The German airline is expecting its first Boeing 787 shortly. This and four other Lufthansa Dreamliners will have a cabin that was originally intended for another airline.
Lufthansa will get its first Dreamliner in the coming weeks. The first five copies of the new long-distance model will have one more special feature – a Chinese cabin. Because once she had ordered HNA Group and intended for her subsidiaries Hainan Airlines and Suparna Airlines. However, due to financial difficulties, she was unable to take it on.
Like the portal Frankfurt Flyer learned from Lufthansa circles, the German airline will take over the seating from HNA on the Boeing 787-9. She will only rework the seat covers and parts of the wall paneling. Accordingly, 26 seats are installed in Business Class in a herringbone arrangement, followed by 21 seats in 2-3-2 seating in a Premium Economy, which is separated from Economy. This follows with 247 seats in a 3-3-3 configuration with a spacing of 79 centimeters.
Lufthansa’s new business class from plane six
The first five Dreamliners become the hallmarks D-ABPA, D-ABPB, D-ABPC, D-ABPD, D-ABPE. Lufthansa had them ordered later than their originally ordered Boeing 787-9. From the sixth aircraft and thus the first of the original order, Lufthansa’s own new business class be installed.
The German airline has ordered a total of 32 Dreamliners. After the transfer to Germany and the adjustments in the cabin, the first Boeing 787-9 will be used for training purposes first on routes in Germany be. Only then will it head for intercontinental destinations. First up will be Toronto.
In the image gallery above, you can see footage from the Hainan Airlines Dreamliner cabin.
