Travel to Chennai via Frankfurt

Charlotte-Frankfurt-Chennai

Monday, July 18 - Tuesday, July 19, 2011

We left home around 9:05 AM. Our flight US Airways flight from Tallahassee to Charlotte was delayed but the weather was very nice. Clear day both in Tallahassee and Charlotte. So we made-up sometime.

We arrived at Charlotte and at the main gate area we ate lunch. Papa John’s pizza and Burger King. Our flight US 704 to Frankfurt was delayed and arrived at 3:30 PM. Soon we boarded the plane and left for Frankfurt. The US Airways flight was not comfortable. There was very little leg space and the food was okay and we had to pay for our extra luggage and ear-phones (didn't buy it). The weather in Frankfurt was sunny and we arrived only 25 minutes late.

Early in the afternoon we left for Chennai. The LH flight was much more comfortable and had channa masala dinner and I watched a free movie Rio. We finally arrived in Chennai just before mid-night Tuesday. Thiyagu was waiting and there was light rain. By the time I arrived home it was almost 2 AM.

Trip Abroad Asia Trip - 04

Flight LH445

Atlanta Frankfurt

Tuesday-Wednesday, Dec 22-23, 2009

Somewhere between US and Europe

We left about 15 to 2o minutes late in time at Atlanta-Jackson International airport and flew from Atlanta toward Frankfurt in Germany via Lufthansa LH 445. Half way through the flight I had to take help of a cheerful and helpful air hostess to retrieve an ear-plug that got stuck in my ear and started to break. She very skillfully used her name badge to pull the ear-plug out of my ear. Thanks to her thoughtfulness and skill.

Then as we approached the airport we had to land outside the regular terminal since we were late. By the time we landed it was 9:10 local time and by the time the ladder was placed and boarded the bus to the terminal it was 9:35. Out connecting flight was supposed to leave at 10:15. So we hope and run through the terminal and security check only to find out our flight has already left.

We then had to leave the boarding area to get our tickets re-booked. We were rerouted via Qantas and Singapore airline via Singapore to our final destination. We then boarded our Qantas flight about 12 hours of stay at Frankfurt.

Trip Aborad Asia Trip - 01

Trip Abroad Asia Trip -01
via Lufthansa Airlines

We will be off to Asia via Europe soon. We will be flying via Lufthansa Airlines, the German carrier based in Frankfurt, Germany. It has been several years since we flew in Lufthansa.