I originally didn't plan to write a return trip , as the Toronto-Cairo report was quite sufficient with lots of pics and information about Lufthansa service on board .
So on the 1st leg of this trip :CAI-FRA , i only took 3 pics for the food on board and an aerial pic of Frankfurt Airport .
The only reason that made me decide to write a return report was when i was informed that we would be bussed to the Aircraft at FRA , so i prepared my camera and took some nice pics of the Aiport and our Aircraft .
Route: CAI-FRA
Airline: Lufthansa
Flight: LH585
A/C: A300-600
Dep: 5:25AM (on time)
Arr: 8:45 AM (on time)
Flying time: 4 H 20 Minutes
Load Factor : 100% in Y[/b[
The flight was uneventful , they served hot breakfast in about and hour after take off .
Omelette with Potato wedges , chicken and chick peas in tomato sauce
Or Frittatta with mushrooms and potato patty
An aerial pic of Frankfurt Airport
We landed on time , and we originally had a 4 hour lay-over in Frankfurt . When i checked the board , i noticed that our flight to YYZ wasn't assigned a gate yet .
After about an hour , our flight got a gate . Then , it was announced that it was delayed by about 4 and a half hours . No reasons were given for the delay at the gate .
We were given some snacks and drinks at the gate
Egyptair B738 arriving from Cairo
After spending a total of about 9 hours at Frankfurt Airport , our flight was ready for boarding . I was very excited to learn that we would be bussed to the Aircraft which happened to be at the far other end of the Airport . We got a nice tour of FRA .
The captain of our flight was actually waiting on the ground for our bus to arrive , he then boarded the bus and talked to us over the PA to apologize personally for the delay and explained the reason for the delay . It turned out that the ground staff at FRA had a strike that affected all of the long-haul flights , he actually told us that we were lucky that we would be flying to Toronto because a lot of flights have been cancelled .
It turned out that he boarded all of the 4 busses that carried the passengers to our flight to say the same thing .
Our Captain
The A346 massive engines
Our A346 Tail
Boarding from the back door
Take off 9 hours late
I watched "Asterix aux jeux Olympiques"
Asterix et Obelix used to be my preferred Bandes Dessinees along with Tin Tin and Lucky Luke .
Overflying the coast of Netherlands
Lunch , either beef or pasta..
I got both
Cabin view , washrooms are downstairs
Over Greenland
Almost there , by the way , i love those cup holders
Pre arrival snack , whole wheat bread stuffed with mashed vegetables
Overflying Toronto
We landed 4 hours late , our plane at the gate
YYZ departure gates
Some weird structure at YYZ
AC B767 and Mexicana A319
Luggage claim area at YYZ
Then we were on our way home after a really nice vacation and flights
StarAlliance38 From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 1445 posts, RR: 4 Reply 1, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 9525 times:
Cool TR! Mashed vegetable in bread lol. Yummy! Great pics too.
Never seen that before, do you or some else know why they put the washrooms downstairs? It seems to me that there isn't much space benefit from this because of the room for the stairs and maybe loss of cargo room downstairs?
MSYYZ From Canada, joined Oct 2005, 846 posts, RR: 9 Reply 4, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 9019 times:
Quoting StarAlliance38 (Reply 1): Cool TR! Mashed vegetable in bread lol. Yummy! Great pics too
Thanks StarAlliance , the stuffed bread wasn't at all tasty .
Quoting McSteve (Reply 2): Never seen that before, do you or some else know why they put the washrooms downstairs? It seems to me that there isn't much space benefit from this because of the room for the stairs and maybe loss of cargo room downstairs?
There were 2 washrooms upstairs at the back of the plabe , 1 is really large , the other is smaller . Then there were 5 tiny washrooms downstairs , a water fountain and a staff room.
Quoting JoshSixtySeven (Reply 3): What runway did you land, I'm trying to figure out what part of Toronto that pictures of, I recognise it, but at the same time can't out a name to it.
It was the runway at the far right of the picture . We were coming from the East , so the pic may be somwhere over the Richmond Hill area .
Cytz_pilot From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 546 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 8599 times:
Quoting JoshSixtySeven (Reply 3): What runway did you land, I'm trying to figure out what part of Toronto that pictures of, I recognise it, but at the same time can't out a name to it.
Looks like Rowntree Mills Park, up by Finch & Islington.
Great photos! How could you stand 9 hours in an airport - I love flying and all, but after 4 hours I start to go crazy.
Bps3458 From Australia, joined Oct 2006, 520 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (4 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 8196 times:
Quoting MSYYZ (Thread starter): It turned out that he boarded all of the 4 busses that carried the passengers to our flight to say the same thing
Think this is a great job by the captain even though I thought this should have been communicated much earlier at the gate to calm everyone down.
Great pictures from your "sightseeing" trip in FRA. Can't wait to land fly in to FRA 2 weeks from today on CI 61 from TPE and I hope one of my domestic flights with LH from/to FRA will give me a chance for a busride on the tarmac.
B747forever From United States of America, joined May 2007, 16574 posts, RR: 11 Reply 9, posted (4 years 10 months 1 week 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 7822 times:
Great TR
Really like the pics.
Quoting MSYYZ (Reply 4): Never seen that before, do you or some else know why they put the washrooms downstairs? It seems to me that there isn't much space benefit from this because of the room for the stairs and maybe loss of cargo room downstairs?
There were 2 washrooms upstairs at the back of the plabe , 1 is really large , the other is smaller . Then there were 5 tiny washrooms downstairs , a water fountain and a staff room.
Wonder if LH is the only one that have the washrooms downstairs??
MSYYZ From Canada, joined Oct 2005, 846 posts, RR: 9 Reply 10, posted (4 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 7438 times:
Quoting Cytz_pilot (Reply 5): Great photos! How could you stand 9 hours in an airport - I love flying and all, but after 4 hours I start to go crazy
I was starting to go crazy too , especially that FRA airport has very limited available seats to rest outside of the gate area .
Quoting Bps3458 (Reply 7): Think this is a great job by the captain even though I thought this should have been communicated much earlier at the gate to calm everyone down
It was nice of him , that's what i thought too .
Quoting BA319-131 (Reply 8): Nice report and pictures, especially liked your FRA ground shots, always nice to get up close and board from the ground.
I always prefer being bussed to being air-bridged .
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