A Day in Germany

It was an extremely early start, but Lufthansa were taking eight Travel Counsellors to Frankfurt for the day, to see behind the operations of this worldwide airline. We were booked on the 0610 from Manchester.

I was lucky, because I could stretch out with "extra leg room" on our A321, but the benefit was short-lived, because after coffee and a very gooey chocolate croissant, we were landing in Frankfurt.

After finding our way to the exit of this vast airport, we were joined by Kevin and Paul from Lufthansa UK, and then by ex-Lufthansa Airbus Pilot, Ulrich.

Our guide then took us to see their maintenance hangar, where there were three Airbus 380's parked. They are enormous and on inside inspection, with facts about economy, business and first class, this magnificent aircraft will carry over 570 passengers comfortably, economically, quietly and to the far-flung reaches of the globe. What a feat of engineering.

Having lunch, on a beautiful day weather-wise, in the Lufthansa Training Centre, was enhanced by the passion shown by Ulrich for Lufthansa - a retired pilot, who is now involved in the type of corporate hospitality we were enjoying. And his English was better than ours!

We studied the inside of the fleet of aircraft, used by staff and cabin crew for the training schedule but disappointingly, we were not able to go in the flight simulator as these "multi-million Euro" machines, are constantly in demand 24/7.

We were shown and absorbed a lot, but it was now time to return to the UK after our 12 hour inauguration into the development at Lufthansa.

A wonderful day, with a wonderful group of Travel Counsellors.

Thank you Lufthansa.