Review of Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Bilbao in Economy

DLH

LH - Lufthansa

Flight taken on 27 November 2018
LH1144
15:35 02h 35m 18:10
Model Airbus A319
Class Economy
Seat 9C
Vasconium
597 · 33 · 4 · 4

Hello and welcome to the last trip report in a series of four detailing my November 2018 escapade to Budapest! The previous trip reports can be found here, here and here respectively.
No sections for this trip-report as it'll be shorter than usual, sorry!
Having arrived from my previous flight from Budapest, I traversed the dark and claustrophobic hallways of FRA in no time and made my way to my gate for today, B10:


photo dscn6636

The gate area had a small cafe; while they did sell Mezzo Mix I decided to go with Pepsi's alternative: Schwip Schwap! While most Germans loathe it in favour of Mezzo Mix or Spezi, I quite enjoyed it and wouldn't mind drinking it again.


photo img_20181127_145606

With little time to do anything else until boarding I decided to do a little planespotting from the gate. Let's start with this LH A321, D-AIRX (Weimar), which up until 2015 was carrying a retro livery.


photo dscn6638

Then there's this TK A321 heading to sunnier (albeit sadly closed) climates:


photo dscn6639

And here's D-AISB - Hameln.


photo dscn6641

21-year-old "Tübingen" (D-AILP), our plane for today, parks up at the gate @ 3:50pm, and ten minutes later, we begin boarding:



No window seat this time, sadly, which means I'll have to pester the kid next to me to take pictures outside…


photo img_20181127_161918photo img_20181127_161439

Looks like there's wifi on this old plane:


photo img_20181127_161915

Rain starts to pour as we begin our pushback:


photo dscn6645photo dscn6646photo dscn6647

Take-off:



While most passengers fall fast asleep right after take off, I take the time to read some Reddit:


photo dscn6657photo dscn6660

Sandwiches are served at 5pm. I opt for the tried and tested chicken and veggies sandwich one last time (along with a glass (?) of orange juice).


photo img_20181127_170036

Otherwise not much happens in the remaining half hour before descent and landing. A quick bathroom trip reveals… well… that it's clean. You get the point.


photo dscn6659

As we descend into BIO, we get to enjoy this lovely sunset:


photo dscn6663

We land at around 6:10pm, parking right next to a Cityline Embraer heading to MUC:


photo dscn6667photo dscn6670photo dscn6671

Bye Tübingen! For a 21-year.old plane you're looking great, both inside and out!


photo dscn6672

And after picking up my luggage..


photo dscn6674

…I'm off to catch the bus back to San Sebastian.


image

Thanks for reading!

Display all

Product ratings

Airline

Lufthansa 7.0

  • Cabin7.0 / 10
  • Cabin crew8.0 / 10
  • Entertainment/wifi6.0 / 10
  • Meal/catering7.0 / 10
Departure airport

Frankfurt - FRA6.6

  • Efficiency6.5 / 10
  • Access6.5 / 10
  • Services7.0 / 10
  • Cleanliness6.5 / 10
Arrival Airport

Bilbao - BIO6.9

  • Efficiency7.5 / 10
  • Access6.5 / 10
  • Services6.5 / 10
  • Cleanliness7.0 / 10

Conclusion

Lufthansa: Uneventful flight, great staff - definitely preferred the chicken sandwiches! Decent airline all around.
FRA: Not as hellish as some say (although it is a bit drab and cramped), though I haven't a clue if it's even worse with international flights.
BIO: My "local" airport, quick and efficient, thought the Calatrava masterpiece/nightmare prevents further expansion and keeps things quite cramped.

Did you enjoy reading this?

Let the author know by sharing a clap! It will be greatly appreciated!

4 Clap

Vasconium 's latest reviews

Comments (4)

  • Schwip Schwap

    Coke + Fanta???? Sounds weird. :P

    I'll have to pester the kid next to me to take pictures outside

    Jajajajaj. Yo le habría ofrecido un caramelo a cambio de su asiento!!

    Looks like there's wifi on this old plane

    Efectivamente, eso es lo que dice en esa tarjeta, a menos que haya llegado ahí por alguna otra razón. Pero internet en un avión de 21 años significa que LH brinda un muy buen servicio!! :O

    (along with a glass (?) of orange juice).

    Sí, suena extraño decir "glass" cuando en realidad es "plastic". XD Pero "a plastic of orange juice" sonaría peor!! Siempre me pregunté cómo se podría decir "un vaso de vidrio" hasta que en un FR alguien puso "a real glass". Aún así, los vasos de papel en que se sirve el café siguen siendo "coffee CUP"!! Alguen entiende a estos gringos????

    Thanks for reading!

    Thanks for sharing!! :)

    • Coke + Fanta???? Sounds weird. :P

      Sabe mejor que lo que parece ;)

      Jajajajaj. Yo le habría ofrecido un caramelo a cambio de su asiento!!

      No parecia que tuviese ganas, lol

      Efectivamente, eso es lo que dice en esa tarjeta, a menos que haya llegado ahí por alguna otra razón. Pero internet en un avión de 21 años significa que LH brinda un muy buen servicio!! :O

      No lo llegue a probar, pero si, dice mucho del servicio que presta LH

      Sí, suena extraño decir "glass" cuando en realidad es "plastic". XD

      That's English to you!

      Thanks for sharing!! :)

      ¡De nada!

  • Hola Vasconium, thanks for sharing this last report in the series!

    Every time I see a pic of those LH short-haul seats I cringe because they look so thin and uncomfortable, but I guess it seems from your report they weren't too bad. Plus any free food on a 2h flight anymore is a luxury there days.

    Gracias por compartir y hasta la proxima!

    • Every time I see a pic of those LH short-haul seats I cringe because they look so thin and uncomfortable, but I guess it seems from your report they weren't too bad. Plus any free food on a 2h flight anymore is a luxury there days.

      To be fair, the seats were very plush on the top, but I guess it'd get ridiculously uncomfortable on those flights to SVO, for example. Definitely appreciate the (dry) sandwiches though.

      ¡De nada!

Login to post a comment.
Hi, it seems that you are using an ad blocker.

Flight-Report is a free website hosting more than 500 000 pictures and 17 000 reviews, without ads, this website can't exist.
We understand that ads can be annoying, this is why we only display a maximum of 2 non-invasive ads per page.
 
To continue using Flight-Report, we invite you to add Flight-Report to your blocker's "white list".
 

I have added Flight-Report on my white list

 
How to add Flight-Report to my white list?