Lufthansa is trying to see if it can get away with cleaning short haul aircraft less between flights, and that might even include not cleaning the lavatories… but only in economy!
Interestingly this trial is specific to economy, and not business class, even though business class on these flights just consists of economy seats with blocked middle seats. I guess Lufthansa is seeing if it can market “clean cabin” as a new feature of flying business class? 😉
This trial is currently only for outstations, so it doesn’t include flights out of Frankfurt (FRA) and Munich (MUC), but instead, flights in the other direction. The trial also doesn’t apply to planes that have overnights, where they’ll still undergo a cleaning. Lufthansa is trying to examine whether time and costs can be saved by reducing cleaning on short haul flights, without it impacting passenger satisfaction levels.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on One Mile at a Time.
