Lufthansa (LH) on May 22 launched its first scheduled flight with all-new onboard products that include first-, business-, and economy-class seats as well as FlyNet, the first onboard broadband Internet access using a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop or smartphone in every travel class.
The aircraft, an Airbus A330-300, operating the Munich (MUC)-Washington Dulles service, is the first of three of the type to be delivered to LH this year; two additional aircraft are dedicated to Swiss International Air Lines.
LH will introduce its first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Frankfurt-Washington service featuring the all new products June 1.
LH German board member Jens Bischoff told aboard the Hamburg-MUC delivery flight that “when all aircraft have new seats in all classes by 2014, we expect €300 million in additional earnings.” He said that LH this year has invested €1.5billion ($1.92 billion) in new aircraft and €300 million in new service products. “We ordered 7,000 new business-class and 800 new first-class seats, the biggest order of any airline,” Bischoff said.
LH completed reconfiguring narrowbodies this spring and will install new first-, economy-class and business-class seats on its A380s in 2014.
In this new cabin configuration, the number of business-class seats will shrink from 98 to 92.
Deutsche Lufthansa AG executive board member Carsten Spohr told the company is considering adding a premium-economy class and will make a decision in the next six months.
Article Source : ATW Daily News
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