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LH 744 In HAM

N104UA From United States of America, joined Dec 2007, 889 posts, RR: 0
Posted (2 years 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 3886 times:

I just flew into HAM tonight and saw a LH 744 sitting in the hangar, and I am wondering what it is doing there, and where it is from/ going to. I could not find anything on Flight Aware. I thought LH did not fly anything bigger than a A321 into HAM

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yp6370 From Germany, joined Apr 2000, 188 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (2 years 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 3835 times:

Most probably maintanance. Also sometimes temporary storage.
LH Technik is huge in HAM.

Semaex From Germany, joined Nov 2009, 769 posts, RR: 2
Reply 2, posted (2 years 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 3835 times:

They flew some domestic routes with 744's last summer, though I can't recall why exactly. The search function will probably reveal the background. So I'm guessing it's for the same reasons as back then.

If not, maybe a training aircraft for the local LHT, or maybe a new paintjob?

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stgs1988 From Denmark, joined Sep 2007, 57 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (2 years 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 3791 times:

Yes - LH Technik has a huge maintenance facility that provides several services for the 744.

wilco737 From Greenland, joined Jun 2004, 8478 posts, RR: 78
Reply 4, posted (2 years 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 3540 times:

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There are no 744s in storage anymore. D-ABTA was the last but is back in service for over 5 weeks now.

LH has a huge maintenance facility in HAM and the 744 and other airplanes show up on a regular basis in HAM. So nothing too spectacular.
Currently no 744 short haul flights with 744, shortest flight from FRA is to TLV.

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Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21495 posts, RR: 24
Reply 5, posted (2 years 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 3461 times:

Quoting wilco737 (Reply 4):
LH has a huge maintenance facility in HAM and the 744 and other airplanes show up on a regular basis in HAM. So nothing too spectacular.

The LH Technik facility in HAM (photo below from their website) must be one of the world's largest aircraft maintenance operations. According to their website the HAM base has about 7,500 of their 20,000+ employees, making LH Technik one of Hamburg's largest employers. They may be 2nd after Airbus which has about 12,000 employees in Hamburg.

wilco737 From Greenland, joined Jun 2004, 8478 posts, RR: 78
Reply 6, posted (2 years 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 3453 times:

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Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 5):

Exactly. And in the huge hangar which you can see bottom right I think 4 744s fit in there. So not too small. LH is doing a lot of maintenance and even VIP airplanes are being refurbished there.

wilco737

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Semaex From Germany, joined Nov 2009, 769 posts, RR: 2
Reply 7, posted (2 years 1 week 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 3287 times:

Quoting wilco737 (Reply 6):
Exactly. And in the huge hangar which you can see bottom right I think 4 744s fit in there. So not too small. LH is doing a lot of maintenance and even VIP airplanes are being refurbished there.

Which brings to mind that I saw a Deutsche Flugbereitschaft (German Government Flight Service) A340-300 (former D-AIGR, now 16+01) in February departing HAM. It did take me by surprise

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r2rho From Germany, joined Feb 2007, 2250 posts, RR: 1
Reply 8, posted (2 years 1 week 3 days ago) and read 3232 times:

Correct, HAM is a major base for LH Technik. You'll occasionally see "exotic" aircraft undergoing maintenance, retrofits etc there, as LHT does lots of third party work as well.

That 744 is probably there for cabin retrofit with the new First Class, which LH is performing on a number of 744s.

Semaex From Germany, joined Nov 2009, 769 posts, RR: 2
Reply 9, posted (2 years 1 week 3 days ago) and read 3219 times:

Quoting r2rho (Reply 8):

Actually I've got a question on this: Didn't LH announce to to the cabin fitting of their 747-8i with LHT as well? If so, will they do that in HAM?

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robffm2 From Germany, joined Dec 2006, 1094 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (2 years 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 3070 times:

Quoting r2rho (Reply 8):
That 744 is probably there for cabin retrofit with the new First Class, which LH is performing on a number of 744s.

Hopefully not only F, but Y too!

Anybody got an idea about the registrations? Could it be D-ABVC?

Contacted [UTC] Callsign Flightnumber Routing Registration Operator Type
2011/05/05 19:17 LHTEST LHTEST D-ABVC Lufthansa Technik B744

NicoEDDF From Germany, joined Jan 2008, 1051 posts, RR: 1
Reply 11, posted (2 years 1 week 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 3007 times:

Quoting robffm2 (Reply 10):
D-ABVC?

Yes, indeed, its -VC

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timmydasquirrel From United States of America, joined Jul 2010, 41 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (2 years 1 week 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 2977 times:

That facility looks impressive.
I wonder if they ever offer tours of the site?
If so, I may have to hit Hamburg on my next trip over there!

HMUcfm56 From Germany, joined Jul 2005, 74 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (2 years 1 week 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 2941 times:

Quoting timmydasquirrel (Reply 12):
That facility looks impressive.
I wonder if they ever offer tours of the site?
If so, I may have to hit Hamburg on my next trip over there!

http://www.lufthansa-technik.com/app...403&action=initial&setLang=english

The price for a single ticket is 20€ (only visible if you switch to German language and only available on certain days).

NicoEDDF From Germany, joined Jan 2008, 1051 posts, RR: 1
Reply 14, posted (2 years 1 week 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 2868 times:

Quoting timmydasquirrel (Reply 12):
That facility looks impressive.

...and it has grown significantly since the picture was taken.

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timmydasquirrel From United States of America, joined Jul 2010, 41 posts, RR: 0
Reply 15, posted (2 years 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 1803 times:

HMU,
Thank you for the link.

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