LUFTHANSA:  Business Class Retrofit Update For March

LUFTHANSA: Business Class Retrofit Update For March

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.


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Reminder:  LUFTHANSA USA Business Class Sale Ends Today!

Reminder: LUFTHANSA USA Business Class Sale Ends Today!

Just a reminder that the Lufthansa Business Class Fare Sale that I mentioned back in January ends today!  The sale is valid for travel during most of the summer and well into the fall.

Most fares between the East Coast and a variety of European destinations range from the low to mid $2000 range, while the central US and west coast ranges between $3000 and $4000.   There are a few anomalies like Detroit-Rome which is pricing at $4400 but that is exception and not the rule for this sale.

The valid travel dates for this promo are as follows:

Departures must take place between June 25 and August 29, 2015.

Return Travel must take place between July 7 and November 29, 2015.

Fares are valid for Monday through Thursday travel.  Weekends will incur a surcharge.

 

Be mindful when you book your tickets since the operating carrier can be Lufthansa, Austrian, SWISS, Brussels, Air Canada or United.  My suggestion is to focus on the first 4 carriers that I mentioned.   You won’t regret it!


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LUFTHANSA:  All Munich Based 3-class Long-Haulers Now Have NEW First Class Cabin

LUFTHANSA: All Munich Based 3-class Long-Haulers Now Have NEW First Class Cabin

Lufthansa provided an update on Friday indicating that all of their long haul aircraft based in Munich (Airbus A330 & A340) now feature the new First Class cabin.

In all, 24 MUC-based aircraft now have the new cabin.   Next up for the fleet will be the completion of the Premium Economy cabin install, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

I expect LH to release their monthly fleet retrofit report in the next few days which will provide additional detail on their progress.


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