by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 28, 2016 | Featured, Fleet Update, Lufthansa, On Board Experience, Passenger Experience |
Later this year, Lufthansa will begin its rollout of Broadband Access across all of their medium and short-haul aircraft. Beginning in October, and taking until mid-2018, LH will retrofit their A319, A320, and A321 aircraft so that passengers can enjoy in-flight connectivity using their own smart-devices to access the system. Since the 737 will be retired from the fleet this year, it will not be part of the expansion.
According to LH, their Technik division is the first MRO in Europe to receive certification for installing the necessary technology aboard Airbus narrow body aircraft.
Certain aircraft have already been retrofitted with this capability so that systems can be tested before the public is able to use it beginning in October.
Lufthansa Group plans to roll this out to other LH Group Airlines, so expect to see SWISS, Austrian, and Brussels to have the same capability.
A future update will allow passengers to use their cellphones to sent and receive text messages using their own cellphone plans.
by Lufthansa Flyer | May 1, 2016 | Featured, First Class, Lufthansa, Munich, On Board Experience |
A few days ago Lufthansa began adjusting their Winter 16/17 timetable and most noticeable was the removal of First Class service to several cities that are served from Munich. This comes as no surprise as LH has begun the process of converting some of their long-haul fleet from 4-cabin aircraft to 3-cabin aircraft (Biz / Prem Eco / Eco). The first to be affected is the Airbus A330 & A340 fleet based in Munich.
The list below shows the city pair and the date that First Class bookings will no longer be available for the route.
Munich – Boston: January 3
Munich – Charlotte: December 1
Munich – Chicago: January 3
Munich – Delhi: September 21
Munich – Denver: March 26
Munich – Miami: February 4
Munich – Montreal: December 1
Munich – Mumbai: December 1
Munich – New York (JFK): February 2
Munich – Riyadh: March 26
Munich – Tehran: December 1
Munich – Toronto: March 26
Munich – Vancouver: March 26
Munich – Washington DC: February 2
Those First Class Ducks just got a little bit more valuable…. 😉
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 15, 2016 | Featured, Lufthansa, On Board Experience, Passenger Experience |
Later this month, Lufthansa is set to unveil their latest digital innovation when they launch ‘eJournal’ for their passengers.
Beginning Thursday, January 21, eJournal will allow passengers to use their ‘Smart’ devices to download newspapers, magazines and other digital content so that they can be enjoyed during flight. This will also mark the beginning of the end of print material that will be available on board for most flights (more on that later).
eJournal is designed to be fairly simply to use. Passengers simply need to visit www.LH.com/eJournals within 3 days of their scheduled departure in order to select the content they wish to download. You’ll need to your ticket number or PNR code in ‘log in’ to eJournal. Initially passengers will be allowed to download two ‘pieces’ of content. Once the content is downloaded it will be available for you to use even after your flight.
According to LH, the program will expand in March when they plan to add additional content and to increase the amount of downloads that passengers can make from eJournal. It looks like LH will provide additional eJournal benefits for passengers traveling in premium cabins as well as for passengers who have certain status levels within Miles & More beginning in March as well. There is also talk of premium eJournal content being made available for a fee but nothing has been decided as yet.
I mentioned earlier that this marks the beginning of the phase-out of print material on board LH flights. For now, Lufthansa will keep printed material available in First and Business Class cabins, in all lounges and for flights leaving major airports in Germany including Berlin, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, and Stuttgart.
