by Lufthansa Flyer | Dec 2, 2014 | Business Class, Featured, Fleet Update, Lufthansa, Technik |
Each month Lufthansa updates the status of their Business Class retrofit progress across the long haul fleet. This month’s update confirms that 58 long-haul aircraft now feature the new Business Class cabin.
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 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-AIFF, D-AIGL, D-AIFD (All Retrofit).
Airbus A340-600: D-AIHE, D-AIHF, D-AIHK, D-AIHN, D-AIHQ, D-AIHR, D-AIHS, D-AIHV, D-AIHW (All Retrofit).
Airbus A380: D-AIMK, D-AIML, D-AIMB, D-AIME, D-AIMJ, D-AIMC, D-AIMI. MK and ML were line fit.
Boeing 747-8i: All aircraft have the new Business Class (Installed by Boeing as the airplanes were being built).
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.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 17, 2014 | Featured, Fleet Update, Lufthansa |
Lufthansa and the German government have partnered to retrofit one of the fleet’s A340-300s into an aircraft that will be able to safely transport Ebola patients.
Lufthansa Technik will take D-AIGZ or ‘Villingen-Schwenningen’, remove several rows of seats and in their place install 4 Isolation Chambers for patient transport. The set up will allow easy access by medical professionals to their patients. Additionally, these Isolation Units will have dedicated air filtration systems that will be separate from the the rest of the aircraft’s ventilation systems.
According to Lufthansa, volunteer pilots and flight attendants will operate these flights and the aircraft will be available for any country that would have a need to transport Ebola patients.
The retrofit is expected to be completed by the end of November and the aircraft will be maintained for immediate deployment. The aircraft will obviously be removed from normal passenger service and WILL NOT be retrofitted with the new Premium Economy cabin as originally planned.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 29, 2014 | Featured, Fleet Update, Lufthansa, On Board Experience |
Lufthansa has been rolling out a substantial upgrade to its Inflight Entertainment Systems (IFE) and has recently provided an update on the progress. The new system being introduced is a wireless one where passengers can use their own ‘smart’ devices such as phones, tablets or wireless-capable laptops to connect to the IFE system. The system is known as ‘Board Connect’ and is expanding throughout the fleet.
The new system offers passengers access to a large selection of Movie and TV Show options as well as 100 Music CDs covering a wide range of options. Additionally, passengers have access to Newspapers, Magazines and other content through the new platform.
Board Connect is now being introduced throughout the Airbus A321 fleet, with 20 of the type already having the new system installed. The goal is for nearly the entire fleet to migrate to this platform as it creates flexibility for the passenger. For the airline, a system like this translates into the savings of millions of dollars in fuel and technology costs since aircraft would no longer have the need for monitors to be installed in each seat.
To access Board Connect, passengers MUST FIRST install either an App or or Plug-In on their device in order to connect to the onboard servers. Lufthansa has a dedicated website that provides links to these Apps which you can access by clicking this hyperlink.
The first Lufthansa destinations that will see the new system will include Tel Aviv, Baku, Grand Canary and Ashgabat. More destinations will follow as additional aircraft are outfitted with Board Connect.
To find out if one of your upcoming flights will have Board Connect available, please click here.
