Flying Lufthansa B747-400 Business Class - The Last B747-400 Operator

I travelled on Lufthansa B747-400 from Dubai to Frankfurt as part of my Chinese New Year journey to the U.S. The Lufthansa B747-400 made a comeback after months of grounding and uncertainties.
Lufthansa has its own lounge in Dubai but it is rather small and basic. After a short stay, I moved to the Dubai Airport Ahlan Business Lounge which has better food selection.
Once onboard the Lufthansa B747-400, I have the only solo seat in the entire business class cabin. The solo seat 4D, is in the middle of the 747 nose area. The seat is rather exposed without much privacy but I can get in and out easily. It was an overnight flight so the entire flight was in darkness. I enjoyed a quick snack and breakfast before landing. Overall, I am grateful to be able to fly on the B747-400 again, a proven reliable workhorse for the airlines.
This is just the first part of my journey to the U.S. on Lufthansa. Next week, I will share my video inside Lufthansa First Class Terminal and onboard Lufthansa B747-8 First Class from Frankfurt to Los Angeles.
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The 747-400 is such an amazing aircraft. So happy that Lufthansa returned the good old -400s into service. Thanks for using our 747 footage :)

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Yeah I'm glad I had a chance to take a picture of one plane spotting

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Dang man! Love your channel also! Your camera quality and filming is incredible! Especially on that second Lufthansa clip, keep it up!

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[@michaelmills2263]

I agree, I wonder if British Airways have any regrets grounding their entire fleet of 747-400s indefinitely?

[@garyolafson8303]

' Every Landing you can walk away from; is a Good Landing ' I like that saying. Made me laugh, thanks Sam

[@SamChui]

he is so right but i expect every 747 landing like 'butter'!

[@nurrizadjatmiko21]

And you know what else is a little funny ? Some avgeek also started to call the A330 known as The Butter Machine and i think that name is very logical because of it's main tilted landing gear.

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Smooth like butter -V

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germanwing a320 ?

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@@loltroll6063 I think it was not meant to be funny

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747-400 was one of my favourite aircraft to fly long-haul, back in the day. Particularly remember a BKK - FRA (Upper Deck F class) flight ... on LH ... Sitting on the floor ... with the cabin crew ... playing with the only other F class passengers ... an 18 month old baby .. and his mother ... Keeping the little fella entertained, we raced little black and white Porche sports cars (LH gifts) up and down the aisle. The crew from downstairs ... wanted 'in' ... Those were the days ...

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Boeing 747 is a great aircraft. What an amazing experience. Thanks for the awesome video.

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German people are very kind. I lived in Perl one time. I was working in Luxemburg. I'm in fact an ex SABENA staff. OPS manager. Happy landings :-) My godparent she was from East Germany btw.

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As a former F/A, I'm amazed to see people with their shoes off (or wearing flipflops) or a blanket wrapped around them on take-off. They can NEVER picture the possibility of having to rapidly evacuate a burning plane across bring jagged metal with mere seconds meaning the different between life and death. My wife (also a former F/A) and I always wear sturdy shoes with laces, (she prefers hiking shoes) and we NEVER wear nylon clothes (which melt into skin when exposed to fire).

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I love Lufthansa and Lufthansa is my favorite airline and I want to be a flight attendant for Lufthansa and I am working on my German and I can already speak a lot of German and I know that fluent German is a requirement for me since I’m from another nationality Ich liebe Lufthansa,es ist toll❤

[@rogerpointing811]

KLM also had a throne seat in the front cabin of their 747 400.. which I tried out on a flight back from Shanghai before they were retired. Unique experience.

[@nurrizadjatmiko21]

4:17 the classic beautiful noise of the 4 GE CF6-80 engines on takeoff. 8 remainning Lufthansa 747-400 will continue to fly until they will be retired in 2025. As always long life forever for the Queen Of The Skies.

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The remaining original (not cargo) 747 400 in 2022 is Air Atlanta Europe : 1 Air Atlanta Icelandic : 4 Air China : 3 Air India : 4 Asiana : 1 Atlas Air : 5 Bahrain Royal Flight : 2 Dubai Royal Air Wing : 4 General Electric : 1 = test flight only Government Of South Korea : 1 Iraqi Airways : 2 Kingdom Aircraft 2 LLC : 1 Lufthansa : 8 Mahan Air : 1 Morocco Government : 1 Rossiya Airlines : 9 Royal Flight Of Oman : 1 Saudi Arabian Government : 1 Sky KG Airlines : 1 Terra Avia : 1 And Virgin Orbit : 1

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That is until Boeing finally delivers 777-9 that Lufthansa ordered (hopefully).

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@@InTeCredo Lufthansa will start the deliveries of the 777-9 in 2023 if it is still according to plan because i think there is a possibility that it may happen in 2024

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@@nurrizadjatmiko21 Air France retired them?

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What ? What do you mean ? About A380, 747, or A340 ?

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Love how kind the flight attendants are. The pilots were probably fun to talk to, thanks Sam for this video!

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Loving this video! Thank you. Great to see another 747- Enjoy your holiday!

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My Dad always has the pleasure as a ramp worker at YYZ to see this aircraft very often at the airport. He even showed me a photo and it was so cool. Thanks Sam for sharing this, long live the noble Queen!

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[@mrbadiuzzaman]

Bings back beautiful memories of flying on the 747-400. And somehow your shots in the cabin and looking out satisfies the yearn to fly again on this graceful big bird. Bravo Sam for continuing to produce greater flight videos each time.

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LUFTHANSA became my favorite passenger airline since they r the LAST MAJOR OPERATOR of the PASSENGER 747-8I & 747-400!

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My favorite aircraft ever. And... Never been so early to watch your video even it's almost midnight here in western Indonesia. Keep up the work and always stay healthy and stay safe, Sam!

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From my point of view the B747-400 is the best aeroplane I’ve seen in the sky 🌌!

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Your point of view is wrong. I've seen a better aircraft 🙂

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Very clean and tidy plane! Doesn’t feel the oldness from this 747-400 👍

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Another great video of yours, Sam, thanks! This one's reminding me of my flight in that seat from BKK to FRA years back with the older seat. I like this seat when travelling on my own. Looking forward to your video with YT, I am desperately waiting to fly that most beautiful Queen of the Skies!

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Ok I can’t wait to see the next part 🥺😇 And this was incredible thx Sam ✨

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WOW. This is so Dreamy opportunity for every one. Because I think half a million of people around the word maybe so more than this, love the Boeing 747-400/8i queen of sky and like to flight by this machine. Was amazing dear Sam. God blest you and have a more than more nice flight on near future🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

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Nice to see you flying on Lufthansa B747 again I love the queen of the sky and your videos as well 😃🤩❤

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Hi Sam Really Enjoyed This Video Fantastic God Bless You Long Life And Good Health Happy & Great Journey Thanks 😊

Old but Gold! Great flight!

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Very nice! Thank You! I have never flown on or stepped inside a 747, it's on my bucket list but that will never materialize. Enjoy

[@fly_w_tony]

Lufthansa is also using the B747-400 on passenger flight from ICN these days. I think it might be the last airliner to put the B747-400 on a regular passenger flight. :)

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It's so sad 😞

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indeed, I think Air China and Rossiya has a few 747-400 and the rest is all cargo/freighters now.

[@cancri5038]

Do you know how many Lufthansa commercial 747-400s are still there?

[@nurrizadjatmiko21]

@@cancri5038 8 Lufthansa 747-400s are still in service until they will be retired in 2025.

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@@nurrizadjatmiko21 Mmm... I think there's one in my country (at EZE or Aeropuerto Internacional de Ezeiza)

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Thanks very much Sam, as always this is a great review and this is my dream let me tell you, I flown 747 20 and 15 years ago, at the time I didn’t know I was at the most wonderful piece of engendering ever build, definitely I want to fly the 747 before is gone. Thanks for all your work, I really appreciate it you.

[@torgeirbrandsnes1916]

Great vlog as always! I love the 747. The first time I flew the Jumbo jet was the 2nd dec 1983. LHR-MCT div to BAH due to bird strike. BAH-SIN-ADL-SYD. The return one month later, Jan 2nd was SYD-KUL-SIN-MCT-LHR. We was upgraded to C class all the was, both out and home. That vacation was an adventure! We visited friends in SYD for Christmas. I need to go back! Looking fwd to part 2 Sam!

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That second lounge is lovely been in that one last year flying in LH BUSINESS

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Lucky you flying on the retro livery. I also flew on it, before COVID to bueno Aires

[@SK-eg6cw]

@Sam Thanks so much for sharing yor flight experience with Lufthansa from Dubai to Frankfurt/Main Airport. As usual, Sam, a great trip report amd an informative one. It is great to see that the 747 is back into service. ✈🛫 Happy Chinese New Year! 🐅🐅🍀☘🥂

[@oneworldaviation3]

What a brilliant video and comeback of the 747-400!

[@Calebs_Aviation]

Love the video Sam! Great to see the 747’s flying again still especially the old -400. Can’t wait to try LH on the 747!! 🇩🇪 You were lucky to try the 747-8 in the “retro livery” Cheers! 🥂👍😎

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Vous voliez donc sur des 747-428. Certains d'entre eux volent toujours (ils ont gardé leur configuration passagers) pour Air Atlanta Icelandic sur des vols charter.

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I love the sounds of the engines, so so miss flying. Hopefully next year all going well.

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The queen of the sky is back

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Hi Sam, thanks for this awesome rewiew about this awesome airline! And if you want to fly Lufthansa more often, then try their a 350 from Munich to LA or Dubai next time. As a person who lives in Munich it would really make my day to see you walking through Munich airport! Also their senator lounge in Terminal 2 is amazing so check it out some day!

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I’m right now on this aircraft.Flying back to home at Munich!Such lovely seats.

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The sound of the engines at take-off is just amazing!

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Queen of the skies

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Hello Sam,Thank you for the presentation with "The Queen Of The Skies" B747-400 as well as Lufthansa. I have been flying on Lufthansa since 1985 and have flown on 747-200(Combi),LH747-400 and the 747-8. My shortest flight with B747-400 was from TXL-FRA when Air Berlin ceased their operations. The most unique experience for me was when Lufthansa had Flat Bed seat by the window on the Upper Deck. Been a while since I boarded a Lufthansa 747 and look forward for the experience in the near future. The seat 4D is indeed a unique seat on the B747-400 with Lufthansa. Keep up the good work and all the best.

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It’s already been said but I’ll say it again anyway. It’s good to see the 747-400’s flying for Lufthansa again. I think other airlines may follow Lufthansa’s lead and bring their 747-.400’s back into service. God to see you smiling 😊 again Sam.

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I was watching Airline videos live when you landed at LAX on Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt it was so cool you were on there Mr Chui

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Back in 2020 I speculated that we won’t see the LH 400 for long. Thanks for proving me wrong. It is cool to see the 400 back on EDDF’s tarmac

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So nice to see things are opening up. Sad lounge.

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The intresting thing is the Business are full of people... hope can be a good signal of aviation heavy comeback

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Awesome. Awesome video. I hate flying because of my fear of heights but I have a huge love for aviation and my favorite plane the Queen. I’ve always wanted to fly on her but it seems it won’t be this lifetime. 😔 Still a great video.

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Majestic jet as always, atrocious seating.

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