Lufthansa will deploy its newest long haul aircraft, the Airbus A350-1000, on its Munich to Singapore route in the first weeks of December, with the service operated alternately by the A350-1000 and the A350-900.
Both aircraft feature Allegris, Lufthansa’s redesigned long haul cabin, which covers every travel class and offers a wider choice of seat types than the airline’s previous product. Flights between Munich and Singapore are already operated by Allegris equipped aircraft, so the December change brings the larger A350-1000 to a route already flying the new product.
The route serves travel between Singapore and Europe as well as onward connections through Munich across the Lufthansa network.
Cabin configuration
The A350-1000 seats 300 passengers across four travel classes. First Class has two individual suites and one Suite Plus, accommodating three to four guests. Business Class has 49 seats, including eight suites, with 35 seats in Premium Economy and 212 in Economy. At 73.8 metres, the aircraft is seven metres longer than the A350-900.
Fleet plans
The Lufthansa Group has ordered 15 A350-1000s, all due for delivery by 2030. The first ten will fly for the Lufthansa brand from its Munich hub. Lufthansa says the type’s entry into service forms part of the largest fleet modernisation programme in the group’s history.
700th Airbus delivery
The first A350-1000, registered D-AIFA and named Deutschland, has been handed over to the Lufthansa Group in the presence of Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr and Lars Wagner, chief executive of Airbus Commercial Aircraft. It is the 700th Airbus aircraft delivered to the group, and the handover marks 50 years of partnership between the two companies. D-AIFA is the seventh aircraft in the Lufthansa fleet to wear the livery celebrating the airline’s 100th anniversary.
Starlink on board
When D-AIFA operates its first flight on 3 December, it will be the first long haul aircraft in the Lufthansa Group fleet fitted with the group’s new Starlink powered inflight internet. The service supports video streaming, cloud based work and other high bandwidth use, and is free in all travel classes for Miles & More members and Travel ID users.