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Good News For SFO Planespotters

sfjeff From United States of America, joined Dec 2009, 38 posts, RR: 0
Posted (2 years 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1842 times:

According to Lufthansa.com, LH455 SFOFRA on May 10 will be replaced by LH469, departing SFO at 17:50 rather than the normal 2:20 departure of LH455. This will be Lufthansa's first 388 flight to SFO, so it will be kind of nice that spotters who have jobs will have a better chance of getting to see it. Arrival in SFO of LH454 is still scheduled at the usual 12:05. I guess LH needed a long turn for press, station familiarization, etc. Anyway, it's good news for people like me who would otherwise miss it.

Jeff in SF

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flySFO From United States of America, joined Apr 2011, 92 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (2 years 4 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1664 times:

Does this daily flight require one or two A380s?

as739x From United States of America, joined Apr 2003, 5820 posts, RR: 23
Reply 2, posted (2 years 4 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1551 times:

Sorry Jeff, this is old news. It was announced in late January. And Air France begins CDG-SFO A380 service June 6th on a seasonal basis.

Quoting flySFO (Reply 1):

I believe it requires just a bit over 1 a/c. But with the new a/c being the 6th in the fleet they can tweak the rotation off other destinations to make it work.

"Some pilots avoid storm cells and some play connect the dots!"

sfjeff From United States of America, joined Dec 2009, 38 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (2 years 4 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1481 times:

The normal arrival in FRA (10:05) is after the normal departure time to SFO (09:45), so the same A/C cannot do the roundtrip two days in a row. But I don't know if that answers your question, since I have no idea how they flow their aircraft through their system.

Jeff in SF

sfjeff From United States of America, joined Dec 2009, 38 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (2 years 4 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1462 times:

Quoting as739x (Reply 2):
Sorry Jeff, this is old news

Yes of course I know that it is old news that LH and AF are bringing the A380 to SFO. But I don't think that it's old news that there is a temporary schedule change (departure 3 hours later than usual) which will be great for planespotters who would otherwise have to miss the first departure.

Jeff in SF

thegman From United States of America, joined Nov 2008, 606 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (2 years 4 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1306 times:

Quoting sfjeff (Reply 3):
The normal arrival in FRA (10:05) is after the normal departure time to SFO (09:45), so the same A/C cannot do the roundtrip two days in a row. But I don't know if that answers your question, since I have no idea how they flow their aircraft through their system.

They would likely turn it around to a JFK flight, or turn it to Asia later in the evening.

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