Flight: Lufthansa LH 452 from Munich to Los Angeles
Duration: 11 hours 30 minutes
Equipment: A359 (Airbus 350-900)
Class: Business
Seat: 1 D & 1G (Middle row bulkhead seats with direct aisle access)
Seat Specification: True Flat Bed, Seat pitch: 64 “, Seat width: 20 ”
Lufthansa Business class on Airbus 350-900 consists of 8 rows of 2 x 2 x 2 seats with 6 rows in main Business cabin and 2 rows in rear cabin.
Lufthansa Business product definitely lags behind the times with its 2x2x2 configuration while the rest of the industry moves towards business class having all seats with direct aisle access (1x2x1) . Although, since I was traveling with my wife, I did not particularly mind as we had the middle rows and so we both had direct aisle access.
The seats definitely lack privacy and cabin feels very open.
Me and Karen ordered the same items from the menu. The prawns were tasty, salmon was quite good. The best item for the meal was the dessert though. Quite delicious!!
After lunch, I laid out the seat in bed mode, watched a movie and went to sleep. Even though the seat is advertised as a flat bed, the padding was not that good and not very comfortable to sleep in. I did not use the additional padding provided (seen in picture). Still beats coach by a mile though!!
For pre-landing meal, I ordered the tuna with avocado, mango and sriracha mayonnaise while Karen went with vegetable ravioli. My tuna was quite good while Karen felt her breakfast was kind of meh.
Bottomline:
Seat: ***1/2
Service: ***
Food: ****
2 x 2 x 2 configuration in Business Class is not a competitive product any longer as more and more airlines have moved to 1 x 2 x 1 with all seats having direct aisle access. However, since we were traveling as family, it was not that big issue. Also, we did choose specifically the middle row so both of us had direct aisle access.
The seats and the cabin in Lufthansa feel too open and lack privacy. I prefer where there is a center divider (when sitting next to strangers).
I did like the salmon steak for lunch and the ice cream following it was delicious. The smoked tuna with sriracha mayonnaise was also quite good.