SHOWS: FRANKFURT, GERMANY (JUNE 12, 2018) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1.

GERMAN SOCCER TEAM PLAYERS WALKING PAST ON TARMAC, COACH JOACHIM LOEW HOLDING JACKET OVER SHOULDERS TO SHIELD FROM RAIN 2.

COCKPIT WINDOW 3.

PLAYERS BOARDING PLANE RENAMED "FANHANSA" from LUFTHANSA, GERMAN FLAG FLYING NEXT TO PLANE DOOR 4.

WRITING ON SIGN OF PLANE READING IN GERMAN "TEAM PLANE" 5.

PLAYERS STANDING OUTSIDE PLANE DOOR 6.

WIDE OF DOOR 7.

WRITING ON SIDE OF PLANE READING "FANHANSA" 8.

FOLLOW ME CARS PARKED ON TARMAC FRANKFURT, GERMANY (JUNE 12, 2018) (LUFTHANSA VNR - ACCESS ALL) 9.

PLANE TAKING OFF FOR MOSCOW STORY: World champions Germany left for the World Cup on Tuesday (June 12), boarding a plane for Moscow ahead of the team's first game against Mexico on Sunday night (June 17).

Decorated with the slogans "Fanhansa" and "team plane," the Airbus A321 took off from Frankfurt around 1 p.m. (1100 GMT) in pouring rain.

Germany are in Group F along with Sweden, South Korea and Mexico.