Germany World Cup Team Flies back to Tegel
Jul 16, 2014, 3:25 am
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I was curious too. Found this from Deutsche Welle:
An Bord des "Siegerfliegers"
"Unser Weg in die Economyclass führt durch die First Class, wo bereits die DFB-Delegation um Präsident Wolfgang Niersbach Platz genommen hat, und geht dann weiter durch die Businessclass, in der die Spieler sitzen."
Die Bonzen fly First, the champions fly Business. :-(
So you say there are 8 First seats. I think I'd have given them to the players and let them decide who gets to sit there. The fat cats could have planted their fat asses elsewhere on *THIS* flight!
I was wondering whether this plane was special in any way other than the decoration - more (all?) business seats etc. - but that doesn't seem to be the case. How many business seats does this plane have? Since many players were traveling with family, could they sit together with their wives and kids, or did the partners have to rub shoulders in economy?
An Bord des "Siegerfliegers"
"Unser Weg in die Economyclass führt durch die First Class, wo bereits die DFB-Delegation um Präsident Wolfgang Niersbach Platz genommen hat, und geht dann weiter durch die Businessclass, in der die Spieler sitzen."
Die Bonzen fly First, the champions fly Business. :-(
So you say there are 8 First seats. I think I'd have given them to the players and let them decide who gets to sit there. The fat cats could have planted their fat asses elsewhere on *THIS* flight!
I was wondering whether this plane was special in any way other than the decoration - more (all?) business seats etc. - but that doesn't seem to be the case. How many business seats does this plane have? Since many players were traveling with family, could they sit together with their wives and kids, or did the partners have to rub shoulders in economy?
Jul 16, 2014, 3:44 am
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The standard 748 has 8F/96C which should be enough to cover the team of 23 and trainers. On the way out they had a A346 with new C from MUC, that was 8F and 58C. Unless the players picked up additional girlfriends... that said I think the majority of the families and +1 of the players didn't fly to Berlin.
Jul 16, 2014, 6:50 am
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[KVS Availability Tool 7.4.0/Diamond - Operational Info: LH 2014/14 Jul 2014]
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Planned Flight Info
Segment Departure Arrival Duration
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GIG-TXL 16:00/Mon 09:10/Tue 12:10
TXL-FRA 10:15/Tue 11:25/Tue 01:10
Segment Flight Note
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CHARTER FLIGHT
GIG-TXL H/ SEGMENT NOT TO BE DISPLAYED
TXL-FRA H/ SEGMENT NOT TO BE DISPLAYED
GIG-TXL DEPARTS TERMINAL 2
TXL-FRA ARRIVES TERMINAL 1
ENTIRE FLT- ET/ ELECTRONIC TKT CANDIDATE
GIG-TXL PLS INSERT PSGR CTC ALSO FOR RETURN FLIGHT
GIG-FRA PLS INSERT PSGR CTC ALSO FOR RETURN FLIGHT
ENTIRE FLT- F8C80M298
Location Time Operational Event
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GIG 17:00 ESTIMATED TIME OF DEPARTURE
GIG 17:55 LEFT THE GATE
GIG 18:22 TOOK OFF
TXL 10:24 ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL
TXL 10:08 AIRCRAFT LANDED
TXL 10:17 ARRIVED
TXL 11:30 ESTIMATED TIME OF DEPARTURE
TXL 11:34 LEFT THE GATE
TXL 11:52 TOOK OFF
FRA 12:41 ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL
FRA 12:35 AIRCRAFT LANDED
FRA 12:43 ARRIVED
Jul 16, 2014, 8:20 am
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Well, Endsiegerflieger would have conveyed of more gravity and heroism but the enviers and politically correct folks out there would certainly have found something objectionable about it ....
Jul 16, 2014, 10:01 am
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Jul 17, 2014, 5:16 am
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That's a different plane. The "Siegerflieger" has a longer upper deck. Compare number of windows behind the upper door:
from http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/...sball-494.html
It also says/said "Siegerflieger", although they may have removed that by now
from http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/...sball-494.html
It also says/said "Siegerflieger", although they may have removed that by now
Jul 17, 2014, 5:20 am
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Now that the Worldcup is over, we obviously won't be seeing this livery anymore. I thought it was a great idea of LH and I know of no other airline that did something similar.
That, combined with the special football-themed amenity kits, the Caipirinhas served on board, the Brazilian soup in the lounges ex-Germany etc., is all part of an initiative by LH I really enjoyed over the last few months.
Last edited by JohnRain; Jul 17, 2014 at 5:56 am
Jul 17, 2014, 5:56 am
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Oh, they had caipirinhas?? Too bad, I didn't fly anywhere in the last few weeks! I agree, very nice touch!
I just found they have a whole minisite dedicated for this:
http://lh.com/fanhansa
I just found they have a whole minisite dedicated for this:
http://lh.com/fanhansa
Last edited by fligher; Jul 17, 2014 at 6:38 am
Jul 17, 2014, 6:53 am
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On the day of the final, the LH check-in area at LAX was also quite fun:
I boarded LH457 just minutes after Germany had won, and the German flag was hanging outside the cockpit door.
I boarded LH457 just minutes after Germany had won, and the German flag was hanging outside the cockpit door.