Last weekend, the highest Caipirinha party in the world took place on a flight from Frankfurt to Rio.

During the aperitif service shortly after take-off at 10.15pm, 352 passengers, hosted by 14 flight attendants, enjoyed the Brazilian national drink mixed from Cachaça, lime juice, sugar and ice.

Six drinks trolleys were transformed into mobile bars wrapped with the Brazilian flag.

Along with samba dancer Paula Souse and conférencier Sergio Neves, who was giving useful travel advice to the international passengers for their trip to the Copacabana and the Sugarloaf Mountain, social media star Klaus-Heidi was on board as well.

The Swede moved from Scandinavia to Berlin after he had changed his name as a result of a popular internet competition, to live in the German capital for one year.

Flying at 39,000 feet, the passengers aboard the Boeing 747-400 experienced the extraordinary Brazilian atmosphere with South American samba and bossa nova rhythms directly at their seats.

Every passenger received a special Lufthansa party package containing a sports cap, colourful garlands, a music CD and fan make-up.

On August 15,1956, Lufthansa opened its first South American service flying via Hamburg, Düsseldorf/Frankfurt, Paris, Dakar, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires with the Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation.

Today, Lufthansa flies to Sao Paolo daily from Frankfurt and Munich, partly with the new Boeing 747-8. Lufthansa is also flying daily from Frankfurt to Rio de Janeiro, its second Brazilian destination.

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