Overview
- The limited trial, which runs March 16–29, covers about 20 European short-haul routes.
- Economy cabins skip full cleans between flights, with crew doing spot checks, toilets cleaned on request, and seat-pocket trash not removed by default.
- Business and First retain normal cleaning, and Frankfurt, Munich, and overnight stops are excluded from the test.
- At some external stations, internal plans trim cleaning crews from four people to two, which would extend each team’s time on a plane.
- Passenger complaints and crew pushback have surfaced, and Lufthansa already reversed a plan to stop pre-arranging seatbelts, with results to be reviewed after the test.