Originally Posted by
arfaczar
Flight Radar 24 indicates D-ABYA has returned from Xiamen and has returned to commercial service. Has anyone had a chance to fly her as yet to confirm Alegris seats on the lower deck?
It appears that D-ABYC is the 2nd craft that is currently in China - hopefully undergoing the Alegris retrofit!
D-ABYA returned from Xiamen without Allegris. The same will probably be true for D-ABYC. Although it had been announced otherwise, the retrofit of the 747-8 appears to be delayed once again. This was also indirectly acknowledged in the announcement regarding the A380:
‘Among other things, the Boeing 747-8 and Airbus A350-900 will receive new seats in all classes. To kick off this conversion programme, also known as a “retrofit” in aviation, the popular Airbus A380-800 will receive new business class seats at Elbe Flugzeugwerke in Dresden starting in February.’
Either there are problems with the 747-8 retrofit or the announcement was deliberately false.