{"id":270794,"date":"2026-08-23T16:52:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T16:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270794\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T16:52:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T16:52:35","slug":"im-flying-from-pittsburgh-to-los-angeles-via-portugal-and-germany-just-to-ride-one-last-lufthansa-a340-600","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270794\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Flying From Pittsburgh To Los Angeles Via Portugal And Germany Just To Ride One Last Lufthansa A340-600"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-192295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Lufthansa-A340-600-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\"  \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>I decided to fly home from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles via Washington Dulles, Lisbon, and Frankfurt\u2026as one does. The reason: to fly on a very special Lufthansa aircraft one more time.<\/p>\n<p>Lufthansa plans to retire its iconic Airbus A340-600 fleet on October 25, 2026 and I wanted to try it once more. So when it came time to fly home from Pittsburgh, I decided to take the \u201cscenic\u201d route via Portugal and Germany. I\u2019ve had many memorable flights on the A340-600 over the years, and with Lufthansa finally retiring these planes, I wanted one last trip on an aircraft that has been such a distinctive part of its longhaul fleet.<\/p>\n<p>To be honest, I wanted to fly via Zurich on the new SWISS A350 or via Vienna on the Austrian 787-9, but no space opened. Instead, I found space on TAP Air Portugal from Washington to Lisbon, operated by an Airbus A321, connecting same-day to Frankfurt on a Lufthansa A321 with a drastically different \u201cbusiness class\u201d seat!<\/p>\n<p>With first class award space now a relic of the past, I had to book business class on Lufthansa, but that offers the opportunity to try <a href=\"https:\/\/liveandletsfly.com\/project-fox-lufthansa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Project FOX<\/a>, the new onboard soft product, and to try it from Frankfurt rather than an out-station.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule means I get into Frankfurt late and leave the following morning, so I won\u2019t even bother going to into town, as much as I\u2019d love to go <a href=\"https:\/\/liveandletsfly.com\/amex-platinum-metal-card-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buffalo<\/a>, which as far as I am concerned is the best steakhouse in the world. I will go grocery shopping for my wife at Rewe, the grocery story inside Frankfurt Airport, and stay at the Sheraton Frankfurt Airport.<\/p>\n<p>With a five hours in Lisbon, I\u2019ll also go into the city for lunch and coffee if I can get through European Entry\/Exit System (EES) without issue\u2026this video scares me:<\/p>\n<p>(my recent experiences in Brussels, Amsterdam, Vienna, and Paris have been the opposite: extremely easy)<\/p>\n<p>So stay tuned for first impressions of these flights\u2026I\u2019m really excited to \u201crevisit\u201d these airlines that I haven\u2019t been on in quite awhile since my default these days is SAS (<a href=\"https:\/\/liveandletsfly.com\/sas-million-mile-challenge-accepted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">trying to burn down my miles, especially while I still have EuroBonus Gold status<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-129640 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Lufthansa-business-class-falling-apart-A340-600.jpg\" alt=\"Lufthansa business class falling apart A340-600\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"  \/>From my last A340-600 trip\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"49\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/liveandletsfly-logo-white-610x49.png\" class=\" et_bloom_image_no_animation et_bloom_image\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tGet Daily Updates<\/p>\n<p>Join our mailing list for a daily summary of posts! 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