Yet another southeast Asian route with Lufthansa. Currently, Bangkok is the only destination in the Far East that sees the A380, and even that’s only on a seasonal basis, with the type being used during the Northern Winter season. In 5 day, the flight between the Black Pearl of the East and Bavaria will switch over to the A350-900, which is quickly becoming the backbone of Lufthansa’s long-haul flights from its second-largest hub.
Server: Solo
Airline: Lufthansa
Aircraft: Airbus A380-800 (2018)
Origin: Suvarnabhumi Airport, Racha Thewa, Thailand (BKK)
Destination: Munich Airport, Erding, Germany (MUC)
Flight Number: LH773
Route: VTBS-EDDM
Seat: 2A (First Class)
Time En Route: 11 Hours 27 Minutes
Seated in the boarding area in Bangkok while our jet is readied for the flight to Munich
Pushback begins while we settle into our seat. Lufthansa’s A380 first class is middle-of-the-pack, as far as A380s go. Certainly, it’s no flying palace like Emirates and Singapore Airlines’s are, but it’s not bad by any stretch. Unfortunately, the general trend to replacing first class with better business class products means that the seats are shoeing their age, and there’s no guarantee they’ll be brought up to standard following the upcoming refit, if they remain first class seats at all.
Turning onto the runway for takeoff
Beginning our takeoff roll
Roaring airborne out of Suvarnabhumi
Waking up shortly before we start to descend
On the north side of the Alps as we descend into Munich
Early morning arrival in the pre-dawn light
Pulling into Terminal 2
Disembarked as the sun rises on a spring day in southern Germany