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Don't Watch This Video if Bumpy Airplane Landings Freak You Out

January 10, 2012 at 5:05 PM | by | Comment (1)

There's been a truly amazing video hitting the rounds of #avgeeks on the internet this week and we couldn't resist sharing it as well.

The above video is a little more than 9 minutes of aircraft landing and taking off from Germany's Düsseldorf Airport during a storm, which brought with it some serious wind conditions. The crosswind landings are successfully executed by pilots from a range of airlines, excepting Condor, who had to make a second try at it.

Only uploaded a few days ago, the video from Cargospotter has already garnered over 67,000 views on YouTube, and for good reason; the HD quality and freedom from an annoying soundtrack are awesome. And, while we've never experienced landing in such severe crosswinds as this (and hope we never do), we have been to DUS and can say that, ordinarily, it's not a dangerous airport at all. Until you throw a storm into the game.

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What's Up with the Oneworld Alliance in 2012

January 5, 2012 at 4:19 PM | by | Comments (0)

After a challenging year for some of the founding members of the Oneworld alliance, 2012 will surely be brighter. In 2011, the alliance saw American Airlines file for bankruptcy and Qantas' chief grounding the entire network to challenge labor disputes, plus Iberia closing out the year with rounds of employee strikes.

There were some shining stars, however, with the finalization of International Airline Group (the conglomerate that combines British Airways and Iberia), Cathay Pacific offering overhauled cabins and in-flight amenities, and Japan Airlines emerging from bankruptcy stronger and more stable.

As we get going with 2012, we can't help but notice the huge changes happening amongst these airline buddies. Oneworld is the world's smallest of the major airline alliances, yet consistently hits the high marks in passenger ratings. With the addition of 3 new carriers, Oneworld will gain a fighting chance to excel in years to come. Here's what's happening meanwhile:

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Over Two Minutes of Time-Lapse, Tilt-Shift Video Fun at Frankfurt Airport

Where: Frankfurt International Airport, Frankfurt, Germany
December 9, 2011 at 11:18 AM | by | Comments (0)

As if you needed any more reasons to lust over airline lounges, we must say that some of the best photos and videos come from them. Proving this yet again is YouTube user Ross Johnson, aka Tumbles94, who emailed us to say that he's again used his perch in one of the Lufthansa lounges at Frankfurt International to capture mesmerizing tilt-shift, time-lapsed videos.

For this third installment—see the first two here and here—Ross spends a good long time shooting the 747s and smaller jets that scuttle around the tarmac, plus the drones of the support vehicles.

Note the changing light as the day progresses, and the shadows the clouds cast. Riveting stuff, and many thanks to Ross for continuing to produce these.

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Back by Popular Demand: More Time-lapse and Tilt-shift Video on the Tarmac

September 19, 2011 at 4:40 PM | by | Comments (0)

Encore! Encore! It's time-lapse and tilt-shift at an airport! Last week we featured a great but short video shot from one of the lounges at Frankfurt Airport.

This week, the video's creator Ross Johnson, aka Tumbles94 on YouTube, returns with a longer version—about 40 minutes of shooting condensed via time-lapse into a hypnotic 1:20. Overall it's a bit like the full length novel to the earlier video's Cliffs Notes, but when is that a bad thing?

The star of this video, in our humble opinion, may just be those cranes going about their work with slow purpose, meanwhile the support vehicles hyperactively zip about like they've each downed a 5-Hour Energy drink.

Catch the first video here:

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Six Tips for Women at Munich's Oktoberfest, From the Ladies of Jaunted

Where: Munich, Germany
September 19, 2011 at 9:46 AM | by | Comment (1)


Kim Kardashian represents womankind at last year's Oktoberfest. Vom.

Okay people. Oktoberfest is officially in full swing. The brew has been tapped and the pretzels baked and the hotels...well, filled. The luxury hotel collection Rocco Forte Hotels dropped some advice into our inbox regarding tips for ladies visiting Oktoberfest, and as seasoned female revelers at Munich's massive party, we've got some priceless tidbits of our own to add:

· Drink: The only authentic drink at the Oktoberfest, even for women, is beer. But caution is advised—the typical Munich festival beer, specially brewed for Oktoberfest has a higher alcohol percentage than average. When drinking with others it is polite to clink your glasses, while looking the person in the eyes, and say “Prost”.

Jaunted Says: Whoa—not true about beer being the only authentic drink! In fact, we'd argue there are two other beverages it's "authentic" to drink at Oktoberfest, both of which work out well for those who don't particularly enjoy chugging beer: champagne and schnapps. Look beyond the ginormous beer tents to the Weinzelt tent, a smaller tent that specializes in Nymphenburger Sekt—sekt being German champagne. Even smaller and dotted around the Theresienwiese are schnapps booths, where a few Euro goes a long way (towards getting drunkers).

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Pretzels on Planes! Ja, Lufthansa Loves Oktoberfest

Where: Germany
September 16, 2011 at 10:21 AM | by | Comments (0)

Don't say we didn't warn you. There are now pretzels on Lufthansa planes, and you can thank the spirit of Oktoberfest, the fall festival which officially begins tomorrow, September 17.

Want to see some passengers ripping into those warm, soft in-flight pretzels? Just watch Lufthansa's slick little video above to kick off the fest, although we have to admit that the real attraction of it are the glamor shots of both male and female flight attendants in traditional Bavarian dress, doing such traditional German things as welcoming you with a "Grüß Gott," caressing your Rimowa luggage, and pouring you a big glass stein of Dunkelweizen.

If you'd like to catch the trolley dollys in Dirndls this season, watch for them in Montreal, Sao Paulo, and of course in Munich International Airport. More details right here.

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Time-lapse, Tilt-shift and an Airport Can Only Mean Good Things

September 15, 2011 at 4:40 PM | by | Comments (0)

We've long admitted our love of Time-lapse video, but combine time-lapse with Tilt-shift and we're all ears (or eyes, rather).

The video below is a very recent example of the magic that comes with today's photography technology, plus it's just really cute. You want to give the airplanes a treat or something, like they're gerbils instead of multi-million dollar machines. Note that there's tons of Lufthansa featured because it was shot at Frankfurt Airport.

Watch it, enjoy it, and remember that tomorrow is finally Friday:

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The USA Has Crop Circles, Germany Has Giant Auto Logos

September 12, 2011 at 9:36 AM | by | Comment (1)

Headed to Frankfurt anytime soon? If your answer is yes—and we wish ours was—you’re in for a little treat as your plane approaches the runway. Those crazy cats over at General Motors have installed quite a large display in a field around the airport, as they want everyone to realize that Chevrolet is a pretty big deal.

The giant Chevy advertisement is part of the company rolling out the welcome mat to important industry big wigs and hotshots attending this year’s auto show in Frankfurt. The Chevy sign takes up like 6,458 square feet of space—oh wow—and is obviously the biggest Chevrolet logo in the world. We have to admit, however, that we have a hard time thinking of any other logo in the world that’s even bigger than this one—right?

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Ryanair Publicity Stunts Now Just Getting Lazy, Probably Sexist

September 8, 2011 at 2:56 PM | by | Comment (1)

Listen. We're not exactly prudes when it comes to the significant overlap between the world of travel and the world of boobs. In the course of a few months last year we covered very extreme flight attendant nakedness on three different continents, spanning calendars and ads from Australia to Russia to Spain.

We—proudly, with absolutely no shame—had a Naughtiest Flight Attendants 2010 Jaunty. We maintain different sections so we can differentiate between Nude Travel and Naked Travel and Sex Travel, because, hey, those are all different things and we know you demand precision on these issues.

So we can't really get offended by latest Ryanair ad, which pushes cheap tickets to the Bavarian beer festival. The picture is fine—it's just a fraulein showing a hint of cleavage—but the cheap attempt at controversy comes from putting her picture under "See The Frauleins With The Big Jugs." Our problem is that the ad just kind of sucks.

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Coming Soon to a Lufthansa Plane Near You: Flight Attendants in Dirndls

Where: Germany
August 23, 2011 at 8:25 AM | by | Comments (0)

In exactly 24 days, it will officially be Oktoberfest in Germany, most especially in Munich where the biggest festivities go down in the form of a beer guzzling free-for-all (actually there are champagne and schnapps tents too). Still, it would only be proper for the German airline to get in on the fun, thus Lufthansa has announced that a select few of their international flights will be crewed by girls and guys dressed in dirndls and tradiational Bavarian suits.

HOT.

The flight details aren't super specific, except to say that the costumed flight crews will head from Munich to San Francisco on September 13, to Montreal on September 22 and finally September 28 to Sao Paulo. One or two may also pop up on other international flights and around Munich International Airport through October 2.

All of this compliments special Oktoberfest menus in all classes, plus the addition of a Bavarian music channel on in-flight entertainment, to get the Gemütlichkeit flowing. And, just in case you haven't yet marked it on your calendar, Oktoberfest runs from September 17 to October 3.

[Photo: Lufthansa]

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How To See Germany's New Pair Of Baby Polar Bears

March 28, 2011 at 4:01 PM | by | Comment (1)

Every few years the Nuremberg Zoo gets adorable polar bear cubs, and so every few years we do a post about adorable polar bear cubs at the Nuremberg Zoo. Last time it was Flocke, who was hand-reared because her mom Vera kept dropping her on the floor. This time Vera has given birth to a pair of polar bear twins, Aleut and Gregory, and she's been flawlessly raising them.

The twins just made their public debut and - predictably - they're insanely cute. The Nuremberg Zoo was already one of the largest zoos in Europe - over 2,000 animals from 300 species spread over 170 acres - so there were already plenty of reasons to visit. Now they also have a pair of polar bear cubs.

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Inside and All Around Lufthansa's Massive 'Tokio' Airbus A380

March 3, 2011 at 10:01 AM | by | Comments (0)

Steven Frischling—airline geek, professional photographer and travel security blogger of Flying With Fish—just returned from Lufthansa's first A380 flight between Frankfurt and New York. For us he shares his range of feelings on the trip, Jaunted's second-ever special rendezvous with this plane:

The word "behemoth" does not adequately describe the Airbus A380-800, especially when you're standing underneath it, but it's got to do.

I have stood beneath the Boeing 747-400, stood inside the engine of a Boeing 777-200 and flown in the cavernous belly of a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, each of which are massive in their own right. I have seen the Airbus A380-800 from a distance...and it seemed gargantuan even then.

The other day, for the first time, I had the opportunity to explore an Airbus A380-800 up close, at Lufthansa's Frankfurt Technik maintenance hangar. It was then that, upon walking up to the A380, instantly my idea of the airplane was changed from other superlatives to simply "behemoth."

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