FLIEGER67 From Turkey, joined Sep 2003, 4387 posts, RR: 57 Posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 5355 times:
Some pix from a weekend-trip: HAM from STR
Hamburg sounds like an interesting destination for a short weekend-trip.
Pretty early this year I searched the timetables up and down.
Lufthansa, DBA and Germanwings with offers on that route.
At time of booking in January LH has the best one in terms of schedule and fare.
So I gave LH another chance to convince me and booked a father/son trip to HAM.
Saturday, 05.08.2006
STR (Stuttgart-Echterdingen) - HAM (Hamburg-Fuhlsbuettel)
LH 143 operated by Lufthansa B733 D-ABEL
Scheduled: 11.30 // 12.40
Actual: 11.40 // 12.35
Gate: 117 Seat: 25 E/F
Loadfactor: 3 Biz/90 Eco, more than 80 %
Fare: 98,10 and 88,10 EURO´s
We arrived by car at around 09.30 am at the airport.
Automatic check-in with luggage was not possible at LH in STR, so we joined the queue at the desks.
The queue moves quick and only some minutes later a friendly female checked us in to HAM and my son was able to send our suitcase self to the plane.
We´re pax no. 29 and 30 for this service.
No time to wait at security and later we settled down at T3 to view the action outside.
Interesting traffic this saturday morning:
It was the first holiday weekend and one of the busy days, lots of charters to Turkey and Spain, interesting.
The screens showed the arrival of our plane from HAM at around 11.00 am and so it was.
ACARS stated mostly 733´s on this route, several 735´s or CRJ700´s, also.
D-ABEL arrived, leisure flight no. 24 on the 733 and the first on this machine.
Taxi D-ABEL:
D-ABEL on stand in STR:
Parked at the usually used LH finger gates at T1. Boarding started as announced and we´re welcomed by a friendly, all female cabin crew.
The last row as usual, not the best views as there is no fully window, but ok.
The captain introduced himself as Mr. Rüdiger Braun and his FO, Mr. Oliver Sandhoff, no more informations from the flightdeck during the flight.
Departure ontime from runway 25, some time to wait there according to the heavy traffic.
Mostly cloudy sky on the way to HAM. Route: STR-HAJ-HAM.
Service: Free water, coffee, tea.
Bright, comfortable grey leather seats, clean plane.
The sky cleared up and the sun welcomed us around HAM, nice difference to the rain in STR.
Arrival on runway 05 and parked shortly thereafter at a finger gate at T2, the newer part of HAM airport.
Classic office, D-ABEL at HAM:
Only some minutes to wait for our bag and we´re on the way to our accomodation, by first bus and later train.
I´ve booked the Clipper Elb Lodge by Hotel.de, fare 140.-- EUROs not cheap but the location was fantastic.
A door integrated plasma TV:
The area is called Holzhafen , a former industrial area, directly by the shore of river Elbe, around 15 minutes from the "Landungsbrücken".
Surrounded by bars and clubs. We had an executive suite on the top floor with amazing view to the river and the harbour action.
View from our room:
You sit down and watch the traffic, especially with all the lights at night, really amazing.
Some pix from HAM:
The "Speicherstadt":
"Miniatur Wunderland", germanys largest model railway arrangement:
Thalia Theater:
Museum ship, Cap San Diego:
COSCO Athens on approach:
What a giant:
How to park an Algerian gas freighter in a dry dock, amazing:
Chile-House:
Sunday, 06.08.2006
HAM (Hamburg-Fuhlsbuettel) - STR (Stuttgart-Echterdingen)
LH 150 operated by Lufthansa B733 D-ABEP
Scheduled: 17.55 // 19.05
Actual: 18.00 // 18.55
Gate: C18 Seat: 24A/B
Loadfactor: more than 90 %
On the way back by public transport to the airport after two very interesting days at around 3 pm.
LH offered machine check in also with luggage at HAM, no time to think about to use this service when I saw the huge queue at the desks.
Miles and Mord card in, boarding passes printed, boarding passes in and changed to our preffered seats. We´re pax no. 29 and 30 again.
Some time on the viewing terrace and later at the gate at around 5 pm.
Lots of people there, looks like a good load.
Shortly thereafter D-ABEP arrived, like the ACARS statement one of the mostly used 733´s on this route.
Leisure flight no. 25 on the B733 and the second on this metal.
D-ABEP just arrived:
Taxi D-ABEP:
D-ABEP approaching the gate:
And finally D-ABEP parked at HAM:
Boarding started pretty early. Welcomed by another, friendly all female cabin crew, leaded by the purserette Beatrice Sedat.
The safety informations in a real friendly way.
Like "Dear pax, please take care about our safety instructuons, we will check it later during the flight if you know all the details".
Again the last row with the limited view, but no problem.
Departure from runway no. 33 , only a short way after a delayed BulgariaAir B733 and on the way back to STR.
Again, bright, grey leather seats, clean plane.
Route: HAM-HAJ-Fulda-Wuerzburg-STR.
The captain introduced himself as Mr. Thomas Willenbuecher and his FO as Mr.Haegele, he welcomed us on the ground and gave as detailed informations during cruiseflight.
The very friendly FA told my son about two special pax on this service, german comedians Otto and Ralf Schmitz, my son asked for a autograph, no problem, nice gesture.
Cloudy sky, no special view, approach to STR started about 25 minutes ahead to arrivals on runway 25.
Parked at a finger gate at T1 and surprise, also bus deboarding from the rear door was possible.
The FA explained this with the shorter turnarounds.
D-ABEP after deboarding at STR:
Very special: We´re the only two pax in the bus, all others deboarded by the finger and therefore we arrived early at the belt.
Some minutes to wait for the bag, some pax going to panic about their bags and approached the LH lost baggage desk, but no problem
our bag arrived.
On the way back home short thereafter with nice impressions from northern germany.
Conclusion:
The LH schedule was quite ok, the fares cheaper than DI or 4U (the LH Loco-company!), the flight-deck crew and especially the FA´s really friendly and attentive. Good job LH, a push for your rating!.
Comments and critics always welcome,
Markus (FLIEGER67)
TriStar500 From Germany, joined Nov 1999, 4685 posts, RR: 47 Reply 3, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 5231 times:
Very nice report and some very attractive pictures especially from Hamburg, Markus. Seems like the two FLIEGERs are getting around quite a bit. Interesting news about the bus deboarding at STR - I never knew that LH is testing typical low cost carrier strategies.
Homer: Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!
I've seen LH letting passengers use the rear stairway for a bus de-boarding frequently during the last months, however as your example shows, most passengers prefer queueing for a jetway de-boarding through the front door. I wonder why, because as you stated, you arrived at terminal before the others who were using the jetway.
Keep posting those reports, I really like those. Regards, Alex.
FLIEGER67 From Turkey, joined Sep 2003, 4387 posts, RR: 57 Reply 7, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 5118 times:
Hello, all and thanx for your replys.
Ian: My son had real fun with that TV thing, watching from both sides, sliding the door, great!.
Greg: Sure,I use the fact sheets, but due to limited web space I decide to post the details in my report and store only the real photos.
Jens:That was not my first time in HAM, so I know some things to do. It´s summer holiday season, time to travel with my son/family now.
I was also surprised about that deboarding procedure, interesting to follow the changes on LH.
Andreas: The area around the Chile-House, the Kontorhaus-Viertel was also real interesting for me. I think you know the place.
Alex:I will do some sidesteps during the next months, to fly from nearby airports.
Miles and More (d), great fun, I don´t mentioned it!.
There was no information from the FA´s about the bus deboarding, so I think most of the pax don´t know about it.
Thomas: Hope to see a report from your trip to Russia later.
Thats a uncovered place on my map till now.
Airbuseric From Netherlands, joined Jan 2005, 4015 posts, RR: 52 Reply 8, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 5112 times:
Markus
nice report of you both guys! You were personally lucky again to fly the 733 of which you lately made the statement 'difficult to find' nowadays within Europe. Just a week after your statement you got even 2 rides more on those! You must have been feeling lucky didn't you? As usual, your pictures say enough. Thanks
Eric
"The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going"
FLIEGER67 From Turkey, joined Sep 2003, 4387 posts, RR: 57 Reply 9, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 5107 times:
Hi, Eric,
thanx for your reply.
You know, I like those classic airliners and therefore I was not in a bad mood as I saw both times the 733 arriving!.
Best regards,
Markus (FLIEGER67)
Boeing744 From Canada, joined Jun 2005, 1769 posts, RR: 25 Reply 12, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 5027 times:
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Reply 7): Greg: Sure,I use the fact sheets, but due to limited web space I decide to post the details in my report and store only the real photos.
No prob. Makes sense to me.
Thanks again for posting all your trip reports Markus. They are all awesome, and really interesting to read. As 9VSPO said, you sure do get around!
P51Mustang From Germany, joined Jan 2004, 31 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (6 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 4932 times:
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Reply 7): Andreas: The area around the Chile-House, the Kontorhaus-Viertel was also real interesting for me. I think you know the place.
Yes, I do! It is the place to be in Hamburg, if you ask me!
Andreas (P51Mustang)
Waldorf: "The question is: What is a manamana ??"Statler: "No ! The question is: Who cares ?"
FLIEGER67 From Turkey, joined Sep 2003, 4387 posts, RR: 57 Reply 20, posted (6 years 9 months 1 week 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 4702 times:
Hello,
I read an article today about container shipment, the COSCO Hellas from my pic´s is the worlds largest container freighter and is only some four weeks in service, interesting.
Thanx for your further replys DALelite/Markus and that is real great fun, I will copyright protect that "Miles and Mord" thing, Ndebele/Alex!.
Best regards,
Markus (FLIEGER67)
HAM From Germany, joined Jul 2005, 255 posts, RR: 1 Reply 21, posted (6 years 9 months 5 hours ago) and read 4605 times:
nice report. nice pics from the most beautiful city in the world. i have one question: how do you get those ACARS-messages about the planes operated on a route?
FLIEGER67 From Turkey, joined Sep 2003, 4387 posts, RR: 57 Reply 22, posted (6 years 8 months 4 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 4543 times:
Hello, HAM,
straight back from LON.
Thanx a lot for your feedback.
According to your username it seems you´re a local HAM guy?.
Yes, HAM is one of my favourite cities in Germany.
Try acarsd.org, there are several search posibilitys to find as much details as you want about your flights.
Regards,
Markus (FLIEGER67)
HAM From Germany, joined Jul 2005, 255 posts, RR: 1 Reply 23, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 4498 times:
Hi FLIEGER 67,
thanks for that info! i´ll check out ACARS soon. it seems like i have to download a programme.
You are correct about the biographical data contained in my user name.
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