As the largest passenger operator of the 747 with 27 of the type in service (8x 747-400s and 19x 747-8Is), Lufthansa serves a number of destinations across North America, South America, Africa, and Asia with the big Boeing quadjets from its main hub in Frankfurt, Flughafen Frankfurt Main (FRA/EDDF). One of these destinations is Singapore’s Changi Airport, home to Star Alliance partner Singapore Airlines, which itself has 2 daily flights to FRA, one of which has a 5th Freedom leg between Frankfurt and New York City. Recently, the FRA-SIN route has switched over to the rarer 747-400, but the most common type seen at the airport is the -8I.
Server: Solo
Airline: Lufthansa
Aircraft: Boeing 747-8I
Origin: Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt, Germany (FRA)
Destination: Singapore Changi Airport, Changi, Singapore (SIN)
Flight Number: LH780
Route: EDDF-WSSS
Seat: 3A (First Class)
Time En Route: 12 Hours 16 Minutes
Boarding Lufthansa’s oldest 747-8, D-ABYA, named Brandenburg, at Frankfurt
3-engine taxi for departure
All 4 GEnx-2B67s powering us airborne
Moonrise near Linz, Austria. The 747-8I is one of the few aircraft in the Lufthansa fleet retaining a proper first-class cabin, which on the Queen of the Skies takes the form of 8 seats in the nose of the aircraft.
Eating lunch over the Bay of Bengal. Service so far has been excellent up front here.
Leveling out of our southbound turn over Phuket, Thailand
On our base leg in the final descent into Changi
Landing in the afternoon in Singapore after a very, very comfortable flight
Pulling into Terminal 2
Disembarked at SIN
