Germany's World Cup squad arrived in Chicago on Tuesday to continue their preparations for the tournament.
The team landed at O'Hare International Airport in the afternoon after an eight-hour flight from Frankfurt.
After landing, the Lufthansa captain relayed a welcome message from the airport tower over the aircraft's loudspeaker: "Welcome to the German team."
The scheduled Lufthansa service, operated by German Football Federation (DFB) partner Lufthansa, had left Frankfurt slightly late because of a thunderstorm but made up the delay during the flight.
Passengers on board received Germany shirts at the departure gate in Frankfurt.
Germany have previously travelled to major tournaments on charter flights, but this time opted for a regular scheduled service for environmental reasons.
Regular passengers were seated in economy, while first and business class on the Airbus A350-900 were reserved for captain Joshua Kimmich and his team-mates, coach Julian Nagelsmann, his staff and officials.
The team boarded separately after a farewell ceremony hosted by long-time DFB partner Lufthansa.
From the airport, the Germany squad travelled about 25 kilometres into central Chicago, where they are staying at the Waldorf Astoria hotel.
Nagelsmann has scheduled the first training session for 11 am (1600 GMT) on Wednesday.
World Cup warm-up against United States
Germany will continue their World Cup preparations at the training ground of MLS club Chicago Fire, where former Germany great Bastian Schweinsteiger once played.
The team will be in Chicago for a few days and play a final tune-up match there against the United States on Saturday.
They move into their World Cup base camp in North Carolina on Monday and start the World Cup on June 14 against debutants Curaçao. Ivory Coast and Ecuador are the other group stage opponents.
Germany are coming off eight straight victories and want to get a final boost with success against the US - who were the first opponents when Nagelsmann started as coach back in 2023, with Germany winning 3-1 in Hartford.
Germany want to do better at the World Cup than in 2018 and 2022, when they went out in the group stage but Nagelsmann and the players are not getting carried away.
"We are thinking step by step, game by game, training by training," midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic said.
However, he also said: "Playing in a tournament everyone has the dream to win it. So do we. We will give our all."
