For a couple of years now, we’ve known that Lufthansa plans to introduce new business class cabins on its Airbus A380s. While this project was first supposed to start in 2025, that timeline was ultimately delayed.
In January 2026, the airline formally announced when these planes would be retrofitted. There’s now an update, as the first plane with the new interiors is entering service as of today, marking a new chapter for Lufthansa’s biggest plane.
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Each seat has direct aisle access, seat width of 58cm, and a bed length of at least two meters. Seats feature bluetooth connectivity and flexible partitions. Lufthansa is calling this “Premium XXL,” which… I’m not sure if that’s supposed to describe the seat, or if Lufthansa is taking some liberties on a new Grindr profile, somehow turning Vantage XL into Premium XXL.
As A380s are reconfigured, the business class cabin is shrinking in size by 10 seats, going from 78 seats to 68 seats. First class continues to have eight seats, premium economy continues to have 52 seats, and economy continues to have 371 seats.
It’s pretty cool to note how Lufthansa has reversed course on the A380. At the beginning of the pandemic, Lufthansa grounded its fleet of Airbus A380s, and the intent was that these planes would be retired, and would only reenter service “in the event of an unexpectedly rapid market recovery.”
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