Lufthansa has updated their roll out of Premium Economy seats among the long haul fleet. Below is a breakdown of aircraft and routes as well as the debut dates for Premium Economy seating as of June 25, 2014:
747-8i (32 Premium Economy Seats)
Beginning December 1:
Frankfurt – Tokyo (HND)
Beginning December 10:
Frankfurt – Beijing
Frankfurt – Buenos Aires (through March 28, 2015)
Frankfurt – Chicago
Frankfurt – Hong Kong
Frankfurt – Los Angeles
Frankfurt – Mexico City
Frankfurt – Mumbai
Frankfurt – Sao Paulo
Frankfurt – Seoul
Frankfurt – Washington (IAD) only on flights LH 418 and 419.
Beginning April 22, 2015:
Frankfurt – Delhi
A340 (28 Premium Economy Seats)
Beginning January 28, 2015:
Munich – Hong Kong
Munich – Shanghai
Munich – Tokyo (HND)
A380 (52 Premium Economy Seats)
Beginning March 29, 2015:
Frankfurt – Beijing
Beginning April 22, 2015:
Frankfurt – Houston
Frankfurt – Johannesburg
Frankfurt – Miami
Frankfurt – New York (JFK) only on flights LH400 and LH401
Frankfurt – San Francisco
Frankfurt – Shanghai
Frankfurt – Singapore
The rollout of Premium Economy continues to be a fluid situation so I would expect that we’ll see more updates and tweaks to the plan, especially since we are 6 months away from it’s debut.
