by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 5, 2015 | Business Class, Frankfurt, Lufthansa |
Lufthansa began remodeling their Business Class check-in counters at Frankfurt Airport today. The work is expected to continue until the first part of March.
Passengers traveling in Business Class as well as Miles&More ‘Frequent Travelers’ can use the First Class check-in area located at counters 56-67 in Terminal 1, Hall A. In other words, at the east end of Terminal 1 or to your right when you walk into the airport. Senators of course continue to use the First Class check-in counters.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 2, 2015 | Austrian, Brussels, Featured, germanwings, Lufthansa, Swiss |
On the heels of successful development and testing, LUFTHANSA is set to expand their BioFuel efforts to a new airport for 2015.
Beginning in March, Lufthansa will begin to use a blended Biofuel Kerosene on all flights that depart from Oslo, Norway. This will cover nearly 5,000 departures from Oslo flown by Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian, Brussels and Germanwings. The blended fuel will be provided by Statoil, a Norwegian energy company.
Oslo will be the first airport in the world that will have continuous availability of Bio-Kerosene as plans call for 2.5 million gallons to be delivered to Oslo and pumped directly through it’s refueling infrastructure throughout the year.
As part of this long term development process, Lufthansa had previously tested the use of BioFuel on regularly scheduled flights between Frankfurt and Hamburg for a year and a half as well as on a long-haul test flight between Frankfurt and Washington DC back in 2012.
Lufthansa has been working on a BioFuel alternative for several years and during that time had run extensive testing on a variety of blends from several providers. The challenge has never been the effectiveness or safety of BioFuel but rather finding a sustainable long term supply solution. The key to BioFuel’s future success will depend heavily on Lufthansa’s ability to build a reliable network of suppliers who can source the fuel and meet stringent and consistent criteria as to it’s quality.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Dec 31, 2014 | Business Class, Featured, Lufthansa, On Board Experience |
Each month Lufthansa updates the status of their Business Class retrofit progress across the long haul fleet. As of the latest edition, 61 long haul aircraft (including the first 747-400) now offer the new Business Class seat. This is up from 58 aircraft last month.
Here is the latest breakdown by Aircraft type and then by specific registration (the 3 new retrofits are BOLDED):
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-AIKB, 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. 74% of the A330 fleet is complete.
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). 77% of the A343 fleet is complete.
Airbus A340-600: D-AIHB, D-AIHE, D-AIHF, D-AIHK, D-AIHN, D-AIHQ, D-AIHR, D-AIHS, D-AIHV, D-AIHW (All Retrofit). 42% of the A346 fleet is complete.
Airbus A380: D-AIMK, D-AIML, D-AIMB, D-AIME, D-AIMJ, D-AIMC, D-AIMI. MK and ML were line fit. 58% of the A380 fleet is complete
Boeing 747-8i: All aircraft have the new Business Class (Installed by Boeing as the airplanes were being built). 100% of the 747-8i fleet is equipped with the new seat.
Boeing 747-400: D-ABVW. 6% of the 744 fleet is complete.
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.
