by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 6, 2013 | Airlines |
Lufthansa recently provided an update regarding its fleet and seating capacity for the near future. According to this Bloomberg article and coming as no surprise, Lufthansa looks to increase capacity at the expense of First Class seats.
According to the article, Carsten Spohr who run’s LH’s passenger airline division addressed analysts in London and provided projections for the next 2 years regarding capacity along with other minor updates:
- Capacity (number of seats available) will see a net increase of 1% for 2013. In 2014, LH projects capacity to increase by 5% followed by an additional 4% increase in 2015 and a further 3% increase for 2016. This gain will come from the elimination of First Class cabins on certain routes to Africa, Canada and India.
- Capacity increases will also come as more A380 and 747-8i aircraft are added to the fleet over the coming years while smaller aircraft like the A340 are retired from service. I would suspect that the new Premium Economy seat that is planned for rollout next year will take up a fair amount of space that is freed up by removing the 8 First Class seats from long haul aircraft as well as increasing the amount of 2-class aircraft within the fleet.
- Also as part of Spohr’s update, it looks like Sao Paolo will soon see the 747-8i. My guess is it will be ahead of the World Cup scheduled for June and July 2014. It may be just a matter of waiting for Boeing to deliver the next one.
- He also commented on a potential tie up with Air China and an expand LH’s relationship with ANA.
None of this should come as a major surprise since these moves have been widely expected and discussed for several months.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 2, 2013 | Airlines |
In case you missed the Lufthansa emails earlier today, they are giving away voucher codes that are good for future travel if you book a ticket by Sunday, 6 October.
The promotion works as follows: Book a Lufthansa flight originating in Great Britain and you will receive a £15 voucher code with your booking confirmation that you can then apply to a future Lufthansa operated flight.
If you are a resident of the ‘continental’ EU, you will receive a €20 voucher after you book a ticket for travel within Europe. However travel must originate from Germany.
The vouchers will be awarded for bookings made through 6 October and MUST BE APPLIED by 31 October to a subsequent booking. The valid travel period for a fare purchased used the voucher is between 2 October 2013 and 31 March 2014. All flights must be operated by Lufthansa ‘mainline’ or regional partner such as Cityline or Eurowings.
Click here to be taken to the Great Britain offer
Click here to be taken to the EU offer
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 1, 2013 | Airlines |
Since Lufthansa launched BLUE LEGENDS, I’ve had many USA based Blue Legend users email me voicing their disappointment that they could not participate actively when flying on non-Lufthansa operated flights in the USA. In order to “Check In” for a flight on Blue Legends, a Lufthansa flight number is required. This included codeshare flight numbers for flights operated by United and US Airways.
To that end, I’ve been able to assemble a complete list of codeshare flight numbers that Lufthansa uses for flights operated by United and US Airways. I’ve made these lists available as dedicated pages on my website. The links below update the codeshare flight numbers for October flights.
For United Operated Flights: “BLUE LEGENDS: Lufthansa Codeshare Flight Numbers For United Flights”
For US Airways Operated Flights: “BLUE LEGENDS: Lufthansa Codeshare Flight Numbers For US Airway Flights”
If you are unfamiliar with Blue Legends, I encourage you to visit the app’s website or read my post on Blue Legends.
There are a few things to keep in mind with these lists:
Lufthansa does not have a codeshare flight number for every United or US Airways operated flight.
Lufthansa updates their codeshare flight numbers monthly and I’ll update my list to reflect the changes (I’ll let you know when I’ve updated the pages).
The list only contains the LH codeshare flight number, origin and destination and does not contain departure or arrival time information. You’ll need to cross reference your own itinerary and match it up to the appropriate LH code share flight number.
If you have any questions or need help with Blue Legends, feel free to e-mail me or leave a comment on this post.
