My stay in the Lufthansa Business lounge before this flight was very pleasant, mostly due to the peace and quiet afforded by there being few people in the lounge. Three hot dishes were on offer, as well as a decent wine selection (not the rubbish offered in lounges in cheapskate Switzerland). Boarding this completely full flight (150 pax), a real sardine tin, was somewhat chaotic and time consuming. Seeing that it was a Edelweiss plane (no warning at check-in or on the boarding pass), I initially thought, great, there'll be some decent service. But it was not to be the case, it was the same crappy nonexistent service you get on SWISS and Lufthansa these days. And why is it so impossible for Lufthansa Group to issue a seat assignment with an aisle or window seat? Why always allocate middle seats? Even the lowliest elites should be entitled to a semi decent seat assignment without having to pay CHF30 for it during online check-in. I never thought I would hear myself say it, but the European carriers have managed to descend even further than their US counterparts in terms of service, or lack of it.


The check-in area at Düsseldorf airport was totally calm


The business class lounge at DUS airport, equally calm


Goodies in the lounge, which I somehow managed to avoid touching


Acceptable hot food offering in the Düsseldorf lounge

Inflight service consisted of the usual distribution of water bottles and little chocolates, not spectacular but better than nothing. Wait until that is taken away from us, any day now. Service was faceless and robotic and there was no connection with the young crew. They wandered up the aisle trying to flog that overpriced duty free junk from the Inflight Shopping magazine, no doubt because they get commission on it. At least the flight was punctual, given the wet and windy weather.


This LH-coded flight was operated by Edelweiss Air (WK)


A look at the Edelweiss Air economy class cabin


The countryside while approaching Zurich, with an image of the edelweiss flower on the wing tip

Rating 6.5*
Seat 34B
Aircraft 320
Registration HB-JLS