by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 4, 2015 | Amenity Kit, Business Class, Featured, First Class, Lufthansa |
Lufthansa has just unveiled a refresh of their Amenity Kits for long-haul Business and First Class passengers.
Beginning this month, Business Class passengers will receive a newly designed kit from Reisenthel. There will be 4 variants of this kit between now and fall. The kits will feature skincare products from Korres along with the other traditional pieces that you would find in a kit such as toothbrush, toothpaste, socks, etc.
The new Business Class Amenity Kit (photo: Lufthansa)
Beginning in Summer, First Class passengers will find a newly designed kit from Braun Buffel who has already been providing First Class amenity kits. Unfortunately as of the time that I am writing this post, I do not have a photo of the new kit. I’ll post one once I track one down.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 4, 2015 | Business Class, Featured, Lufthansa |
Each month LUFTHANSA updates the status of their Business Class retrofit progress across the long haul fleet. This month’s update confirms that 70 long-haul aircraft now feature the new Business Class cabin. That means that 6 additional aircraft now sport the new Business Class Cabin as compared to their February update. The aircraft registration codes that are highlighted in green represent the 6 newly retrofitted aircraft.
Here is the breakdown by Aircraft type and then by specific aircraft:
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-AIKD, D-AIKE, D-AIKF, D-AIKG, D-AIKH, D-AIKI, D-AIKK, D-AIKM, D-AIKN, D-AIKB have all been retrofit by Lufthansa Technik. This represents 74% of the A330 fleet.
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-AIFF, D-AIGL, D-AIFD, D-AIGW, D-AIFA (All Retrofit). This represents 95% of the A340-300 fleet.
Airbus A340-600: D-AIHE, D-AIHF, D-AIHK, D-AIHN, D-AIHQ, D-AIHR, D-AIHS, D-AIHV, D-AIHW, D-AIHX, D-AIHB, D-AIHC, D-AIHD (All Retrofit). This represents 54% of the A340-600 fleet.
Airbus A380: D-AIMK, D-AIML, D-AIMB, D-AIME,D-AIMJ, D-AIMC, D-AIMI, D-AIMG, D-AIMF. MK and ML were line fit while all other A380s were retrofitted. This represents 75% of the A380 fleet.
Boeing 747-8i: All 17 aircraft have the new Business Class. D-ABYS enters service in March.
Boeing 747-400: D-ABVW (Retrofit). This represents 6% of the 747-400 Fleet, 1 out of 17 thus far.
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.
Click here to see February’s update.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 3, 2015 | Fare Sale, Featured, Swiss |
SWISS is currently running a 2-day fare sale featuring attractive fares from US gateways to a variety of Swiss destinations including Basel, Zurich, Geneva, and Lugano. The fares cover Spring and Summer travel and are worth considering if you are thinking about a Holiday to Switzerland to help you forget about a fairly brutal winter.
The best fares include Boston and New York where for only $840 you can get to Basel or Zurich. Otherwise most East Coast Gateway fares run in the high $800 to low $900 range. West Coast Gateways (LAX/SFO) fares to Switzerland range from the mid-$1200s to low $1300 range.
The fare sale ends on March 4 and covers travel dates as follows:
Departures need to take place between April 6 and May 15.
Return travel can take place as late as mid-August according to the SWISS booking engine.
These fares are only available for Monday-Thursday travel. Weekend travel dates will incur a small surcharge.
