Lufthansa celebrates historic landing: the first A350 'Allegris' has arrived in Munich
Lufthansa has a fleet of 24 Airbus A350-900s. Most are based on the Munich hub, so from those [...]
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Lufthansa has a fleet of 24 Airbus A350-900s.. Most are based on the Munich hub, so in those parts the landing of one of the Toulouse company's wide-body bireactors is not news.
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Sunday, April 14, however, near the head of Runway 26R at the airport dedicated to former Bavarian President Franz Josef Strauss a small crowd of spotters, the photography enthusiasts found at all the world's major airports, assembled. They were awaiting the landing of a very special A350-900, destined to some extent to mark the history of the German carrier.
The aircraft in question, makes D-AIXT., appeared before fans at 3:47 p.m., at the end of a 'ferry flight' from Toulouse that lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes. Outside was an 'ordinary' Lufthansa A350, the fuselage white with a tail and the words 'Lufthansa' in blue.
But Inside, the aircraft christened 'Leipzig,' carried (finally) the now-famous new Allegris cabins, i.e., the product that Lufthansa will install on all future new aircraft dedicated to long-haul, and with which it will replace the existing in-flight product on all aircraft intended to remain in the fleet in the medium to long term (the Boeing 747-8s, the other A350s, perhaps the A330-300s and A380s, but not the A340-300s, A340-600s, and Boeing 747-400s).
The debut of the new cabins on a flight with paying passengers will take place next May on the Munich-Vancouver route., then it will be the turn of the Munich-Toronto in the summer. According to planespotters.net, Lufthansa already has two more A350s with Allegris cabins ready to arrive in Bavaria: two examples that are currently parked awaiting delivery at the airport in Teruel, Spain. One has been there for over a year, the other for just under six months. Lufthansa wanted to wait until it had a minimum number of Allegris-equipped aircraft before getting one 'home'. And the wait has been long, due to supply chain delays.
The three airplanes are distinguished from the rest of the A350 fleet in LH's force by having four cabins instead of three: a 4-post First Classi in 1-2-1 configuration, a 38-seat Business Class, a 24-seat Premium Economy and a 201-seat Economy.
The two most innovative products are First Class and Business Class.. The first for the Central two-person maxi-suite that converts into a large double bed.
The second for the really unique seating configuration. Looking at the diagram, in the two cabins separate from the galley there seems to be no 'order' and it seems that no two places are the same in terms of layout, privacy, personal space.
E the dea of Allegris' designers. was precisely to provide Lufthansa Business passengers with the opportunity to Choose their place in the most personalized way possible. Watching carefully, one still 'senses' a 1-2-1, 1-1-1, 1-2-1, 1-1-1 pattern.
The 4 seats in row 2 (the first of the front cabin of Business), namely 2A, 2D, 2G and 2K and the four in a row 8 (the first of the rear cabin of Business), namely 8A, 8D, 8G and 8K are authentic suites (but without a sliding door) equipped with more personal space and privacy.
Equally 'gluttonous' are the four 'thrones' located in the middle section of the cabin: 3E and 5E in the front cabin and 9E and 11E in the rear cabin.
The others are more standard places, both in terms of privacy and personal space, although On the two outer sides of the cabin, you can choose to sit immediately next to the window or next to the aisleo.
The big step forward compared to all previous Lufthansa businesses is the fact that each seat (and thus each of its occupants) enjoys a direct aisle outlet, superseding the 'traditional' 2-2-2 of Business now installed on all LH's twin-aisle aircraft (Except for the scattered flock of 5 Boeing 787s that, however, Will soon switch to Austrian Airlines), now really dated and outdated.
