/week
Munich – Malaga Increases from 5x/week to 7x/week, then beginning on April 7 increases to 9x/week
Munich – Nice Increases from 27x/week to 28x/week
Munich – Palermo Increases from 6x/week to 7x/week
Munich – Palma Mallorca Increases from 14x/week to 16x/week
Munich – Pisa Increases from 10x/week to 14x/week
Munich – Pula effective between May 19 and October 7 will increase from 1x/week to 2x/week
Munich – Rzeszow beginning May 7 increases from 7x/week to 11x/week
Munich – Santiago de Compostela Increases from 1x/week to 2x/week
Munich – Sibiu Increases from 19x/week to 21x/week
Munich – Split beginning May 5 increases from 7/week to 8x/week
Munich – Valencia Increases from 4x/week to 7x/week
Munich – Zadar effective between May 19 and October 6 will increase from 2x/week to 3x/week
H/T: AirlineRoute.net
