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Johannesburg - The first quarter of 2015 will see Lufthansa German Airlines conclude the installation of its new first class throughout its long-haul fleet.
The second quarter will witness the completion of the new business class installation program and the third quarter will see the new premium economy available on all of Lufthansa’s intercontinental aircraft.
All the new long-haul aircraft of which Lufthansa will take delivery next year will have all the new cabins already installed. And the modernisation of the long-haul fleet will be further pursued in 2015 with the arrival of two more Airbus A380s and four new Boeing 747-8s.
Also slated for delivery next year are a further Boeing 777F for Lufthansa Cargo and ten short- and medium-haul aircraft of the Airbus A320 family.
The airline's supervisory board gave the formal go-ahead to the "Wings" concept and approved the lease of up to seven Airbus A330-200 aircraft for the new low-cost operation’s intercontinental routes.
The supervisory board further approved the development of the "Eurowings" concept, under which – within an umbrella framework – the Lufthansa Group’s Eurowings and Germanwings airlines, along with further flight operations in Europe, should acquire new customers by offering low-cost short- and long-haul air travel services from the end of 2015 onwards.
The new products will be primarily aimed at the private travel sector.
The "New Eurowings" concept follows the successful transfer of Lufthansa’s non-hub routes to Lufthansa Group subsidiary Germanwings. The program of transferring all Lufthansa routes not serving its Frankfurt and Munich hubs should be completed in early January 2015.
In addition to its European network, the "New Eurowings" will also begin to add long-haul services to its low-fare product range from the end of 2015 onwards, in collaboration with German-Turkish airline SunExpress.
