• Home
  • About
    • Where has GhettoIFE gone?
    • For PR’s and Agencies (Changes and Corrections)
    • Privacy Policy
  • Snapshots
  • Trip Reports
  • Travel Plus…
    • … Technology
    • … Photography

Economy Class & Beyond

You are here: Home / Trips / Frankfurt / Big Plane! Heavy Plane! A Frankfurt Stopover

Big Plane! Heavy Plane! A Frankfurt Stopover

07/09/2013 by Kevincm

Big Plane! Heavy Plane! Short-Haul A380s with British Airways
A Frankfurt Stopover

IMG_8413

Index:

  • Big Plane! Heavy Plane! (The Introduction)
  • Chiltern Railways to London, Heathrow Connect and the Holiday Inn Ariel
  • To Heathrow T5 and a Sinking realisation
  • Killing time in the F Lounge – an Airplane Art Special!
  • A Look at the lower deck of the BA A380
  • BA910 London Heathrow T5 to Frankfurt T2
  • A Frankfurt Stopover – THIS SECTION
  • BA911 Frankfurt Airport T2 to London Heathrow T5
  • The work of a photographer
  • A bright future?

Frankfurt Airport

As I wasn’t stopping in Germany very long, I decided to skip clearing immigration, and head straight to the lounge, relax a bit, then head to the duty-free to pick up some Goldbears.

Well, I am in Germany all, and they do taste a bit different (My coworkers note the taste of the German Harbio Goldbears is a bit stronger than the UK ones).

Invalid request error occurred.

Invalid request error occurred.

A sunny afternoon

I therefore found a lounge on my walking around – the Cathay Pacific Lounge… and thought it was a good idea to go in

Invalid request error occurred.

Lounge stop: Cathay Pacific Lounge

I was welcomed into the lounge, and my Boarding Pass details were noted.

And as I went in… the term “Oh dear” came to mind. What a disappointment. From the high of T5F, straight down to earth with a rather bare lounge for both Cathay Business and First Passengers.

Invalid request error occurred.

One part of the lounge.

The staff were welcoming at least – always a good thing.

Looking at the food options, that wasn’t overly impressive either… better than nothing though…

Invalid request error occurred.

Cold snacks

Invalid request error occurred.

Drinks

Invalid request error occurred.

Crisps and nuts

Invalid request error occurred.

Alcohol on top

Invalid request error occurred.

View of the main lounge area

Free WiFi was provided in the lounge – always a boon, whilst phone calls were discouraged to make it a quiet place.

Invalid request error occurred.

(With not a great view admittedly).

If anything, the lounge felt contracted out like a Servisair lounge and not like a lounge of a leading airline.

I completed what admin I needed to carry out, and then headed back to the gate area. I missed one flight today – I was damned if I was going to miss another!

Passing along the way, I noted with a tinge of regret, that Frankfurt airport has gone cheap – and is charging for liquid bags now.

Invalid request error occurred.

Cheap…. not what I’d expect Fraport. 

Invalid request error occurred.

Flight listed – gate open!

Invalid request error occurred.

Heading back to the gate area

Security is conducted at sets of gates at Frankfurt T2 – so I was processed through the business class line that seemed to crawl. The downside of this set up is that you can’t bring drinks into the gate area – rather you have to be held to ransom if you want liquid refreshment

Invalid request error occurred.

Thankfully, the archway scanners – which are normally turned up to 11 when I pass through a German security checkpoint – didn’t beep, and I was let on my way.

This was on the side as I was heading to the gate:

Invalid request error occurred.

So Heathrow has a Tardis, whilst Frankfurt has a rocket… There used to be a rocket that departed from Heathrow daily…

I took the opportunity to stock up on some Haribo for my friends as well in Duty Free, as actual boarding was soon to begin.

I spotted this sign that was put up, explaining that an Airbus A380 would operate this flight.

Invalid request error occurred.

So at least a couple of customers might read it, whilst the rest go “ooooh”.

Boarding was called, and it was time to leave Germany.

Invalid request error occurred.

Hidden behind the gate

Next: BA911 Frankfurt Main – London Heathrow

Related

Filed Under: Frankfurt, Trip, Trip Reports, Trips Tagged With: A380, Airbus, Airbus A380, AVGeek, Avios, British Airways, Chiltern Railways, Frankfurt Airport, Galleries First, London Heathrow, Redemption

  • Bluesky
  • Email
  • Instagram
  • Mastodon
  • RSS
  • Threads

Recent Posts

  • Thai Airways to use the Recaro R3 seat for their upcoming A321neo aircraft
  • Data Storage Adventures with a UGreen NAS – Part 2: Which NAS to go for?
  • Air Niugini adds a further two Airbus A220 aircraft
  • Flix to order Taglo High Speed Trainsets
  • Arlanda Express to purchase new trains from Stadler

Email Newsletter

Sign up to receive email updates daily and to hear what's going on with us!

Privacy Policy
Copyright © Economy Class & Beyond All Rights Reserved.
Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Economy Class & Beyond with appropriate and specific directions to the original content.