According to a German aviation forum Lufthansa may be making some unwelcome changes to their Premium Economy and Economy Class service, starting from 28th November 2019.
Here are some changes that we are likely to expect:
- For long haul flights, with a block time over 10 hours, Lufthansa will only be offering a single option cold vegetarian snack, instead of a small tray with hot item for their pre-landing meal (A noticeable downgrade from a second proper meal).
- For mid haul flights, Lufthansa will be replacing their warm/cold pre-landing snack boxes to small and cold vegetarian snacks.
- Headphones will be replaced by a light disposable earphone, which will help Lufthansa to cut 175 tons of jet fuel and 500 tons of CO2 emission per year
- All Economy Class passengers will receive half a litre water bottle in future.
As this is not from a media release from Lufthansa, we should not fully rely on this piece of information. I am doubtful that Lufthansa will make any official announcement should they really implement these changes.
If you are booked on these flights from 28th November, let us know if you found any noticeable changes.
Lufthansa Strike on 7th and 8th November
In case if you are not in the loop, Lufthansa will be cancelling 1300 flights across the next two days due to a strike called by a flight attendant union (UFO). Affected passengers should be entitled to EU261 compensation as these flights have not been cancelled at least 14 days in advance.
Whether your flight is cancelled or not Lufthansa passengers travelling through Munich or Frankfurt on these 2 days can rebook their flights at zero charges, subject to availability.
Additionally, for domestic flights, passengers may choose to convert their flight tickets to Deutsche Bahn train tickets in the “My Bookings” section at Lufthansa webpage.
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I fly long haul Lufthansa a lot in Economy and Economy Plus and I can tell you the quality of food and service has been getting worse and worse each year. Sadly they are almost on par or even worse than some U.S. Carriers.
@Lakesider……………Everone can eat a vegetarian snack. Vegetarians can’t eat a meat snack. You’re trying to be confrontational.
No, not everyone can eat a vegetarian snack. Those with type 1 diabetes mellitus cannot, because the “veggies” are practically pure carbohydrate, which raises blood sugar levels too much and therefore are not able to be eaten if, like me, the person with DM1 is trying to maintain normal blood sugar levels. All fruits are too high in sugar-carbohydrate to be included in a sane diet for DM1.
Sometimes one has the impression that managers do not want passengers on their aircraft. If the service is in deed downgraded then just simply avoid LH and it’s subsidiaries. There is enough alternative on the market.
I regularly fly to Italy and it is a long flight. Cutting back on a simple meal is bad business. Whoever had this idea should be fired.
Why “vegetarian” snacks? I’d hazard a guess that “vegetarians” form a minority of their economy and premium economy passengers so they should cater for the majority. Non-vegetarians do not impose meat based meals on vegetarians so why should the reverse apply.