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.
Any more news on the new business class rollout for the 747-400 fleet?
I’ll have an update in 2-3 days.
Thanks. I look forward to reading it.
Great info. Planning to fly biz class from BOS to FRA in early July 2015. 2 flights seem to have different equipment, either 747-400 or 747-8. Can you tell which of these will have the upgraded biz seats? Many thanks.
Make sure you book the 747-8i operated flights. Very low odds to see a 744 with new Biz in Boston. LH422 & 423 have the 748.
thanks for the excellent info. can you show them as a % of each fleet,
e.g. 54% of A340-300s have new business class (hypothetical example)
Good idea. I’ll update the post later today. I can say for sure the 747-8i fleet is 100% 🙂