Düsseldorf International

My friend brought me to the airport two hours prior to departure, as the tickets needed to be issued by the ticketing staff of Lufthansa. I had to wait there some minutes, as a flight to Prague was cancelled and some passengers had to rebook their flights. After I get my tickets with some problems as the etix was booked to a Miles & More Credit Card which was not valid any more, I said 'Good Bye' to my friend and went to the Business Class Counter and checked in. I asked about a window seat in the Upper deck on the segment to NRT which was possible. So I have my first ever seat in the Upper deck on a 744. The boarding pass for the segment NRT – TPE could not bee issued, but the luggage was checked trough to TPE and marked with a priority sticker.

The security check (Business class) took some minutes; my luggage was hand checked.

I headed to the Lufthansa Business Class Lounge / Frequent Traveller Lounge, which was half full. I drank some mineral water and took as usual “Neue Zürcher Zeitung” for the following flight (the format is easier to read in a plane).

Some minutes after the printed boarding time on my boarding pass, I went to the gate A 80.

08 April 2004
DUS – FRA
[Düsseldorf – Frankfurt]
LH 813 (Lufthansa); Boeing 737 – 300
18:05 – 19:00 [18:05 - 19:00]
Business Class
Seat 6 A

Boarding was in time and had just started as I reached the gate.

The plane was half full; since the change of the timetable End of March, the middle seat in National and European flights in Business Class remain empty, which gives the passengers more space. Although this is only a small change (and also discussed in airline related forums like Flyertalk); I like this change, as you could use the table of the middle seat and the seat itself and read or work without problems.

During take off the curtain between Business Class and Economy Class stayed open as usual, but was closed soon after the seat belt sign switched off.

Shortly after take off, the snack boxes were delivered and the beverage service started. The snack box contains two small sausages, a Krautsalat, a small cake and a roll. The beverage service soon followed and the service was efficient and fast on this short 30 minutes flight to Frankfurt.

The flight was uneventful but sometimes a little bit bumpy. I had a good view of Limburg cathedral before we began our final descent to Frankfurt.
We landed just in time at Frankfurt Airport, no delay or anything else. This time no parking position on the tarmac, we had a gate position on Terminal A

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