Lufthansa reveals first aircraft with long-delayed ‘Allegris’ cabin update

Lufthansa revealed the first aircraft equipped with its new “Allegris” cabin updates on 25 April, more than a year late owing to supply chain and airframer delays. The Airbus A350-900 – outfitted with new first-class, business-class, premium-economy and economy seats – is scheduled to begin carrying paying passengers on flights between Munich and Vancouver on 1 May. Lufthansa’s roll out of Allegris to additional markets will proceed slowly, as it awaits new aircraft from both Airbus and Boeing. The airline’s flights from Munich to Chicago O’Hare, Shanghai Pudong and Toronto Pearson are scheduled to have the product later this year. “They say good things come to those who wait. But I probably speak for all of us when I say everyone’s patience is a little bit stretched over the last months and years,” Lufthansa CEO Jens Ritter said during an event at Munich International airport on Thursday. Delivery delays at both Airbus and Boeing were the main cause of Allegris’ late arrival, he said. Lufthansa had previously expected the product to enter service last year. Supply chain logjams also contributed to delays. The wait is not over. The Allegris-equipped A350 scheduled to enter service next month still lacks Lufthansa’s new Allegris first-class suites. (Travellers who venture to the front of the jet’s cabin will see signs reading “Lufthansa Allegris First Class Loading”.) Lufthansa hopes in August or September to receive its first A350 with the suites. That jet will come new from Airbus, which will install the suites prior to delivery, known as a “line fit”. After that, Lufthansa Technik can install the suites on other aircraft.<br/>