Lufthansa today announced a sneak peak of their new business class seat on Twitter. It won’t be with us until 2020 and will be fitted to their new Boeing 777-9 aircraft arriving around then.
From the pictures, it looks like a unique 1-2-1, 1-1-1 configuration where there is a middle seat, however it seems to have access to the aisle. It seems most similar to the new United Polaris business class seat, which does make sense given they’re in a joint business partnership across the North Atlantic. However Lufthansa’s seat is actually from a different manufacturer, Recaro, and opposed to United who use Zodiac Aerospace.
Sneak-Preview gefällig? Hier ein Rendering vom neuen Business-Class-Sitz, der ab 2020 mehr Privatsphäre & den besten Schlaf bietet. Jeder Platz hat Zugang zum Gang, Schulter kann in Seitenlage gemütlich einsinken, größere Monitore, mehr Raum. Kommt mit der #777-9! @BoeingDACH pic.twitter.com/Z88V3WpHxE
— Lufthansa News (@lufthansaNews) November 23, 2017
There was also a second tweet with this rendering.
Care for a sneak preview? Here's a rendering of our new business class seat. More privacy & the best sleep! Every seat has aisle access, a special shoulder zone for side sleepers, and larger monitors. Comes 2020 with the @Boeing #777-9! #dreamscometrue pic.twitter.com/VsV9dW0XfA
— Lufthansa News (@lufthansaNews) November 23, 2017
They also confirmed on Twitter, that they will be refitting their current aircraft with the new seat too, directly replying saying:
Yes! This seat concept was developed for 777 & A350 as of 2020. Yet Lufthansa is reknown for consistency, so we'll have a retrofit.
— Lufthansa News (@lufthansaNews) November 23, 2017
Whilst we’re still a good two to three years away from getting to sit in it, it’s excellent news that it’s all aisle access and it’ll be consistent across the fleet.
I personally can’t wait to see this flying, as it looks like a huge step forwards from the current seat they have installed across their fleet.
In terms of the current product, I’m flying on one of their A340-600 aircraft in business class in a couple of weeks, so will have a full review of the experience soon. Having flown it around a year ago, I found their product solid, with decent food and drink, however lacking in privacy compared to other airlines and unfortunately without aisle access for every seat.