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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:42 pm Post subject: Lufthansa A380 |
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http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-51510.html
Lufthansa A380
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First delivery in May – Online competition to find a nickname for the A380
Up to now it has been a closely guarded secret, but with the completion of the painting of the first Lufthansa Airbus A380 on Friday (5 February) it can now be revealed that the aircraft bears the name “Frankfurt am Main”. Lufthansa’s second A380, which arrived at the Airbus facility in Hamburg-Finkenwerder on Wednesday afternoon (3 February), will be named “München”.
“The choice of names underlines the central importance of our two major hubs.“ In May, the Airbus with the registration D-AIMA will land for the first time in Frankfurt, its namesake city on the River Main, before entering scheduled service with Lufthansa, mainly on routes to Asia and North America.
Competition:
A competition to find a catchy nickname for the Airbus A380 will be launched this coming Monday at
lufthansa.com/a380
under the motto “Be part of it”. Entrants stand a chance of becoming a millionaire as the winner will receive one million Miles&More award miles. Visitors to the website also have access to exclusive films, photos and reportages that offer fas-cinating insights into a wide range of topics relating to the A380.
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karatecatman Guest
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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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Lufthansa embarrassed after Russian 'Stalingrad' hijack
Lufthansa, the German airline, was left embarrassed after a competition to name a new aeroplane was rigged by Russians who nominated "Stalingrad," the site of one of Nazi Germany's worst defeats.
Andrew Osborn in Moscow
02 Mar 2010
Lufthansa launched the online poll last month in order to find a name for one of a batch of new Airbus A380s it will start using soon. It offered the person who dreamt up the winning name the "glittering prospect" of acquiring one million air miles, enough to fly round the world twice in first class.
Almost immediately, a Russian woman nominated "Stalingrad," the Russian city where Nazi Germany suffered a crushing defeat in 1943 at the hands of the Red Army with the loss of up to one million troops.
Within days, almost 10,000 people had voted for "Stalingrad" making it the favourite to win by a huge margin. The airline apparently thought Russian pranksters were behind the incongruous result, suspecting they had rigged the voting with the help of a special computer programme.
Faced with the prospect of having to name one of its planes after a city that broke the back of the Third Reich, Lufthansa quietly removed the "Stalingrad" nomination from its website.
A spokesperson later justified the decision, saying that the airline only named its planes after German cities and was looking for a name that would appeal to children. The winner of the poll will be announced at the end of this month. The current favourite is the comparatively inoffensive moniker "Sky Future." |
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