Allegris and 'tristis': stuff never seen before, on Boeing 747-8s Lufthansa will have two different business classes
Lufthansa is expanding its fleet of Airbus A350s equipped with Allegris cabins while increasing destinations [...]
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Lufthansa is expanding its fleet of Airbus A350s equipped with Allegris cabins while increasing the destinations on which they are available departing from Munich.
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At the same time, it has not yet resolved the matter of Allegris' failure to be certified by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, which is forcing it to keep a dozen Boeing 787-9s on the ground..
The vicissitudes (for better or worse) of the German carrier's new cabins affect Italian travelers even more closely after the closing between the latter and ITA Airways was accomplished and the two airlines are moving forward on the path of increasing interaction and collaboration, which in 2026 will touch its peak with ITA's entry into Star Alliance and Lufthansa Group's successor loyalty program, Miles & More.
Speaking of Allegris, the news that has emerged in recent hours from Frankfurt is that. the new cabins will also surely be installed on the entire fleet of 19 Boeing 747-8s.
The first two Allegris jumbos will be seen as early as the second half of 2025, but in an internal configuration that certainly represents unique worldwide: in fact, there will be as many as two different Business Classes on board the two 747-8s.
In fact, the main deck will be fitted with the new seats and the new, highly distinctive Allegris layout, while the current Business Class, which has 4 seats per row in a 2-2 configuration, will remain on the upper deck.
The news, leaked on social media, Has been confirmed to The Flight Club by Lufthansa..
It is clear that between the two Business classes, at least talking about 'hard' products (seats, cabin) there will be an abysmal difference, reasonably such that the two Businesses will have different ticket prices. But from Frankfurt they let us know that they have not yet put their heads on the issue.
The reason why on the main deck there will be Allegris Business and on the upper deck not, however, is quickly said: the 'top floor' of the 747 tapering going upward, Making changes to the new cabin necessary Lufthansa has yet to finalize.
And the same will happen with First's booth., positioned in the 'nose' of the jumbo on the main deck: there, too, the fuselage shrinks as it progresses to the 'nose' of the 747 and engineers will have to make changes to Allegris First's massive suites so that they can fit within those spaces.
In short, it is possible that for quite some time, starting in the coming months, the Boeing 747-8 fleet will be somewhat 'upside down', a situation that Lufthansa will have to manage in the best possible way in terms of pricing and customer relations in order not to run the risk of alienating the favor of some of its premium customers.
From the German carrier's headquarters, they would not say whether work to fit out the first two 747-8s with Allegris (involving the replacement of not only one of the two Business cabins but also the Premium Economy and Economy cabins) has already started. However, scrolling through the fleet list of 19 Boeing 747-8s in Lufthansa's force, there are two that are currently parked 'for maintenance': these are the D-ABIF 'Sachsen-Anhalt' (in the fleet since October 2012) and D-ABYJ 'Hannover' (in the fleet since June 2013).
Lufthansa's current 787-8 configuration includes 8 suites in First, 48 seats in Business (2-2-2), 32 in Premium Economy (2-4-2) e 244 in Economy (3-4-3) On the lower deck and 32 seats in Business (2-2) On the upper deck.
It is likely that with the new layout, capacity will change, as the Allegris Business has a lower seat density than the existing Business Class.
