by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 6, 2015 | Featured, Lufthansa, Strike |
Earlier today in Germany, the union representing Lufthansa’s pilots has announced that recent mediation efforts have failed. Talks have broken down to such an extent that the union has threatened to strike despite its earlier commitment to not strike at least until the end of July while giving mediation efforts a chance to work.
The union has stated that no strike has yet been scheduled because it will be up to their committees to determine the exact timing and target of the strikes. I suspect that the first strikes can come as early as this week based on their posturing.
In the past, the union has usually given at least 24 hours warning prior to any work stoppage. Should a strike impact your travels, you will be able to easily rebook your tickets through LH, or request a refund of your fare.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 30, 2015 | Business Class, Featured, Lufthansa |
Each month LUFTHANSA updates the status of their Business Class retrofit progress across the long haul fleet. This month’s update confirms that 95 long-haul aircraft now feature the new Business Class cabin. That means that 5 additional aircraft now sport the new Business Class Cabin as compared to the June Update. This leaves only 12 long haul aircraft that need to be retrofitted.
Here is the breakdown by Aircraft type and then by specific aircraft registration:
The aircraft registration codes that are highlighted in green represent the newly retrofitted aircraft added to the report for this month.
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-AIKA, D-AIKB, D-AIKC, D-AIKD, D-AIKE, D-AIKF, D-AIKG, D-AIKH, D-AIKI, D-AIKJ, D-AIKK, D-AIKM, D-AIKN, D-AIKO have all been retrofit by Lufthansa Technik.
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-AIGL, D-AIFA, D-AIFD, D-AIFF, D-AIGW, D-AIGY (All Retrofit).
Airbus A340-600: D-AIHA, D-AIHB, D-AIHC, D-AIHD, D-AIHE, D-AIHF, D-AIHH, D-AIHI, D-AIHK, D-AIHL, D-AIHN, D-AIHQ, D-AIHR, D-AIHS, D-AIHV, D-AIHW, D-AIHX, D-AIHY, D-AIHZ (All Retrofit).
Airbus A380: D-AIMB, D-AIMC, D-AIMD, D-AIME, D-AIMF, D-AIMG, D-AIMH, D-AIMI, D-AIMJ, D-AIMK, D-AIML, D-AIMM, D-AIMN. MK, ML, MM, and MN were line fit while all other A380s were retrofitted.
Boeing 747-8i: All have the new Business Class.
Boeing 747-400: D-ABTK, D-ABTL, D-ABVO, D-ABVP, D-ABVR, D-ABVU, D-ABVW, D-ABVX, D-ABVY (Retrofit).
Another way to look at the progress is to see which aircraft still need to be retrofitted. Here is the list as of June 30, 2015:
A340-600: D-AI: HM, HO, HP, HT, HU
A340-300: D-AIGP
A330-300: D-AIKL
747-400: D-AB: TL, VM, VS, VT, VZ
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.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 30, 2015 | Featured, Lufthansa, Strike |
The union representing Lufthansa’s cabin crews today announced that enough progress has been made during negotiations that it warrants a deferral of potential strikes.
Originally, the union had given LH until June 30 to come up with an acceptable offer to avoid crews striking as early as July 1.
With this recent development, it appears that any threat of cabin crew strikes has been pushed back to July 15.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 29, 2015 | Austrian, Brussels, Fare Sale, Featured, Lufthansa, Swiss |
Lufthansa is running an Economy Fare sale for travel between the US and Europe with most fares ranging in the $700-$900 range.
Attractive fares include Dallas – Istanbul for $889, Chicago – Krakow for $699 and Miami Zurich for $879. There are many other destinations that are part of the fare sale.
The fare sale is in place until July 8. Departures must take place between August 23 and October 24, 2015 and return travel must take place between August 30, 2015 and January 24, 2016. The fare sale coincides nicely with the end of the summer tourist season.
Please be mindful that your flights may be operated by Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian, Brussels, United or Air Canada, so please plan appropriately and pay attention to how many miles you earn for your frequent flyer accounts. Earning rates vary widely among the airline plans!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 26, 2015 | Featured, Lufthansa, Voucher |
Lufthansa is offering passengers who book their travel via LH’s Mobile App a voucher good for €20 off of their booking.
The voucher is valid for booking a flight originating in one of several European countries and appears to work for travel anywhere on LH’s network. However flights need to be operated by LH or a regional partner such as ‘Cityline’.
The voucher can be redeemed until July 31, 2015 and travel must take place between now and December 15, 2015.
To get you voucher e-mailed to you, visit THIS LINK to register and request your voucher. Remember to select your country of departure from the drop down menu at the top of this page since your voucher will only work from the country you are departing from.
