"Absolute exemption": Flight number changed in honor of Eintracht Frankfurt

Created: 04/15/2022, 22:17

Eintracht took the plane from Barcelona back to Frankfurt on Friday (April 15, 2022).

(Iconic image) © Boris Roessler/dpa/Archive

Eintracht Frankfurt makes a triumphant return after winning Barcelona.

The cup heroes are also honored at Frankfurt Airport.

Barcelona/Frankfurt - A city is proud of its football heroes.

The sensational victory in Barcelona was followed by real goose bumps for players and fans of Eintracht Frankfurt* in the stadium.

Even on the day after the triumph at Camp Nou, the euphoria is unbroken - as was to be seen on the return flight home.

The SGE was given a special honor for the homecoming from the European Cup coup against FC Barcelona *, as reported by fnp.de *.

According to the Bundesliga soccer club, the flight number for the return flight to Frankfurt Airport was changed to "1SGE".

"Thanks to an absolute exception," tweeted the Hessians before departure, adding: "No kidding, just nice."

Frankfurt Cup heroes approaching the airport

The abbreviation SGE stands – as the fans are of course well aware – for the term “Eintracht sports community”.

According to the German Press Agency (dpa), the Lufthansa flight with the flight number "1SGE" could be observed on Friday afternoon (April 15, 2022) on the flight data website "Flightaware" on the return flight.

In the evening, the SGE published a photo from the plane approaching Frankfurt Airport *.

The home stadium could be seen through a window.

Title: "Oh, beautiful Frankfurt... the semi-finalists are back!" On social media, the club's supporters were almost as enthusiastic about the flight number campaign as the Spanish press was about Eintracht Frankfurt's performance.

(dpa/ag)