Overview
- Lufthansa is now selling 25 of 28 Allegris business-class seats on its Boeing 787-9s for travel from April 15, 2026.
- Three second-row seats — 2A, 2K and 2E — remain blocked pending final approval.
- The breakthrough follows U.S. certification work on the 787’s complex, mixed-seat layout, which complicated evacuation and injury-criterion compliance compared with the A350.
- Since October 2025, the airline often sold only four of 28 business seats on these Dreamliners, sharply limiting premium-cabin revenue.
- Eight Allegris-equipped 787-9s based in Frankfurt will initially serve Austin, Rio de Janeiro, Bogotá, Cape Town, Shanghai, Hyderabad and Hong Kong, with New York JFK and Los Angeles added in June and Delhi in July, and the fleet targeted to reach 29 by end-2027.