Pictured: Lufthansa’s incredible new cabin, which features heated seats and a first class with a hotel-style ‘honeymoon’ double-bed suite and gigantic 43in entertainment screen
- The new cabin – ‘Allegris’ – will launch on the Dreamliner by the end of 2023
- The A350-900 will be the first aircraft to introduce the new first class in 2024
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Lufthansa has unveiled an incredible new long-haul cabin called Allegris, which includes a first class featuring a suite with a ‘honeymoon’ double bed and gigantic 43-inch entertainment screen.
This suite – known as First Class Suite Plus – comprises ceiling-high walls, an entirely closable door and two one-metre-wide (3.2ft) side-by-side seats that can transform into a double bed, making it ‘the perfect way for a couple to start their honeymoon’, according to Lufthansa.
Friends and business colleagues can book the suite – the seats operate individually so one can be upright and the other horizontal – but it’s an experience best suited to couples: there’s no privacy divider, one single table for dining and the huge screen is shared. Though each passenger has access to a tablet for watching movies and TV.
The Allegris first-class cabin, designed by London-based PriestmanGoode, will be arranged in a 1-2-1 formation, with the Suite Plus seat in the middle. The seats either side are for solo travellers.
First-class passengers will also have personal wardrobes and seats that can be heated and cooled, a feature says travel expert Rhys Jones from headforpoints.com that is ‘a standout from other carriers’.
Lufthansa has unveiled an incredible new long-haul cabin called Allegris, which includes a first class featuring a suite with a ‘honeymoon’ double bed (above)
First Class Suite Plus (above) in Allegris comprises ceiling-high walls, an entirely closable door and two one-metre-wide (3.2ft) side-by-side seats that can transform into a double bed
Gilbert Ott, meanwhile, from travel site godsavethepoints.com, tells MailOnline Travel: ‘With a sad, decades-long decline in first-class cabins it’s extraordinarily fun to see an airline innovating with double beds and bespoke touches again.’
Jens Ritter, CEO Lufthansa Airlines, said of Suite Plus: ‘Every guest has their own understanding of premium, which is why we focus on maximum individuality and exclusivity. The First Class Suite Plus conveys the feeling of privacy and individuality similar to a hotel room – only at an altitude of eleven kilometres.’
The Allegris business-class cabin, designed by London-based Pearson Lloyd, will also feature heated seats, along with an impressive seven seat options – double suites in the middle in the first row, a ‘unique single extra space seat’, a window seat ‘with a high degree of privacy’, a seat with an extra-long 2.2m (7.2ft) lie-flat seat, a baby bassinet seat, twin seats that can form a double berth by means of a retractable centre console, and a ‘classic’ aisle-access business-class seat.
Friends and business colleagues can book First Class Suite Plus (above) – the seats operate individually so one can be upright and the other horizontal – but it’s an experience best suited to couples
The Allegris first-class cabin, designed by London-based PriestmanGoode, will be arranged in a 1-2-1 formation. Above is the giant entertainment screen in First Class Suite Plus
Gilbert Ott, from travel site godsavethepoints.com, tells MailOnline Travel: ‘With a sad, decades-long decline in first-class cabins it’s extraordinarily fun to see an airline innovating with double beds and bespoke touches again.’ Above is the solo seat in the Allegris first class
First-class (above) passengers will have personal wardrobes and seats that can be heated and cooled
Other business-class features include wireless charging, wardrobe, personal minibar and Bluetooth.
The new premium economy, another PriestmanGoode design, features hard-shell seats, so that reclining doesn’t interfere with the passenger behind, wireless charging in the centre armrest and noise-cancelling headphones.
PriestmanGoode also created the new economy seats, which feature tablet holders and USB ports. What’s more, passengers can book a free seat next to them.
The Allegris business-class cabin, designed by London-based Pearson Lloyd, will feature heated seats, along with an impressive seven seat options
The seven seating options in the Allegris business class: double suites in the middle in the first row, a ‘unique single extra space seat’, a window seat ‘with a high degree of privacy’, a seat with an extra-long 2.2m (7.2ft) lie-flat seat, a baby bassinet seat, twin seats that can form a double berth by means of a retractable centre console, and a ‘classic’ aisle-access business-class seat
The first Allegris will appear on the 787 Dreamliner before the end of 2023, with the A350-900 the first to introduce the new first class in 2024. Above is the Allegris business class
More than 80 new Lufthansa aircraft will be fitted with Allegris – the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, Boeing 777-9, Boeing 747-8 and the Airbus A350.
The first Allegris will appear on the 787 Dreamliner before the end of 2023, with the A350-900 the first to introduce the new first class in 2024.
Commenting on the launch, Daniel MacInnes, director of PriestmanGoode, said: ‘The design team has pushed so many boundaries in the development of each of the cabins we have created.
‘Lufthansa has not only shown a commitment to including a First Class product, they challenged us to take it to a whole new level and every aspect has been designed and developed from ground up.
‘The design language not only speaks of the future direction of the Lufthansa brand, it’s a signature project that is packed with features that will attract passengers that appreciate the level of comfort they expect to find at home or in the most premium vehicle brand – and that they can now enjoy in the air.’
The new Allegris premium economy features hard-shell seats, so that reclining doesn’t interfere with the passenger behind
The new economy seats feature tablet holders and USB ports. What’s more, passengers can book a free seat next to them
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