The wait is over. Lufthansa's new business class takes off in 2 months: finally Allegris
The long-awaited announcement has arrived, and to tell the truth, it was a bolt out of the blue, totally unexpected. The [...]
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The long-awaited announcement has arrived, and to tell the truth it was a bolt out of the blue, totally unexpected. Lufthansa's new business class, or perhaps it would be better to say Lufthansa's new cabins will arrive in May and will debut from Moncao to Canada.
Why new cabins debut from Munich
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As we have explained in several articles Lufthansa operates a two-hub strategy: Frankfurt and Munich.
The choice is also to split the long-haul fleet by placing Boeing personnel and machines on Frankfurt, in fact 747s fly from here and the rest of the Boeing wide-body fleet, while the A380 and all Airbus twin-aisle depart from Munich.
Since the aircraft to be delivered is an A350, its placement at the Bavarian airport is therefore a foregone conclusion.
What we know about Allegris
The new A350 is expected to be outfitted with three cabins: economy, premium economy and business class. All completely new products for the German carrier's fleet and overdue for nearly 8 years.
Revealed in early 2023 they were supposed to debut last year then between technical problems, supply chain delays and various misadventures it has come down to today, the debut will take place during the month of May, but the date has not yet been made official.
Where the first jewel will fly
The first destination will be Vancouver, namely the west coast of Canada. Little information has been made official by LH, but it is enough to know that finally the revolutionary cabin designed by German engineers will take flight in less than 3 months.
In conclusion
The new booths, especially the new business class, are a product never seen while the new premium economy, is an evolution of that found today on Swiss's 777s.
This A350 marks LH's entry into the world of modern cabins, where premium passengers will have direct aisle access, privacy and plenty of personal space.
Of course this is only the first plane, there will be many coming, and most importantly, the retrofitting of the entire fleet will also have to begin, and it will be many years before we are mathematically certain that we will be flying in the new seats and not in the seats of today, but it is already good news that we are moving from the truck to the airplane.
