Friday, March 20, 2009

Lufthansa new 747 configurations more Economy seats

Lufthansa is reconfiguring its Boeing 747-400 fleet by removing 2 rows, 14 Business Class seats and replace it with 4 extra rows, 36 seats of Economy.Smart moves, especially the introduction of Y class on the LH BBJ was long awaited and demanded by the market and routes to the Near East seem to fit perfectly, maybe some African markets are just around the corner and LH could grow there, however it took them quite some time to react to the changing market conditions and willingness of companies to let their employees fly in C

Business Class
Row 26/27 gone

Economy Class
Row 26/27 Business will be replaced by Row 28-31 Economy

Row 28 - 30 ABC - DEFG - HJK
Row 31 ABC - HJK
After the new C refit, there were actually 3 configurations:
16F/80C/234M
16F/66C/270M
16F/54C/310M

The new configuration is F16C66Y270 (total: 352), a net increase of 22 seats compared to F16C80Y234 (total: 330)