LUFTHANSA Business Class Retrofit Update For August 2015

LUFTHANSA Business Class Retrofit Update For August 2015

by | Aug 1, 2015 | Business Class, Featured, Fleet Update, Lufthansa, Passenger Experience | 0 comments

Each month LUFTHANSA updates the status of their Business Class retrofit progress across the long haul fleet.   This month’s update confirms that 100 long-haul aircraft now feature the new Business Class cabin.

Since the July report, this is an increase of 5 additional aircraft now outfitted with the new Business Class cabin.   It also means that there are ONLY 7 more left so if things remain on track the retrofit should be completed by September

Here is the breakdown by Aircraft type and then by specific aircraft registration:

The aircraft registration codes that are highlighted in green represent the newly retrofitted aircraft added to the report for this month.

Airbus A330: D-AIKP, D-AIKQ, D-AIKR, D-AIKS  (These 4 planes were line-fit meaning that they were delivered by Airbus with the seats installed).     D-AIKA, D-AIKB, D-AIKC, D-AIKD, D-AIKE, D-AIKF,  D-AIKG, D-AIKH, D-AIKI, D-AIKJ, D-AIKK, D-AIKL, D-AIKM, D-AIKN, D-AIKO have all been retrofit by Lufthansa Technik.   

Airbus A340-300:  D-AIGM, D-AIGS, D-AIGO, D-AIGV, D-AIGT, D-AIGN, D-AIFE,  D-AIGZ, D-AIFC, D-AIGX, D-AIGU, D-AIGL, D-AIFA, D-AIFD, D-AIFF, D-AIGW,  D-AIGY (All Retrofit).

Airbus A340-600:   D-AIHB, D-AIHC, D-AIHD, D-AIHE, D-AIHF, D-AIHH, D-AIHI, D-AIHK, D-AIHL, D-AIHM, D-AIHN, D-AIHQ, D-AIHR, D-AIHS, D-AIHU, D-AIHV, D-AIHW, D-AIHX, D-AIHY, D-AIHZ (All Retrofit).

 Airbus A380:  D-AIMB, D-AIMC, D-AIMD, D-AIME, D-AIMF, D-AIMG, D-AIMH, D-AIMI, D-AIMJ, D-AIMK, D-AIML, D-AIMM, D-AIMN.    MK, ML, MM, and MN  were line fit while all other A380s were retrofitted.

Boeing 747-8i:  All have the new Business Class.

Boeing 747-400:  D-ABTK, D-ABTL, D-ABVO, D-ABVP, D-ABVR, D-ABVT, D-ABVU, D-ABVW, D-ABVX, D-ABVY, D-ABVZ (Retrofit).

Another way to look at the progress is to see which aircraft still need to be retrofitted.  Here is the list as of July 31, 2015:

      A340-600:  D-AI: HA, HO, HP, HT

      A340-300:  D-AIGP (Will be flying as a ‘Jump’ Configuration)

      747-400: D-AB:  VM, VS

If you have upcoming Business Class travel on Lufthansa, you can use this tool to determine if your flight will have an aircraft equipped with the new Business Class.

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LUFTHANSA Business Class Retrofit Update For July 2015

LUFTHANSA Business Class Retrofit Update For July 2015

by | Jun 30, 2015 | Business Class, Featured, Lufthansa | 1 comment

Each month LUFTHANSA updates the status of their Business Class retrofit progress across the long haul fleet.   This month’s update confirms that 95 long-haul aircraft now feature the new Business Class cabin.  That means that 5 additional aircraft now sport the new Business Class Cabin as compared to the June Update.   This leaves only 12 long haul aircraft that need to be retrofitted.

Here is the breakdown by Aircraft type and then by specific aircraft registration:

The aircraft registration codes that are highlighted in green represent the newly retrofitted aircraft added to the report for this month.

Airbus A330: D-AIKP, D-AIKQ, D-AIKR, D-AIKS  (These 4 planes were line-fit meaning that they were delivered by Airbus with the seats installed).     D-AIKA, D-AIKB, D-AIKC, D-AIKD, D-AIKE, D-AIKF,  D-AIKG, D-AIKH, D-AIKI, D-AIKJ, D-AIKK, D-AIKM, D-AIKN, D-AIKO have all been retrofit by Lufthansa Technik.   

Airbus A340-300:  D-AIGM, D-AIGS, D-AIGO, D-AIGV, D-AIGT, D-AIGN, D-AIFE,  D-AIGZ, D-AIFC, D-AIGX, D-AIGU, D-AIGL, D-AIFA, D-AIFD, D-AIFF, D-AIGW,  D-AIGY (All Retrofit).

Airbus A340-600:  D-AIHA, D-AIHB, D-AIHC, D-AIHD, D-AIHE, D-AIHF, D-AIHH, D-AIHI, D-AIHK, D-AIHL, D-AIHN, D-AIHQ, D-AIHR, D-AIHS, D-AIHV, D-AIHW, D-AIHX, D-AIHY, D-AIHZ (All Retrofit).

 Airbus A380:  D-AIMB, D-AIMC, D-AIMD, D-AIME, D-AIMF, D-AIMG, D-AIMH, D-AIMI, D-AIMJ, D-AIMK, D-AIML, D-AIMM, D-AIMN.    MK, ML, MM, and MN  were line fit while all other A380s were retrofitted.

Boeing 747-8i:  All have the new Business Class.

Boeing 747-400:  D-ABTK, D-ABTL, D-ABVO, D-ABVP, D-ABVR, D-ABVU, D-ABVW, D-ABVX, D-ABVY (Retrofit).

 

Another way to look at the progress is to see which aircraft still need to be retrofitted.  Here is the list as of June 30, 2015:

      A340-600:  D-AI: HM, HO, HP, HT, HU

      A340-300:  D-AIGP

      A330-300:  D-AIKL

      747-400: D-AB:  TL, VM, VS, VT, VZ 

If you have upcoming Business Class travel on Lufthansa, you can use this tool to determine if your flight will have an aircraft equipped with the new Business Class.


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