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Ending soon – Giveaway: 747-8i Special Lufthansa Magazine Issue

April 24, 2013 by unroadwarrior Leave A Comment

The giveaway I am running for the Lufthansa Magazine Special Issue on the 747-8i is ending tonight at Midnight, EST. To enter, go to the original post (here) and leave a comment with the route you have flown on the 747-8i or would like to see the plane fly. (DO NOT leave a comment on…

Giveaway: 747-8i Special Lufthansa Magazine Issue

April 20, 2013 by unroadwarrior 48 Comments

Last year I had to opportunity to fly in a brand spanking new Lufthansa Boeing 747-8i (also known as a 747 Intercontinental). I actually flew the aircraft all the way from Washington, DC (IAD) to Delhi (DEL), via Frankfurt (FRA). Separate aircraft on each segment, but both 747-8i. For the FRA-DEL segment, the aircraft was…

Up front and close up with the Lufthansa 747-8i

November 24, 2012 by unroadwarrior 9 Comments

Editor’s note – I wrote these posts when I flew to India a few weeks ago. Forgot all about posting them during my trip. Here they are – in the original order and form as I wrote them. Let’s pretend I am still on the trip… :). Beats being at work anyways… I am writing…

Taxiing around Frankfurt Airport

August 25, 2012 by unroadwarrior 6 Comments

I passed thru Frankfurt (FRA) airport a couple of days ago. Here are some pictures I took taxiing around the airport and from the terminal. South African A340 Lufthansa rules FRA! SAA A340 Tail The rest of the SAA A340 My gate Lufthansa 747-8i Parked at the gate (my plane). Giant Singapore Airlines A380…

Lufthansa adds 2nd 747-8i route: FRA – DEL

August 5, 2012 by unroadwarrior Leave A Comment

Lufthansa has added it’s second route serviced by a 747-8i. It was widely known (speculated?) that this route was going to be to India, but the exact city was unknown. Finally, it is Delhi. Frankfurt – New Delhi (FRA-DEL). It will be daily service, starting August 7th. It is really exciting for me as…

Airline news from around the web

May 5, 2012 by unroadwarrior 2 Comments

I have been traveling. I will post an article on my recent travel soon. I did write some on the flights, but the posts are still in outline form. Got some work to do. In the meanwhile, the world did not stop and things have been going on in the past few days. Here are…

Yeah! I get to fly the 747-8i on it’s maiden route

April 7, 2012 by unroadwarrior 10 Comments

Lufthansa just announced it’s first route for the brand new super-jumbo – the Boeing 747-8i. The will be flying the Frankfurt – Washington Dulles (FRA – IAD) route. The flight #s are LH418 and LH419. As luck may have it, just a few weeks before the announcement I had booked myself on LH419! That too…