Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – Lufthansa Airbus A340-600 at Frankfurt Airport

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art This week, taxing to a gate at its home base of Frankfurt Airport is a Lufthansa Airbus A340-600. Lufthansa operate a fleet of 18 Airbus A340-600s (the longest variant of the Airbus A340 family), serving long haul destinations from its bases using them. The Lufthansa Airbus A340-600s support the … [Read more...]

Luxair to withdraw from Frankfurt, focuses on Munich

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It seems all is not well between Luxair and Lufthansa, as the Luxenbourg flag carrier is to pull out of flying to Frankfurt, and instead to concentrate its operations to Germany by flying to Munich instead. Luxair Bombardier Dash8 Q400 taking off from Barcelona El Prat Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond According the press release, Luxair will operate four services a … [Read more...]

Delta adds A330 services from Atlanta to South America and Europe

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Delta continues to expand its operations of its Airbus A330 fleet, with routes announced from Atlanta to Rio de Janeiro, San Paulo, Frankfurt and Munich. Delta Airbus A330-300, Image Airbus. The new operations are timed for the Winter 2015 season, with the majority of changes starting in October 2015, and the San Paulo service starting in December. In the majority of cases, … [Read more...]

Emirates to switch a Frankfurt flight to an A380

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With the largest fleet of Airbus A380s in the sky, Emirates can make their presence felt anywhere - even if they deploy it for just one rotation a day. One of Emirates Airbus A380s turning onto the active at London Heathrow Airport - Image GhettoIFE Emirates will be sending one of their A380s to operate its Dubai to Frankurt-am-Main service, switching out an Boeing 777-300ER … [Read more...]

Air India deploys its 787 to Frankfurt

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Air India is getting to grips with its new aircraft - the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and has successfully deployed it to regionally, to Dubai and now to its first European destination - Frankfurt Flight AI120/A121 has been switched from a Boeing 777-200LR to a Boeing 787-8, with an increase in seating from 238 seats to 256 seats - a small capacity bump, but always … [Read more...]

Korean Air to upgrade Seoul ICN to Frankfurt… to A380 operations

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Korean Air has decided to deploy an A380 to Frankfurt in a move that has surprised some (as London was on the cards). It seems the money in Frankfurt and trade links are more important than a city name... and people who will pay and fill those business class seats  - so business sense rather than pride. (although Korean Air has expanded its route to London recently - even … [Read more...]

Another day, another day of strikes at Frankfurt

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Oh yes, it shouldn't come as a surprise, but Frankfurt ground staff are still on strike. The news gets worse as it's due to continue until at least Friday according to Lufthansa. Here's the hit list http://www.lufthansa.com/online/portal/lh/de/info_and_services/irregularities/canceled_flights?nodeid=3526064&l=en&cid=18002 Bottom line: Short Haul Domestic programme … [Read more...]