We arrived at the gate a little later than planned for our 5 PM flight up to Oslo, and boarding was mostly finished. You might wonder how it’s possible to be late when you have a four hour layover, but trust me, it is. We didn’t miss the flight and that’s what matters.
The consequence for our tardiness was ending up on the last bus headed out to the remote pad. This meant we had to sit and wait for all the true stragglers to show up. Our kids were getting a little antsy when we finally started to move.
Bus ride to the remote pad at Frankfurt Airport
It was a long bus ride. Like I thought perhaps that the flight had been cancelled and instead they were going to bus us all the way to Oslo. The upside was that we got a great tour of the Frankfurt Airport and saw a good chunk of the Lufthansa fleet in the process.
Bus ride to the remote pad at Frankfurt Airport
Bus ride to the remote pad at Frankfurt Airport
Bus ride to the remote pad at Frankfurt Airport
Bus ride to the remote pad at Frankfurt Airport
After what was probably a 10-15 minute ride, we finally arrived at the plane. We boarded up the stairs.
Lufthansa A321 Frankfurt to Oslo
We had been assigned seats at the front of the business class cabin, but the flight attendant who greeted us told us that everyone had boarded so we could take whatever seat we wanted. Considering that it was our family, one other young couple, and a solo traveler we really did have whatever we wanted.
The first few rows of the cabin had a permanently affixed table in the middle seat.
Lufthansa A321 Frankfurt to Oslo
The flight attendant offered us to move back such that we could have three of us in the same row, but I assured her that was unnecessary. Instead my wife took the 1-year old, I sat with our 5-year old, and my daughter was across the aisle.
Lufthansa A321 Frankfurt to Oslo
The seat pitch was kind of tight.
Lufthansa A321 Frankfurt to Oslo
We we were soon offered a departure chocolate. I passed as I’m not really a fan of milk chocolate.
Lufthansa A321 Frankfurt to Oslo
The flight was rather uneventful. I had expected that we would receive dinner on this 2 hour flight given that it was scheduled to depart at 5:00 PM and arrive in Oslo at 7:05 PM — not that we really need it after eating sausages all afternoon in the club! — but it turned out to be more of a cold snack.
The regular plate consisted of a salad atop slices of mango, sliced cold chicken, a dessert of fruit, a dollop of crème fraîche (or mascarpone? fancy dairy products are not my forte), and more chocolate.
Lufthansa A321 Frankfurt to Oslo
The flight attendant said they had kids meals onboard, even though we hadn’t ordered them. I thought that was kind of impressive. Their plate consisted of a sandwich, fruit, and a brownie. I think I might have preferred this instead.
Lufthansa A321 Frankfurt to Oslo
My son and I each had sparkling water with our meal. I mostly dozed for the rest of the flight as it was now late in the day following our overnight flight, though I remember being offered tea or coffee at some point.
Lufthansa A321 Frankfurt to Oslo
Before long the captain came on to say we were arriving into the Oslo Airport. We didn’t have a gate at this end either, and instead deplaned down frozen stairs. I was actually a little surprised at how icy the stairs were.
Lufthansa A321 Frankfurt to Oslo
My phone said it was cold, somewhere around 5°F. This was by far the coldest temperature we experienced on the trip. Welcome to Norway!
We quickly claimed our bags and headed to the hotel.
Lufthansa A321 Business Class Bottom Line
Business class on intra-European flights isn’t all that impressive, and mostly consists of an empty middle seat. But as I always say, the three most important things when traveling with kids are space, space, and more space, so in that sense, it was fine.
I didn’t think that the snack was all that substantial for a flight departing at dinnertime. But I was impressed that they had kids meals loaded even though we hadn’t requested them. So I guess that balances out. Overall, this was a comfortable flight up to Oslo.
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