supermasterphil

Thanks for the heads-up ^

oliver2002

Nice rendering of D-ABYE visiting in FRA on the corporate homepage:



http://konzern.lufthansa.com/fileadm...e-1kw-2012.jpg

It looks like they took a photo of D-ABYE in the test bay beside the A380 hangar in FRA and rendered the LH logo and titles using photoshop

NewbieRunner

February's Lufthansa Magazin features an article on 747-8's cabin design (p.48-54) with additional photos on the table of contents page (p.8) and p.44-45.

http://www.lhm-lounge.de/lh_1202_int...ter_doppel.pdf

Boghopper

+1. I really loved the old EVA 747s that had the premium economy section in the nose. What a bargain.

oliver2002

The qatari XXL BBJ is set to be delivered in about two weeks, LH D-ABYA has been pushed back to March 30.


Some semi official news source:
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...livery-368262/

LufthansaFlyer

Lh has always said it was planning an april delivery of d-Abya (according to conversations that I've had with them along the way)

gum

Thank you for the link! Besides the information of the VIP customer in Quatar they disclose the number of seats of the first Lufthansa B747-800 ^

"The first airline passenger configured 747-8 for Lufthansa with 386 seats is expected to be delivered in March."

So everyone can make an educated guess about the configuration with (according to FT) the new Business Class with the requirement of approx.
8 % more space, First in the nose and the traditional Y seating. @:-)

76,4m length (instead of 70,66 m of the B747-400)

http://www.lufthansa.com/mediapool/p...M%29%20-%20NEU

Means: approx. 5,7 m more length in the Upper and Main Deck

Educated guess of the seat numbers
F: (nose): 7-8
C: (Upper Deck): 36
C: (Main Deck): approx. 32
Y: approx. 310
Total: 386

What do you think about that configuration ? Or has someone press releases stating the correct and official number ?

dj_jay_smith

I remember reading something in the LH magazine or online about a year ago where they said that the cabin would have the same number of seats as the current 744 (before the 744 refit) and that would open up new possibilities for travellings.


Also, in this months magazine is does say in the print that Economy passengers will have more room in the 748. (I can't remember the exact phrase, but might have been increased pitch).

TRAVELSIG

The new economy seat will give increased legroom in the same way that NEK gives increased legroom.

oliver2002

Nope, delivery was planned for Jan 30, operation in Summer 2012, which starts March 30.

The 748i will have 80-92 C seats depending on config and 8 F. There was an article in some aircraft interior magazine where the lady at LH mentioned something about configs and total seats.

gum

So do you expect a higher density in Y ?

I am convinced that Lufthansa wonīt make the mistake to bring the service to close to a charter carrier! And the number of 386 seats doesnīt suggest a large increase in Business Class capacity.

Given the latest announcements about increase of space needed for each Business Class seat I donīt see any other configuration than that. The Upper Deck is too far extenden to accomodate First Class. Would mean about 3-4 rows more. But what should Lufthansa do with 14-16 seats First Class ??

TRAVELSIG

Hi gum,

Post #115 from oliver2002 has a good overview of number of seats and capacities for F/C.

oliver2002

Upper Deck will be C, Zone A (nose to door 1) will be F, Zone B (Door 1-2) C, Zone C (Door 2-3) sometimes C, rest Y. Zone B & C is the area that is longer in 748i compared to 744s, which means they get more space to put C seats in. However the new seats consume more space, so its even steven.

gum

Would be really fine if they would make a special edition of the Lufthansa Magazin. Similar to that of the A380 but only for the B747-8i.

http://a380.lufthansa.com/FASCINATIO...e/p1/LHMagazin

And thanks for sharing the info.

LufthansaFlyer

Maybe that was the case earlier, I only started talking to LH about this in December so maybe at that point the delay had already been factored in.