Lufthansa’s first Boeing 787 will enter service shortly, after being delivered to the airline several weeks ago. This is a pretty exciting development, as this will eventually become a significant portion of the carrier’s long haul fleet. This plane will also feature yet another new type of interim long haul business class product. Let’s go…
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Will any of these be diverted to Austrian? Their fleet is basically just milk crates with duct-tape wings at this point.
As Hainan's interior coverings are in a striking color of red surely Lufthansa won't be using them and re-cover all those seats in Lufthansa colors. They're probably changing seat covers no matter what airline seats they're repurposing.
A tad off topic, but you may want to look into LH group’s no longer allowing “flexible” changes on its “flex” fares.
The five “white tail” 787-9s that are being acquired first will later be transferred from LH to another group airline after factory fresh 787-9s are delivered. These five have different engines than the rest of the fleet. Speculation is that they will go to Austrian.
I know we're only 5-10% of the population but many of us over 6 foot tall find these seats to be a backward step, not an improvement. I like my knees and shins, and these seats destroy them.
You may not like Lufthansa’s older seats, but you may appreciate that style of seats when your son is a few years older…
I think the story about LH's 787s (and some 359s), improving the product because other airlines ordered so, and the one about "flex" not being flexible are really related. Related to the strategy, which basically is "pretend to be premium, rip off the customer, don't deliver what you promised".
So basically, European airlines are incapable of providing a competitive hard product unless it was selected or intended for an Asian customer... LH really needs a creative director...
Not European airlines - just Lufthansa, the airline is a shambles, BA, AF, KLM all have great business class and other products.
That is seriously a joke, by now Ben surely your "love affair" with Lufthansa has ended, they are an extremely customer unfriendly airline, have a shocking business class product, don't allow changes on these new fares, and eliminated food on some shortfaul flights.
Hi Ben - I was wondering how much value you place on the consistency of a hard product? It used to be the case that if, for instance, you stepped on a BA long-haul aircraft you knew exactly what you would get with the 'ying/yang' design, same with the Qantas Skybed, or the Virgin reverse herringbone - but now airlines might have different products on each type of aircraft, or might start a new refit before they finished the last one, and the experience can vary significantly. If you are connecting, then both flights could be wildly different in terms of hard product, or if there is a last minute swap you might be changed to an 'inferior' product. Does this matter to you?
Lufthansa are incapable of providing a competitive hard product unless it was selected or intended for a 5-star airline.
LH doesn't need a creative director, they just need to pay Skytrax more.
My guess is either he or Ford would take the two center seats when traveling with a child
Any seat maps for the new 787 from Lufthansa? We got bumped from the 747-8 to the 787 and new seat look suspiciously close to the restrooms on the general 787. Fight is "full" however I've bid on a premium economy seat. What a racket!