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.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Dec 30, 2014 | Brussels, Featured, Lufthansa, Route Announcements, Star Alliance |
Over the last few days, Lufthansa and Brussels announced new routes for their respective timetables for 2015 and 2016.
Specifically, Lufthansa will begin seasonal service (1x/week) from Munich to Lanzarote and Tenerife South in the Canary Islands. Both routes will operate 1x/week with Lanzarote seeing service on Sundays and Tenerife South seeing service on Saturdays. Both destinations will be flown by an Airbus A321. Beginning with the 2015/16 Winter timetable the flights will operate on as follows:
Munich – Lanzarote (FUE) will depart Munich at 8:50a and arrive in Lanzarote at 12:35p. The flight will operate as LH1838.
Lanzarote – Munich will depart Lanzarote at 1:40p and arrive in Munich at 7:15p. The flight fill operate as LH1839.
Munich – Tenerife South (TFS) will depart Munich at 8:40a and arrive in Tenerife South at 12:40p. The flight will operate as LH1838.
Tenerife South – Munich will depart Tenerife South at 1:40p and arrive in Munich at 7:15p. The flight will operate as LH1839.
Brussels has expanded their European footprint by adding Bordeaux and Zagreb. Brussels-Bordeaux is set to begin 4x/week service on March 29, 2015 while Brussels – Zagreb will see 6x/week service begin on September 20, 2015. Brussels – Bordeaux will be flown with an Airbus A319 and Zagreb will see the A320.
Brussels – Bordeaux will depart Brussels at 6:30a and arrive in Bordeaux at 8:05a on Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays. The flights will operate as SN3555.
Brussels – Bordeaux will depart Brussels at 2:40p and arrive in Bordeaux at 4:15p on Sundays. The flight will operate as SN3555.
Bordeaux – Brussels will depart Bordeaux at 8:40a and arrive in Brussels at 10:15a on Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays. The flight will operate as SN3556.
Bordeaux – Brussels will depart Bordeaux at 4:50p and arrive in Brussels at 6:25p on Sundays. The flight will operate as SN3556.
Brussels – Zagreb will operate 6x/week (no Saturday flight ) beginning on September 20, 2015:
Brussels – Zagreb will depart Brussels at 2:05p and arrive in Zagreb at 4:10p. The flight will operate as SN3355.
Zagreb – Brussels will depart Zagreb on 4:40p and arrive in Brussels at 6:45p. The flight will operate as SN3356.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Dec 29, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa, Route Announcements |
Lufthansa has updated their timetable to reflect a minor delay for the introduction of the A380 between Frankfurt and Seoul. Originally planned for April 26, the A380 will now debut on the route on May 6, 2015.
As a result of this minor delay, Frankfurt – Boston will have the 747-8i delayed until May 7. Originally, the 747-8i was set to begin flying FRA-BOS on April 27.
If your travels involve these days and routes, please check your assigned seats and make changes as needed since the A380 and 747-8i have ‘slightly’ different seating charts! 😉
