Homage to the Oktoberfest: Lufthansa dress crews fly again this year

Unfortunately, the Munich Oktoberfest has been cancelled – but Lufthansa is still holding on to the tradition of the traditional costume crews: On the 22^nd of September 2020, eleven flight attendants in traditional costume will once again take off from Munich to Newark in an Airbus A350. In addition, from the 21^st to the 25^th of September 2020 costume crews will be on board numerous European flights operated by Lufthansa CityLine from Munich – including flights to Berlin, Sylt, Vienna, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Manchester and Santorini.

The current Lufthansa traditional costume was designed in 2018 by Munich-based traditional costume specialist Angermaier: The flight attendants’ Wiesn dirndl is dark blue with a silver-gray apron, while the gentlemen wear short leather pants with a dark blue vest in the dirndl’s fabric. It has also been a long-standing tradition for Lufthansa’s passenger service staff in Terminal 2 to welcome passengers in Dirndls and traditional costume during the Wiesn period.

And last but not least, the Lufthansa lounges in Munich, in addition to the costume crews, are once again a reminder of the Oktoberfest season. Passengers can choose from typical Bavarian dishes such as Leberkäs’, cabbage or potato salad – complemented by roasted almonds, pretzel pearls and Oktoberfest beer. In September, trout and Bavarian cream are served on board Business Class, among other things. A Weissbier can be ordered with it. Incidentally, the first Lufthansa flights in traditional costume took place in 1957, and the idea was taken up again in 2006.

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