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Topic of the Week: Lufthansa Thinking About Long Haul, Low Cost Carrier

It looks like Lufthansa is batting around the idea of starting up a long haul low cost carrier. *sigh* This has never worked before, but apparently Lufthansa wants to try it again. What do you think? Any chance this works Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 29 2013 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa
Lufthansa Brings the 747-8 to Los Angeles

While I was excited to ride Lufthansa’s A380 last year, I was secretly looking ahead to the introduction of the 747-8. To me, that was a much bigger event for Lufthansa. Last week, the airline brought the 747-8 to LA on its first scheduled passenger...

Published Tue, Dec 18 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa, Boeing, 747
Cranky on the Web (December 10 – 14)

Photos: Inside Lufthansa’s New Business Class – Conde Nast Daily Traveler I was at LAX for the first 747-8 flight on Lufthansa to the airport and got a tour of the new business class cabin. Here’s a closer look. The Secret To Small Business...

Published Sat, Dec 15 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa, 747
Cranky on the Web (November 12 – 16)

The EU’s Airplane Carbon Trading Program and What It Means – Conde Nast Daily Traveler I walk through what’s been doing on with the EU emissions trading scheme and why it was suspended. (This has been one heck of a political brawl.)...

Published Sat, Nov 17 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa, Government Regulation
Air Canada Joins European Airlines in Trying the Failed “Airline Within an Airline” Strategy (Again)

When you don’t have any new ideas in this industry but your airline needs help, what do you do? You just recycle old ideas and make them sound like the best thing since sliced bread. Throughout the late 1990s and into the early 2000s, the “airline...

Published Thu, Oct 4 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa, Air Canada
Cranky on the Web (August 27 – 31)

How to Navigate Airline Customer Service in Difficult Situations – Conde Nast Daily Traveler There was a story about a woman who missed her brother’s funeral because of a bunch of airline problems. That prompted me to write a post for CNTraveler...

Published Sat, Sep 1 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa, Customer Service, Delta
A Dark Future for Europe’s Legacy Airlines

Over the last decade, Europe’s big three airline groups, IAG (owner of British Airways/Iberia), Air France/KLM, and Lufthansa Group, have all been in much better shape than their American counterparts. While US airlines floundered and filed for...

Published Mon, May 21 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa, British Airways, Air France
Thinking About Lufthansa’s New Business Class

I didn’t write about Lufthansa’s new business class when it first came out, because I just wasn’t sure what to make of it. But I’ve been talking to a few people, and I think it might be a good time to discuss. I really can’t...

Published Thu, Apr 19 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa, Seats
UNITE HERE Strikes Back: Tries to Cover Bad Analysis By Insulting Cranky, Earns the Jackass

If you decide to put out bad analysis, as UNITE HERE did last week regarding Lufthansa complaints, and someone calls you on it, what would you do? The smart answer would probably be to just let it go and stop calling attention to the work, especially...

Published Tue, Jun 14 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa, Cranky Jackass, Labor Relations
When Statistics Attack: Union Report on Lufthansa Complaint “Spike” is Simply Misleading

One thing that’s certain is that you can make statistics say pretty much whatever you want to get your point across. That’s exactly what the UNITE HERE union is doing with what appears to be a smear campaign against Lufthansa. After talking...

Published Thu, Jun 9 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa, Labor Relations
The New First Class Experience on Lufthansa

It may be a very small piece of the travel experience that few of us will have the chance to try, but it’s still fun to explore what airlines are doing for their international First Class passengers. Lufthansa is certainly no slouch in this area...

Published Tue, May 17 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa
Flying the Lufthansa A380 Inaugural to San Francisco (Trip Report)

I know I said trip reports would only be on Wednesdays now, but I changed my mind. Lufthansa flew me out to Frankfurt only to come back less than 24 hours later on the inaugural A380 to San Francisco, all in business class. I’ll start with the flight...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Lufthansa, Trip Reports
Lufthansa Goes Back in Time, Gives First Class Travelers a Seat and a Bed

Airlines have spent a lot of time and effort trying to figure out a way to squeeze a seat and a bed into a very small space on an airplane, and they’ve done an admirable job. But any time you try to create multiple uses in one place, it’s...

Published Thu, Mar 17 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa
Lufthansa Tries to Connect Air and Ground Life with Onboard Wifi

I know, I know. It’s yet another onboard wifi story, right? Lufthansa has started putting internet on its airplanes and expects to have it on its whole long haul flight by the end of 2011. So why is this interesting? A couple of reasons, actually...

Published Tue, Dec 21 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Technology, Lufthansa
Lufthansa’s Beer Garden Should Inspire Others

Let’s say you’re flying on a German airline and you’re riding in style up in business class. What would you like to see in the lounge before you go? That’s right, a German beer garden. And now you can. Lufthansa has installed a...

Published Tue, May 11 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa

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