by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 13, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa, On Board Experience, Premium Economy, Route Announcements |
In this final installment that covers Lufthansa’s recent announcement concerning the Long Haul Fleet for 2015, I look at changes taking place to the A330/A340 fleet. If you missed my previous posts concerning these updates here are the links: PART I (747-400) , PART II (A380) , PART III (747-8i). For the new seating charts reflecting Premium Economy across the fleet, please visit this post containing all the maps.
A340-300:
Starting with the A340-300, beginning on April 27, cabin configuration will change from 42 Business / 225 Economy to 30 Business / 249 Economy seats on the following routes:
Frankfurt – Atlanta
Frankfurt – Bangkok (On June 3 will change to 30 Business / 28 Premium Economy / 221 Economy)
Frankfurt – Chennai
Frankfurt – Dallas
Frankfurt – Dubai
Frankfurt – Kuala Lumpur (On June 3 will change to 30 Business / 28 Premium Economy / 221 Economy)
Frankfurt – Montreal (Beginning on July 3)
Frankfurt – Nagoya (On June 3 will change to 30 Business / 28 Premium Economy / 221 Economy)
Frankfurt – Nanjing
Frankfurt – Philadelphia (Beginning on April 29)
Frankfurt – Shenyang
For A340-300s that are based in Dusseldorf, they will switch on May 4 from 42 Business / 225 Economy to 42 Business / 28 Premium Economy / 181 Economy seats on the following routes:
Dusseldorf – Chicago
Dusseldorf – Newark
A340-600:
Turning to the A340-600s in the fleet, several changes are in store for the routes they fly:
Beginning on May 14, A340-600 flying on the following routes will change from 8 First Class / 56 Business Class / 217 Economy to 8 First Class / 44 Business Class / 245 Economy Class seats. Then on June 15 the cabin configuration will change to 8 First / 44 Business / 32 Premium Economy / 213 Economy seats:
Munich – Boston
Munich – Chicago
The A340-600 will debut a 4 class cabin (8 First / 44 Business / 32 Premium Economy / 213 Economy seats) on May 12 for the following routes:
Munich – Beijing
Munich – Los Angeles
Munich – Mexico City
Munich – Newark
Munich – San Francisco
Munich – Sao Paulo
Beginning on July 27 the same cabin configuration will debut on:
Munich – New York (JFK)
Beginning on August 20 the same cabin configuration will debut on:
Frankfurt – Bogota
Frankfurt – Detroit
Frankfurt – Tehran
For certain Premium Economy Routes that are scheduled to start in January from Munich, there will be a minor cabin layout adjustment. Initially these A340-600s will be configured with 8 First / 56 Business / 28 Premium Economy / 189 Economy seats. The cabin layout on the following routes will change to 8 First / 44 Business / 32 Premium Economy / 213 Economy seats:
Munich – Tokyo (HND) beginning on March 29
Munich – Hong Kong beginning on May 14
Munich – Seoul(ICN) beginning on May 14
Munich – Shanghai beginning on May 14
A330-300:
The A330 – 300 seating chart will change on May 1 from 8 First / 48 Business 161 Economy seats to 8 First / 36 Business / 193 Economy seats for the following routes.
Munich – Boston (Until May 15 when a 3 class A340-600 take over, followed by a 4 class A340 on June 15)
Munich – Charlotte
Munich – Dubai
Munich – Mumbai
Munich – New York JFK
Munich – Riyadh
Munich – Toronto
Munich – Vancouver (beginning May 14)
Munich – Washington Dulles
I know that this is a lot of information to digest, so in the event that you need more details or a deeper explanation of the changes and how they may impact your travels, please leave a comment or contact me directly.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 12, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa, Premium Economy, Route Announcements |
In part 3 of Lufthansa’s extensive update for their Long Haul fleet for 2015, I look at the 747-8i and the new destinations it will see beginning in late March. The changes aren’t widespread, but if you live in, or travel to these LH destinations you are in for a treat with the 747-8i.
Beginning on March 29, 2015 the 747-8i will replace the 747-400 on the following routes.
Frankfurt – Buenos Aires
Frankfurt – Newark
Frankfurt – New York JFK (LH404 & LH 405) — As a side note, LH had indicated as recently as this past summer that FRA-JFK would be dropped from the timetable. It looks as though they changed their mind and will keep JFK as a gateway.
Beginning on April 27, 2015:
Frankfurt – Boston (LH422 & LH 423)
All 747-8i will operate as 4-class aircraft with 8 First Class, 80 Business Class, 32 Premium Economy and 244 Economy seats:
PART I: Click here to see the changes coming to the A380 route map as well as the A380’s Premium Economy rollout calendar.
PART II: Click here to see the changes involving the 747-400, including the removal of First Class cabins and Premium Economy rollout calendar.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 12, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa, Trip Reports |
You may or may not have noticed, but LufthansaFlyer.com was fairly dormant for most of the last 10 days. It wasn’t for a lack of content or news regarding LH……
What created this vacuum in the blogosphere was the fact that my wife and I spent an unbelievable week on Safari in Africa. With polygraph attach, I can say that it was by far THE……BEST……VACATION…..that I’ve ever been on. What we saw, who we met and what we observed was unlike anything else that either one of us has ever experienced.
I do know that my cameras came back with 10 full memory cards and approximately 6500 photos and 4 hours of video. The prospects of sorting through all of it feels akin to putting a firehose in my mouth and turning the valve.
I’m having trouble where to start my series of trip reports due to the aforementioned statements.
The week on Safari in Africa was framed with 3 long haul flights by Lufthansa and 1 by United. I changed our outbound flight from the USA to UA since LH pilots had announced a long haul strike for the day were flying to FRA. I did not want to jeopardize our trip so was proactive but in hindsight we would have been fine on the LH flights since most long haul flights operated as usual.
As I sort through content and photos, I’ll use this post as an introduction and future installments will go in more details on our experiences. I’ll go into much greater details on the fantastic lodge, our hosts and the wonderful creatures that we saw from sun up to sun down (and later) each day!
So for now, enjoy a small appetizer of what my cameras captured……..
A Lioness guards her pride while they rest after a successful hunt…..
One of the first things we saw, a Leopard guarding his kill from a pack of Hyenas….
A monkey takes a moment…..
Taking a breather before continuing his dinner.
Of all the ‘Big 5’, the buffalo is perhaps the most dangerous.
A rare sighting as Rhinos tend not to lay down.
Kings of the jungle caught having a ‘moment’…..
One of my favorite moments as the Zebras almost appear to pose….Why does the one on the right remind me of Jerry Lewis……
A cheetah ponders her options prior to stalking her prey……
An adolescent Elephant uses our plunge pool as an open bar…….
It wasn’t all ‘claws and paws’, the scenery and sunsets were spectacular.
