Review of Lufthansa flight Manchester Munich in Economy

Airline Lufthansa
Flight LH2503
Class Economy
Seat 18A
Aircraft Airbus A320
Flight time 02:00
Take-off 17 Apr 17, 17:45
Arrival at 17 Apr 17, 20:45
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By SILVER 1248
Published on 1st May 2017
After a Easter weekend in Manchester, I was about to go back to Munich. We spent the morning in Runway visitor park as we joined a Concorde tour (I will show some photos at the end of this report). Then we headed back in the city to have a lunch before the flight. My camera or SD card got some problems after that so I didn't take any photos of the terminal until I got a new SD card at the airport.

1. LH2500 MUC to MAN: Here
2. LH2503 MAN to MUC: You are here!

1. Flight report


At 16:30pm, I arrived at the airport. My friend swiftly directed me to the Lufthansa check-in area and printed out the boarding pass and then we said Good-bye. The security check process was very smooth and I can get through quickly without any trouble. I immediately brought a new SD card in an electronic shop and continued my way to the gate. My flight was assigned to gate 28. I sat down and tried to fix my camera but it still didn't work. So I gave up and took the pictures with my cell phone. Boarding started at 17:20pm. I joined the queue as fast as possible as I had a cabin luggage with me. In the morning, I have already checked on flightradar24 that my flight would be operated by another 27 years old A320, D-AIPC, in star alliance livery. However gate 28 was unable to see the aircraft outside so I did not take any pictures before the flight.
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Gate view
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My seat was exactly the same as my previous flight, 18A. I carefully selected the seat on the left side so as to avoid the direct sunlight during Sunset. The flight as I can see was quite full. I tried again with my camera and somehow it worked again!!! I was so excited and started taking pictures.

Cabin during boarding.
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View outside the Window. Finnair ERJ190 OH-LKE was preparing its flight back to Helsinki as AY938
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Flight was expected to be 1 hour 30 minutes according to the announcement. Push-back eventually started at 17:52. An SAS B737-800 was just arrived from Stockholm as SK2549.
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Taxi to Runway. In the background there was a Lufthansa A320neo, D-AINA operating the Frankfurt route.
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Ryanair FR1557 to Dublin.
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Lining up on runway
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D-AIPC Take-off at 18:04pm from RWY05L.
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Few minutes after take-off
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I got my salmon sandwich 15 minutes after take-off.
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Leaving the United Kingdom
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Entering Belgium.
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It took 25 minutes more for me to get my apple juice.
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About one hour after take-off, my neighbor went to the lavatory and I also took the chance to stretch my legs. The cabin view while I went to lavatory.
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Toilet tells the age of the aircraft.
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At 19:15pm there was an announcement informing the flight remained 30 minutes.
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Enjoying the beautiful scenery of sunset~
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Descending into Munich.
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We landed on RWY26R at 20:38pm. At parking position, we can observe at the end of the terminal, Lufthansa A340-600 D-AIHK carrying FC Bayern München Sticker, will operate the flight LH726 to Shanghai Pudong. Total flight time for my flight was 1 hour 38 minutes.
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Last view of the aircraft. It will then operate the last flight of the day to London Heathrow as LH2484
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2. Runway Visitor Park (Concorde Tour)


The hanger where the Concorde is stored. The right side is the sovenior store which you can find some model planes, books and aviation stuff.
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The tour began with a short video in a briefing room about the background of the Concorde. After that we proceeded to the hanger, after some explanations, we were allowed to walk around and take photos.
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G-BOAC confirmed.
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Ready to visit the cabin.
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Entering the cabin of Concorde.
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Cabin view 1
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Cabin view 2
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Small window
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The Lavatory
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The flight deck. We were split in several group and took turns to visit the flight deck.
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After the tour, everyone received a certificate as a souvenir.

3. Plane spotting


Thomas Cook A321 departing to Tenerife as MT1966
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SAS B737-800 departing to Oslo as SK4608
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The plane spotting area
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Cathay Pacific Airways B777-300ER departing to Hong Kong as CX358
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Virgin Atlantic B747-400 departing to Orlando as VS73
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Austrian Airlines ERJ-190 in Star Alliance livery was departing to Vienna as OS464
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Verdict

Lufthansa

8.0/10
Cabin8.0
Cabin crew8.0
Entertainment/wifi8.0
Meal/catering8.0

Manchester - MAN

8.3/10
Efficiency8.5
Access8.0
Services8.5
Cleanliness8.0

Munich - MUC

8.5/10
Efficiency8.5
Access8.5
Services8.5
Cleanliness8.5

Conclusion

Onboard another first batch of Lufthansa A320 was a good experience to be remembered. I am really lucky that I have the chance to fly with one of them before they are gone next year.

The Runway visitor park is definitely a good place for plane spotting. There were so many people and I think I could spend a day there.

At last, I can say the Concorde tour is really worth visiting. You will get a unique experience with the Concorde and get to know not only the history but also some technical knowledge with the aircraft.

Information on the route Manchester (MAN) Munich (MUC)

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La compagnie qui obtient la meilleure moyenne est Singapore Airlines avec 8.7/10.

La durée moyenne des vols est de 1 heures et 50 minutes.

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