FIFTY YEARS is a long time. In April 1956 Lufthansa introduced
services to D”sseldorf and on to Hamburg, from Manchester. Ringway,
as it was then called, was but a stop on a Lockheed L-1049 G Super
Constellation service that started at Chicago, went on to Montreal, and
then Shannon. The first service from Germany saw Bert Trautmann, a
former prisoner of war, cutting the ribbon just days before his heroic
performance for City in the FA Cup Final where he played in the latter
part of the match with a broken neck. Lufthansa”s summer timetable for
2006 offers Manchester passengers a choice of 85 flights a week (28
to Frankfurt, 21 to Munich, 24 to D”sseldorf and 12 to Hamburg), with
onward connections to 187 destinations in 79 countries in the
Lufthansa network. Our photo shows cabin attendant Anna Schwertfeger,
in the Lufthansa uniform of the 1950's, celebrating the 50th
Anniversary of the services at Manchester Airport with (l -r) Tim
McDermott (Manchester Airport Director of Aviation Development),
Flight Captain Gerrit Adam, Dr Karsten Benz (Lufthansa Vice President
Sales & Services Europe) and Dieter Grotepass (Lufthansa General
Manager UK & Ireland).
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