by Lufthansa Flyer | Dec 16, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa, On Board Experience |
To further enhance an already festive season, LUFTHANSA will welcome children aboard their flights with a special LEGO kit of a Lufthansa A380. The kit will be available beginning tomorrow and will be offered through Christmas on flights operating within Europe as well as on intercontinental routes.
The kit was specially developed for Lufthansa by LEGO. The kits will not be available anywhere else so if you are traveling on LH at some point during this great offer, make sure to get your kit. Lufthansa has said nothing about how old you have to be in order to get this ‘collectible’ 🙂 .
The Lufthansa / LEGO A380.
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.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 26, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa, On Board Experience, Premium Economy |
Browsing through some of Lufthansa’s media galleries, I came across several photos that show a few highlights of the installation process of the new Premium Economy Seat.
These photos are a bit more candid and are not the perfectly posed photos that most of us have seen of the finished product. Some of the photos show the side by side difference between the Premium Economy and Economy seats. You’ll also get a good candid look at the seat pitch for the new seats. All photos are courtesy of Lufthansa.
For a look at each aircraft’s configuration for Premium Economy please visit my recent post where you’ll find all of the new seat maps depicting the new cabin.
Other relevant posts that provide information on rollout of the new seat throughout the long-haul fleet: A380, 747-8i, 747-400, Airbus A330/340
Standard Economy seats removed to make way for the Premium seat.
IFE and Powerport Installation
A good look at seat pitch and leg room
Completed installation – you’ll note that the seats in the first row of Premium Economy will have built in foot rests.
