Oktoberfest time!

In just a few weeks, it will be "take-off" time for the Munich folk costume crew during Oktoberfest the traditional city beer festival week.

This year, the crew will appear in anniversary costumes: Lufthansa is taking advantage of its 60th birthday to recreate the traditional costume from the 1950s.  The 14 flight attendants will be taking-off starting in mid-September to destinations in North America and the Arabian Gulf.

On 16 September, they will be off to Charlotte (USA), on 21 September to Vancouver and on 29 September to Dubai. “It is for the ninth time already that our costume crew will carry Bavarian tradition throughout the world.  Our passengers will be particularly pleased with this year’s anniversary costume,” says Thomas Klühr, member of the Lufthansa German Airlines Board Finance & Munich Hub.

On selected European flights the Lufthansa CityLine Crew will once again swap their uniforms for Bavarian costumes.

Lufthansa associates at Munich airport’s passenger service will be wearing Dirndls and jackets this year which were designed by Munich-based fashion company Schustermann & Borenstein exclusively for Lufthansa.  During Oktoberfest, many station employees will also be donning Lufthansa costumes.  www.lufthansa.com

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