Lufthansa Economy Class Airbus A321-200 - LH1277 - Review #2



Route

LH1277,  Malta Luqa to Frankfurt, 06 February 2013.

Duration

2 hours 43 min (scheduled time 2 hours 50 minutes)

On time departure and arrival

Departed 90 minutes late and arrived 83 minutes late. This was due to bad weather conditions at Frankfurt Airport, the incoming flight LH1276 landed at 13:05. There was also some technical issues that needed attending before we could take off. Landing at Frankfurt was delayed due to weather conditions.

Ground crew and check-in

We were able to check in online 23 hours before the flight.
We dropped off our luggage at the Lufthansa check-in counters.

Our printed online boarding passes served as boarding tickets.

Check-in, and luggage drop off at the Lufthansa counters was handled by Malta airport staff.

Ground staff was friendly and very helpful.

We arrived at the airport at 10:30 and the check in counters was still very quiet, February is not peak tourist season.

Boarding procedure

Priority boarding for business class passengers, families with small children and assisted passengers. Boarding cards were manually scanned by the ground crew.

I noticed some passengers using mobile boarding passes.

We boarded a bus to the aircraft.

Baggage allowance

Hand luggage - One carry on bag 8kg max
Checked luggage - One bag up to 23kg

For more information on Lufthansa baggage allowances

Seating

Number of seats - 185 in total, economy has limited recline seats. Lufthansa refitted most of their regional aircraft with new seats. These new seats are very comfortable and allow for generous leg room
The seating configuration depends on how many business class seats are allocated


Most seating websites, (even Lufthansa ) shows Economy starting in row 9, on our flight it started in row 6.

The configuration from row 9 - 11 is of particular interest as it is over the emergency exit. 
Row 9 A- C are normal seats.  9 D and E, is a two seat row and there is a crew seat behind 9D
Row 10 only have two seats - E and F - these seats have extra legroom.

Row 11 A- C and 11 D have extra legroom.

We sat in row 36, which is normal economy seats. I noticed that row 37 and 38 had limited overhead storage space.

Emergency exit row seats cannot be book online, they are allocated when checking in at the counters.

View more information at  Lufthansa A321 seatmap or Seatguru A321 Economy seat information

 The overhead locker space was adequate.

Amenities

None.

Entertainment



German and Maltese newspapers were available upon boarding. In-flight magazine available in seat pocket.

In-flight communication

None

Meals and refreshments

Lunch

No tray -  We were served a traditional Bavarian breakfast. Weisswurst and a pretzel roll (Laugensemmel)

Any special meals must be pre-ordered when you make your reservation.

Coffee, tea, beer, wine and other beverages were served before our meal as well as afterwards.

Toilets

The toilets were kept clean, economy class can only use the toilets at the back of the aircraft.

Basin to wash hands and brush teeth.

In-flight shopping

Available.

Travelling with Children

Toys were handed out to children
Milk and baby food can be warmed up by the cabin crew
Read more on Lufthansa - Travelling with children

Crew

I found the crew competent and friendly. Instructions were given in German and English.



Disembarking

Business class disembarked first. We had an aircraft bridge to the terminal building at Frankfurt airport.

Overall opinion

What I liked

The new seats are very comfortable and the food tasty.

The plane was quiet with not too many rattles and noise.

Not so good

There are only toilets at the back of the plane, this can be a problem when food is being served or in flight shopping trolleys are blocking the aisle.

 

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