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Home  >  Lufthansa • New Zealand  >  Lufthansa Salutes New Zealand With A380 Flyover
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Lufthansa Salutes New Zealand With A380 Flyover

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 10, 2020 7 Comments

A Lufthansa A380 performed a flyover as it departed Auckland earlier today, delighting onlookers and serving as a fitting thanks to Kiwis for all their help.

Lufthansa, which prior to this point has never flown to New Zealand, has had a busy week. Acting on behalf of the German government, Lufthansa has sent to 10 aircraft to New Zealand alone to repatriate German, SWISS, and Austrian citizens.

So far away! Thousands of tourists are literally stranded on the other end of the world. This week alone, Lufthansa is sending 10 aircraft to New Zealand on behalf of @AuswaertigesAmt . A matter of honor for all volunteers. We bring you back home safely. #WeAreInThisTogether pic.twitter.com/JACw6Bl13k

— Lufthansa (@lufthansa) April 8, 2020

They are on their way home, nice touch with the fly over Auckland.. pic.twitter.com/ssdyFpLdUT

— sargagram (@Sargeoleary) April 9, 2020

Today was the last flight, which took off from Auckland this morning using an A380. As it departed, the aircraft performed a low pass, known as a flyover, over Waitemata Harbour. Auckalnders were delighted, with many taking to social media to praise the gesture from Lufthansa.

Wow, I feel privileged to have just witnessed @lufthansa’s fly-over #Auckland. An incredible gesture and emotional moment that restores my faith in humanity 🇩🇪🇳🇿

— Gabe Graham (@GabeGraham) April 9, 2020

Scott Tasker, Auckland Airport’s General Manager, called the flyover was a “wonderful tribute to the many Kiwis who had helped stranded German travellers trying to get home”.

CONCLUSION

Living near Pasadena in California, I experience flyovers every New Year’s Day during the Rose Parade. I mention that only to note how exhilarating they are…I can just picture that A380 doing a low pass over Auckland. The flight headed to Bangkok, where it refueled, and is now enroute to Frankfurt.

image: Patrick Feller / Flickr

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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7 Comments

  1. Stuart Reply
    April 10, 2020 at 9:10 am

    Much nicer than the Delta flyover of East LA last year.

    • Matthew Reply
      April 10, 2020 at 9:26 am

      ROTFL!

    • AR Reply
      April 10, 2020 at 11:16 am

      But is it really a true flyover if you’re not dumping fuel? I feel like those Kiwi onlookers got shafted.

    • Xing Reply
      April 12, 2020 at 10:34 pm

      Now this is a comment! 😀

  2. Nate Nate Reply
    April 10, 2020 at 6:12 pm

    I’m a bit surprised there are that so many Germans/Swiss/Austrians in NZ at this time, that multiple A380 and B747 flights are needed. Any color as to why so many were down there and also why these evacuation flights aren’t open to other Europeans, like French and Swedish?

    • Matthew Reply
      April 10, 2020 at 6:13 pm

      Everywhere I go in the world I see Germans. They tend, as a people, to be prolific travelers.

  3. Therese Reply
    April 13, 2020 at 6:49 am

    My partner and my older son with 4 had luck. They left NZ 2 weeks before lockdown in Germany. The governments didn’t warn about the virus and told that it’s not more dangerous like the influenza. So that it’s not surprising meeting a lot of German people in NZ. That’s a normal situation.
    As I can speak for myself and my partner-we are world travelers and we’re hoping that someone will find a good weapon against that bad virus. It’s not only destroying the economies, also the relations between the people.

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