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Lufthansa eyes summer delivery of Boeing 787-9s with Allegris
NEW YORK — Certification challenges besetting Lufthansa’s new Allegris business class seats for the 787-9 have delayed delivery of the twinjets to the German carrier, with tails stacking up at Boeing’s Charleston, South Carolina facility, as plane spotters will attest. But Lufthansa sees light at the end of the tunnel and now expects to start... The post Lufthansa eyes summer delivery of Boeing 787-9s with Allegris appeared first on Runway Girl.
NEW YORK — Certification challenges besetting Lufthansa’s new Allegris business class seats for the 787-9 have delayed delivery of the twinjets to the German carrier, with tails stacking up at Boeing’s Charleston, South Carolina facility, as plane spotters will attest. But Lufthansa sees light at the end of the tunnel and now expects to start taking Allegris-fitted 787-9s this summer.
Crash tests of the Collins Aerospace-made Allegris business class seats for the 787-9 have concluded. And the US Federal Aviation Administration is now analyzing the data, Dirk Janzen, Lufthansa Group’s VP for Passenger Airlines confirmed to Runway Girl Network.
Admitting that the seat certification process for the 787-9 “took a while,” Janzen expressed optimism and confidence that Allegris-fitted 787-9s will join Lufthansa’s fleet this summer with entry-into-service “by the end of the year.” It is not immediately clear if the FAA will require any seats to be blocked.
The 787s do not feature Lufthansa’s new first-class product, nor have they been earmarked for such. That platform — including a center-section, two-seater sofa that facilitates couples, families and others traveling in pairs — was celebrated last night at a gala event hosted by Lufthansa in New York.
Allegris first-class, and indeed all nose-to-tail Allegris interiors including in business class, premium economy and economy, can now be experienced on Airbus A350-900 flights from Munich to Newark Liberty; Allegris A350 service to New York JFK will launch this winter.
The introduction of first class on the A350 was not without its own challenges, however. Supply chain constraints delayed installs, forcing Lufthansa to fly A350s without first class for a spell. With the bottleneck clearing, Lufthansa to date has brought Allegris first class to ten A350s.
Allegris first class is “an experience that simply cannot be compared to any other product that is here on the North Atlantic,” Janzen said in prepared remarks in New York, before guests were invited to experience a mockup of the product.
“We are creating the most exclusive premium travel experience we have ever offered. It’s not just the design of the seat; it’s actually really a private retreat our designers built above the clouds.”
Meanwhile, the feedback for Allegris business class on the A350s “has been extraordinary,” he said. “And we can state now with confidence Allegris really excites our customers. Our satisfaction rate for business class is consistently above 90% and it surpassed even our greatest ambition and expectations. And the business class seats have become the most sought-after product in our portfolio.”
Allegris front-row, center pair business class on a Lufthansa A350. Image: Mary Kirby
Bringing Allegris interiors to the Boeing 747-8 has proven a “more complex challenge” than the A350 and even the 787-9, Janzen admitted to Runway Girl Network at last night’s event in New York.
As first reported by journalist Andreas Spaeth on X, the 747-8 will fly with a split business class product, with the carrier’s current legacy seats remaining on the upper deck and new Allegris business class seats positioned on the main deck. “So, we will start with the lower deck,” Janzen confirmed.
A decision has not been taken on whether to price the upper deck business class product differently. There are also challenges to bringing Allegris first class to the nose of these jumbo jets. The 747-8s will be “retrofitted eventually” with the full Allegris nose-to-tail offering, the Lufthansa executive told RGN.
A Senses-branded version of the long-haul interiors is coming to sister carrier SWISS. And the Senses soft product has been rolling out since March.
But, here again, Lufthansa Group has grappled with hardware hurdles, with Airbus A330s facing a weight/balance problem due to the weight of the first class suites. Counterweights are being employed on the twinjets. The solution “works” and is “worth the investment,” Janzen said.
SWISS will launch Senses on its A350s and according to Janzen, service-entry is now planned for the end of the year. Lufthansa Group management has not taken a decision on whether to bring a version of the new interiors to Austrian Airlines’ fleet, he said.
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Featured image credited to Lufthansa
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