-August-1988

Lufthansa  Boeing 727-230

D-ABKR Europa Jet "Bielefeld" with additional sticker ´UEFA 88`-European Football Championship in Germany, photo taken in front of hangar 5 and 6, where all Lufthansa and Condor aircraft were maintained, also A.300, DC-10 and B.747, the tail sections had to stay outside. (mehr von D-ABKR)

10-November-1978

Transavia Airlines  Boeing 737-222

PH-TVI In the late 70´s British Airways was in search for new aircraft for the European division. PH-TVI is seen here, wearing additional ´on lease to British Airways´-titles at Lohausen, after a diversion due to bad wheather at Shiphol. Please note also the foldable on-board stair, a specific feature fitted also to all B.737-100´s and the first generation B.737-200´s of Lufthansa. (mehr von PH-TVI)

-December-1979

Lufthansa  Boeing 737-130

D-ABEA The first Boeing 737 ever in passenger service, line number 2, took to the air for the first time on May, 13th in 1967. The ´Coburg` is seen here during pushback from Terminal A on a sunny winter afternoon, photo was taken over the fence from those stairs, who originally connected the arrival with the departure level outside terminal A. (mehr von D-ABEA)

-August-1987

LTU International Airways  Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar

D-AERI ´Romeo-India` taxies to position at terminal C with the characteristic tower and the lower old observation deck in the background. By this time, the lower deck accomodation / bar inside the Tristar had been removed, also the additional protection shield behind the front wheel doors. D-AERI caught fire during maintenance inside hangar 8 and was destroyed by the spreading fire outside the LTU-hangar on June, 21th 1991. (mehr von D-AERI)

-June-1992

Lufthansa  Boeing 727-230 Adv.

D-ABKT ´Aachen`was the one and only B.727, which carried the new Lufthansa colors only for a few months until she was sold to Air Terrex in autumn 1992. (mehr von D-ABKT)

-May-1982

Condor  Boeing 737-230

D-ABHD The second B.737-230 of Condor, photographed from outside, in the bare metal colourscheme, an experiment to find out whether with lower air resistance and lower weight fuel could be saved. Sadly D-ABHD crashed on approach to Izmir on January, 2nd in 1988. (mehr von D-ABHD)

-February-1983

Lufthansa  Boeing 737-230

D-ABHD This B.737-230, leased from Condor in the winter season 1982/83, carried an experimental colourscheme. On the starboard side an additional blue cabin stripe was applied. D-ABHD crashed during a flight from Stuttgart, approaching Izmir on January 2nd. 1988. (mehr von D-ABHD)

-October-1982

Lufthansa  Boeing 727-230

D-ABCI `Europa Jet Karlsruhe` during push-back with polished metallic fuselage. This colourscheme was a test to find out, whether Lufthansa could save fuel by a lower fuselage weight. Also all three DC-10-30 and the four b.737-200 of subsidiary Condor were delivered new with metallic fuselage in the early 80´s. (mehr von D-ABCI)

-June-1990

Air Afrique  Lockheed L-1011-50 TriStar

N185AT Air Afrique leased this Tristar-50, buildt in 1973 for Delta Air Lines as a model -1, from October 1989 until October 1990 from American Trans Air. N185AT is seen parked next to hangar 8, where she had received maintenance by LTU. The Tristar-50 had a higher MTOW, strengthened fuselage, wings and undercarriage. (mehr von N185AT)

-May-1977

LTU International Airways  Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar

D-AERI Romeo-India on final aproach to runway 24, today runway 23L, on a sunny spring evening, only a few weeks after delivery from Pacific Southwest Airlines. Clearly visible is the additional protection behind the front wheel doors. All three ex PSA Tristars, D-AERE, D-AERI and D-AERU were delivered to LTU with a bar in the lower deck. Sadly, On June, 27th 1991 Romeo-India caught fire inside hangar 8 during maintenance and was destroyed by the fire finally outside. (mehr von D-AERI)

-June-1977

Condor  Boeing 747-230B

D-ABYH Jumbo "Max" during pushing ( ! ) to the Lufthansa maintenance area at Lohausen. In 1979 this aircraft was sold to Korean Airlines as HL7442 and on July,1st in 1983 KAL007 was shot down by a soviet fighter near Sakhalin Island. (mehr von D-ABYH)

-August-1978

LTU International Airways  Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar

D-AERE In 1977 LTU bought three Tristars series 1 from Pacific Southwest Airlines. D-AERE was the first one, followed by D-AERI and D-AERU. All three aircraft retained the PSA lower deck passenger accomodation / bar inclusive a foldable passenger stair. The FAA required modifications you can see behind the nosewheel doors. Photo was taken during "photo and film safari" in summer 1978. (mehr von D-AERE)

2-November-1978

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines  Boeing 747-206B(M)

PH-BUK Louis Blériot diverted into DUS due to bad weather conditions at Schiphol and is showing his opened rear cargo bay at Lohausen, while a DC-8-63 of CP-Air is departing to AMS. PH-BUK was converted to SUD-standard, still as combi and looking like a B.747-300, in the mid 80s. Today ´Louis` is preserved in the Aviodrome-museum at Lelystad in the Netherlands. (mehr von PH-BUK)

-March-1978

Olympic Airlines  Boeing 747-284B

SX-OAB Minutes before ´Olympic Eagle´ leaves Lohausen for Athens-Hellinikon at a time, where all abroad living Greeks had to travel home for parliamentary elections. SX-OAB still survives at the closed old airport of Athens in a derelict state. (mehr von SX-OAB)

-April-1987

United Parcel Service (UPS)  Boeing 747-123(SF)

N674UP In December 1984 this B.747-123F, originally buildt for American Airlines as an pax airliner, was delivered to UPS as one of their first widebodies. In 2003 N674UP was withdrawn from service and parked at Roswell, New Mexico. (mehr von N674UP)

-March-1990

Japan Airlines (JAL)  Boeing 747-146

JA8102 This B.747-100, delivered to JAL twenty years ago, taxies into position B52, after arriving from Paris on a sunny sunday afternoon. In the late 80s/early 90s JAL operated a twice weekly service from Düsseldorf via Anchorage to Tokio and Osaka. (mehr von JA8102)

6-April-1980

Garuda Indonesia  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32

PK-GNU Three sisterships were sold to Aero Lloyd in 1982, retaining the basic Garuda colours. (mehr von PK-GNU)

6-April-1980

Singapore Airlines Cargo  Boeing 707-338C

9V-BFW Triumvirat - all three Cargo B.707´s of Singapore Airlines, 9V-BFC and 9V-BFN are the others, together in front of the passenger terminal at Singapore´s Paya Lebar Airport, the old international airport. (mehr von 9V-BFW)

6-April-1980

Singapore Airlines  Boeing 747-212B

9V-SQI This B.747-212B was delivered to Singapore in 1979 and bought by Olympic AW in April 1985. Since June 2002, formerly ´Olympic Flame´ SX-OAD has been parked at Bruntingthorpe, UK (mehr von 9V-SQI)

-February-1988

Spantax  McDonnell Douglas MD-83

EC-EFJ The `new`Spantax operated only three flights together with her sistership EC-EFK into Düsseldorf, then in March 1988 Spantax finally ceased all operations. Other operators of this MD-83 were British West Indian Airlines, TWA and at least American Airlines (mehr von EC-EFJ)

-September-1982

Spantax  McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

N1035F This DC-10-30CF was originally ordered by Overseas National Airlines, but Icelandair was the first operator in 1979, then Air Florida in 1980 and from September 1982 Spantax in this hybrid Icelandair-Air Florida-Spantax livery. In 1984 she was converted to a DC-10-30F ( freighter ) for Fedex as N304FE and she flies today, after 36 years in service, as MD-10-30F (mehr von N1035F)

-June-1985

Spantax  Boeing 737-2K5 Adv.

EC-DUB This B.737-2K5 ( ex D-AHLF ) was bought from Hapag-Lloyd in 1984. (mehr von EC-DUB)

18-January-1980

Spantax  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14

EC-CGZ The picture shows DC-9 line number 8, one of three DC-9-14 operated by Spantax. From 1994 this aircraft was operated by Allegro Air of Mexico, where it run out of fuel and crashed at Tampico, Mexico on May, 14th in 1996. (mehr von EC-CGZ)

-June-1985

Spantax  Douglas DC-8-61

EC-DVB This DC-8-61 was modified to DC-8-61F/LD standard,( looks like a DC-8-63 ) in the 90´s by Airborne Express with DC-8-63 engines and pylons. (mehr von EC-DVB)

-June-1985

Spantax  McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

EC-DUG Spantax bought this DC-10-30 from Swissair ( ex-HB-IHB ) in 1984. From 1986 Continental Airlines operated this bird as N19072 until retirement in 2001. (mehr von EC-DUG)