Lufthansa Plans 2023 New Business Class Launch

There is an update regarding the launch of the highly anticipated new business class product. We can expect the first plane with the new product in 2023.

New Lufthansa business class was supposed to debut on 777-9

A brand new business class product was revealed in November of last year. This looked like a huge improvement over the current business class, as the new cabin features direct aisle access from every seat, and much more privacy.

The new business class was supposed to debut on the Boeing 777-9 at the time Lufthansa was supposed to start taking delivery of it. The product was still years away from being a reality.

The first plane will be delivered in late 2023, but it has been delayed by several years, and that is a positive sign.

It would take at least six years for the first passenger to experience the new business class seat on the Boeing 777-9.

I have to point out that Skytrax declared Lufthansa a 5-star airline just weeks after it announced its new business class. The announcement of a new business class was a key factor in the award. We wonder why Skytrax has no credibility.

New Lufthansa business class now launching 2023

There is an update regarding when we could see the first business class aircraft. The new business class product was going to be installed on some of the new A350s and Boeing 787s that were ordered by the airline.

The plan is no longer in place, but we have an updated timeline reported by SpaethFlies.

• Lufthansa will install the new business class on newly delivered Airbus A350s and Boeing 787s starting in 2023; planes delivered in 2022 will feature an interim product
• Lufthansa plans to eventually reconfigure existing Airbus A350s and Boeing 747-8s with the new business class, though it’s anyone’s guess with what timeline that occurs (and for that matter, I have no clue how this would work on the upper deck of the 747-8?)

In the past few years, the Lufthansa Group has gone on quite a shopping spree.

• In March 2019, Lufthansa Group placed an order for 20 Airbus A350-900s and 20 Boeing 787-9s; these planes are to be delivered between 2022 and 2027, and complemented the 25 Airbus A350-900s that the airline had already ordered
• In May 2021, Lufthansa Group placed an order for an additional five Airbus A350-900s and an additional five Boeing 787-9s; the additional five A350s are to be delivered in 2027 and 2028, while the additional five 787s are to be delivered in the first half of 2022
• In December 2021, Lufthansa Group decided to opportunistically pick up four former Philippine Airlines Airbus A350-900s, as the airline was in bankruptcy, and these planes will join the fleet in 2022

The former Philippine Airlines A350s are the first plane to enter service with direct aisle access from every seat. The factory fresh A350s that were ordered for Lufthansa in 2022 won't feature the new product. One wonders if the product is going to be introduced by Lufthansa, or if there is something else going on.

The new business class product will be launched in 2023 by the airline, which is ahead of the delivery of the first Boeing 777-9. The first planes to feature the new business class seats will be the A350s and Boeing 787s.

What do you think about the new business class schedule?