After a year of shutdowns and travel restrictions, things are getting back to a normal on both sides of the pond. This causes Lufthansa to return to Charlotte with their iconic CLT – MUC flight.
While frequencies are still low, this is a first sign of recovering international travel needs. For the beginning, Lufthansa plans to fly with three weekly flights, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The first flight out of Charlotte will be on Saturday, July 3rd on Lufthansa current flag ship plane, the Airbus A350-900. This is in deviation from last years: Lufthansa intended to bring the A340-600 to Charlotte. However, Lufthansa has retired this aircraft type since. Important for all spotters: The first arrival is currently planned for Friday, July 2nd and the plane will most likely stay in Charlotte overnight.
While this start date is still a month away, and lots can happen during that time, I feel confident that this time the flight is going to stick around and won’t be postponed. Demand for freight and pax is high, and aside of MUC-CLT, Lufthansa also plans to revive other US routes in July, like MUC-JFK and MUC-BOS.
Hello. Have you heard anything about the new runway? Do you know if and where the new overlook will be located? Thank you.
Regards,
J. Young
New runway: the plan used to be that construction of taxiways and the new runway will start sometime next year, in 2022.
According to rumors, the new overlook should be in place before or around the time the old one closes. It might, however, also be that we will have to wait a while before the new one is operational.
Some plans that are floating around show the overlook very close to its current location (a few hundred yards to the west), with a building added to it that offers restrooms, conference rooms and such. I will make a post about this soon, but it is not clear how ‘official’ these plans are (yet) or if this is just a concept.