Lufthansa announced on Friday September 3 that its passengers can now enjoy a whole new flying experience on short and medium-haul routes.
The airline says that thanks to a new innovative cabin, it is noticeably improving travel comfort. On Saturday, September 4, the first Airbus 321neo with the modern Airspace Cabin took off from Frankfurt for Fuerteventura.
In addition to Lufthansa, the new cabin will also be used by Swiss, Brussels Airlines and Eurowings in the new Airbus 320 family aircraft. The new cabin’s enhancements include huge new overhead bins that have a forty percent larger volume and can even hold sixty percent more suitcases, as they can be stowed vertically in the bins. The cabin design and the entrance area have been extensively redesigned to appear brighter and friendlier. So-called Human Centric Lighting, a specially programmed, flexible lighting system, illuminates the cabin in warm red light, graduated intermediate tones to colder blue light. Depending on the time of day or night, the light in the aircraft cabin is geared to passengers biorhythms. Luthansa says that seating comfort has also been improved: the side walls of the Airspace Cabin will in future offer passengers more space in the shoulder area. In addition, the modern washrooms are even more usable for people with limited mobility.
‘Regardless of the crisis, we continue to focus emphatically on a premium offering for our guests,’ stated Heike Birlenbach, head of Customer Experience, Lufthansa Group. ‘For us, premium means providing high-quality, individualised and relevant offers for all our passengers at all times. With the new Airspace Cabin, we are significantly improving the travel experience on short-haul routes.’
