Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – Lufthansa Boeing 747-8

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It's Sunday again, and it's time for some more airplane art. This week, it's a Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 parked outside the Lufthansa Technik hangers at Frankfurt Am Main Airport. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Lufthansa Retro Airbus A321

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It's Sunday again, so it's time for some more airplane art. This week, it's a Lufthansa Airbus A321 (D-AIRX) painted in the retro Lufthansa colour scheme at Frankfurt Airport The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! … [Read more...]

Miles and More + MBNA offer a credit card bonus… and I’m struggling to get excited over it.

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The Miles and More Credit card by MBNA has an interesting offer, with new bonuses for UK customers. Sign-on Bonus - 1,500 Miles Spend bonus - 5,000 Miles providing a spend of £500 is make within 3 months. The cards themselves are the usual two-cards - one bill offering that MBNA offer with: An American Express branded card offering 2 Miles and More Miles per £ for the … [Read more...]

Germanwings formally relauches

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The low-cost arm of Lufthansa - Germanwings has been relaunched as of Monday. Rendering: Germanwings/Lufthansa Group. In real terms, it means that short-haul flights that don't head to Lufthansa's main hubs of Frankfurt or Munich will be slowly switched over to Germanwings. The aim of this upheaval is to help Lufthansa's short-haul division back into … [Read more...]

Lufthansa strike threat ebbs away

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It seems the threat of another Lufthansa strike is ebbing away as the airline has managed to agree a deal with the German trade union "Verdi" Employees of Lufthansa Technik and Lufthasa Cargo will get a 4.7% rise, whilst those employed under Lufthansa AG will get a 3.0% rise. The deal struck will run for 26 months, and will exculde layoffs. It will be voted on by Verdi … [Read more...]

Lufthansa strike begins to bite

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The strike action that has been threatening Lufthansa for the past few days has hot today, with ground handlers walking out. Staff at Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf and Hamburg are walking out due to talks over pay and job security. Lufthansa say this strike is uncalled for as dates for further talks had been agreed. A total of 32 flights will operate today, as opposed to the … [Read more...]

Video Saturday – Around the World with Lufthanasa Cargo

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Time for something a bit different for this Easter Saturday video Saturday - and it takes you behind the scenes of 66 hours a Lufthansa MD-11 going around the world, picking up and dropping off cargo as it goes - from cars to horses to footballs. This was an ARD Production that someone put a wrapper around - however, that doesn't stop it from being a darn good 30 minutes of … [Read more...]

Lufthansa strike action

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Another day, another set of strikes. This time the strikes are by the ver.di union as they take action against Lufthansa over pay in Germany. The strike runs form 05:00 to 12:00CET, with short haul flights operating from Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne all hit, leading to 514 cancellations. The full list is at … [Read more...]

Lufthansa joins the Sharklet Club

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Well it seems those aircraft with sharklets are appearing in more places now, with Lufthansa taking delivery of its first Airbus A320 with Sharklets. Image - Lufthansa AG. As regular readers know, a Sharklet is a wingtip device that is replacing the wingtip fence that has been seen on many an A319/A319/A320/A321/A380, with the aim of reducing fuel burn and increasing … [Read more...]