Trip Reports - LH 4738 Frankfurt - London Heathrow

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LH 4738
Frankfurt - London Heathrow
Departure : 1715
Expected Arrival : 1750
Actual Flight Time : about 1 hour

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Frankfurt's weather was pretty good that day. However, dark clouds moved in later in the day just as I boarded my flight for London.

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Taxing past the cargo area for takeoff :

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Goodbye Frankfurt!

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Lufthansa's sandwiches are not bad. There is a lot of cheese and the ham was OK :

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Views of the English Countryside

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One of my biggest disappointments was the flight approach to Heathrow. We didn't fly over central London from the east. Instead, I think we flew away from London and made a 180-degree turn to land from the west. I thought the flight path over central London was quite popular and I purposedly booked a window seat to take advantage of the view.

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Terminal 5 U/C

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Hello London! Taxing to T1 :

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Overall Thoughts
Lufthansa's service is quite consistent. Sandwiches and drinks are standard for the intra-European flights, and the flight attendants are very courteous. I especially liked Frankfurt airport. Free newspapers are abundant throughout the Lufthansa gates. I helped myself to a number of English papers. There were a lot of German papers as well. Too bad there wasn't much entertainment on board. Although the flight was short, I wanted to see a map of the flight path and where we were.

If you booked a seat on the left side of the plane you would have seen Windsor Palace before landing at LHR

If you booked a seat on the left side of the plane you would have seen Windsor Palace before landing at LHR

Just a slight correction, it's actually a castle.

Just a slight correction, it's actually a castle.
Sorry Castle.My mistake :eek:

No need to apologise! :)