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List of the aircraft types I had the pleasure to travel with

Just for the records: A list of the aircraft types I had the pleasure to travel with – yet.

Airbus

  • A300 – used it several times to get to London (2005), Berlin, Munich, Hamburg. One of the most comfortable aircrafts I ever boarded. It is a pity that Lufthansa stopped operating this model a couple of years ago.
  • A310 – several trips to London in the 1990s.
  • A319, A320 – several journeys in Europe.
  • A321 – several times, including trips to Rome (2011), Porto (2010), Barcelona (2013).
  • A330 – used it for flights to Cairo (2009), to Philadelphia, and from Charlotte to Frankfurt (both in 2012).
  • A340-300 – has not very much power in its engines. I traveled with this model from Zurich to Chicago and back (2010) and from Boston to Frankfurt (2013).
  • A340-600 – wonderful aircraft! In the version Lufthansa uses, the restrooms are downstairs, much more comfortable to use than the traditional ones. I had the honor to fly with this type of aircraft back from Cairo (2009), on both trips to and from Orlando (2012) and to Boston (2013).
  • A350 — one trip from Munich to Seoul Incheon in July 2024. Nice aircraft for a long trip, yet a little small.
  • A380 – giant aircraft, I like that. I used one to fly from Sydney to Dubai (2012) and to get to Miami and back (2014). Very silent, even in the aft section of the lower deck.

Boeing

  • 737-300/500 – several trips to London, Zurich, Düsseldorf etc.
  • 747-400 – to San Francisco (2007) and to Hong Kong (2012). There were no Inflight Entertaining Systems installed in Lufthansa 747-400s back then, so the flights (11 and 13 hours!) were somewhat boring.
  • 747-8 – to Los Angeles and back in 2014. Nice aircraft, but it is extremely noisy in the aft sections of the cabin. Still quite noisy in August 2024, during the return trip from Seoul Incheon to Frankfurt/Main (13 hours!).
  • 767 – I used one of these to travel from London to Rome, one day after the Pope had died.
  • 777-200 ER – from Frankfurt to Dubai in 2012.
  • 777-300 – from Dubai to Frankfurt on my way home from Australia (2012).

Other

  • ATR 72 (turboprop) – several flights from Prague to Brno. Impressive acceleration.
  • Bae 146 (“Jumbolino”) – several trips including Zurich–Nice and Geneva–Frankfurt.
  • Canadair CRJ – this aircraft is way too small for my taste. Used it for example to fly from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf on Christmas Eve a couple of years ago.
  • A Dornier turboprop aircraft – I was on the first flight from Munich to Brno in 2005. This aircraft had a very impressive acceleration!
  • Embraer ERJ 145 – used one from Swiss for the flight from Frankfurt to Zurich in 2005. It was very comfortable back then with comfortable leather seats and plenty of legroom. And: One flight from Munich to Brno and back (with the smaller 135) in November 2017. And again in 2018.
  • Embraer 190 – several trips in Germany. Very comfortable aircraft, plenty of legroom.
  • Fokker 70/100 – I travelled with one of these to Amsterdam and back in 2006 (on my way to Montreal) and once from Vienna to Frankfurt.
  • MD11 – great, majestic aircraft. KLM used one to fly me to Montreal and back in 2006. It is a pity that KLM removed this type from their fleet.
  • Saab 2000 (turboprop) – one trip from Prague to Brno.
  • Cessna 172 — 1 sightseeing flight from Baltrum over several east-frisian islands in the German north sea with my father on October 5, 2021.

Types of aircraft I hope to fly with in the future