It seems to me that the best thing about this trip was the Polaris lounge. The United Polaris cabin would have also been better. My biggest problem with lufthansa's business class is not the fact that it's outdated, but the price that they charge for it. They should definitely find a way to speed up the upgrade of their cabins. It's not even good enough to be a 4-star business class.
The A340 are set for retirement next year i mean? No point in upgrading the Cabin at this time. But i surely get your Statement and you're not wrong. Their A350s and 787s are equipped with the new Business Class already
@@rulewski33 Yes, the A340 series will be retired, but Lufthansa has a number of A330s, 747-8 and A350s with the older cabins which they plan to refresh. They need to do it soon.
They desperately want to upgrade but obviously Covid happened and now the airline manufacturers cannot deliver fast enough. The 787s are delayed and Airbus can’t get the A350s fully equipped because they lack seats. Not ideal for Lufthansa. That food didn’t look too bad thiugh.
Loved my time on the LH A343s. I remember flying on D-AIGS back in 2005 IAH-FRA. In the run up to the 2006 World Cup in Germany it was one of the planes with a soccer ball painted on the nose.
I once traveled on a Lufthansa A-340-600. While a lovely piece of machinery it has a seriously design flaw. It's that all economy lavatories are down a small staircase in a narrow space. I'd eaten too much cheese and sausage while in Poland. Things had stopped moving. When returning to USA via Munich about hour 3 on the Airbus things started moving again. I went to the lavatory. I had been drinking all day and the fumes were so potent I started laughing so hard at the thought that when I would open the door of the lavatory the passengers waiting on the stairs would have their nostrils ruined for like two hours I was worried I'd be asked what is wrong because I was laughing so hard in the facility. The looks on the faces of the passengers waiting in that narrow space were those of disdain and horror. I think Airbus should create more space and have powerful fans to eliminate radioactive fumes from undisciplined Americans like me who have zero restraint gorging ourselves on European delicacies.
I always wanted to fly MD-11 and A346 and I thought it will never happen, as first is out of use and second is rare this day and guess what... I'm going to fly to Hong Kong with A340-600 in 2 months, I'm so hyped! Lufthansa economy is quite boring and average but I don't care this time, I'm super happy to fly this aircraft! When I find out that it's possible to return to Frankfurt via Seoul with B747-400 I just totally ignored all other, even cheaper and better options. Two legendary planes I've never flew before! ᕦ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ᕤ
@@bebesin162 Hi, just flew on it 2 days ago! Plane was moving so gently in the sky. Service quality in Lufthansa is very "average" but it doesn't matter! Greetings from HK :)
Good that Lufthansa are still operating the 340 personally I think the 600 is the best looking passenger jet of all times (apart from Concorde)food offering looked ok but for the price you would usually pay for a business class ticket it looked nothing special.
Open bar in the Polaris Lounge? If this were in the Riga or Helsinki airports you would have passed out drunks at the gates having to be revived for the boarding call.
The last time I was at O'Hare, they had stands selling enormous pretzels. I didn't get to buy one because my flight got moved from gate 27 to gate 93 or some such ridiculous number and I didn't have time.
Why is LH continuing to charge fairly hefty fares for a ride in A 340 with minimal amenities compared to other airlines who have changed layouts, full 180 degree flat bed, good meal & beverage service etc. They should be discounting this A340 Business substantially for trans-atlantic travel especially on old A340. What's your thought on that?
Felix, i don't think its nice to make fun of Lufthansa's safety videos by calling it boring. You do know, Germany and Austria are like brothers and sisters and you both have a lot in common in culture. Cheer up and enjoy the flight ✈ 😅😊
@Simply Aviation, today I already saw your channel about 30flight report videos! Because for me is too expensive to travel a long haul flight!! But don’t worry about it, because @Simply Aviation upload new luxury flight report videos always!! 🎉
I flew twice with lufthansa😮 it was a horrible experience compared with the more pleasant flights of British airways, and Air Algérie. Lufthansa German flight attendants were harsh, always in the worst of their moods..and the onboard plane was scenting.
I'm sorry, but that is the WORST looking biz class for a long haul international flight. It looks like a very old style biz class. Every other carrier has gone to large comfortable pods in biz class. What the heck is Lufthansa thinking? I came here to check it out because I was planning a trip to fly to Frankfurt and i wanted to check out the biz class seats on Lufthansa for this rout. I am glad I looked. I now understand why it was so cheap compared to other airlines. This is horrible. No thanks, I will pay a litle extra and fly American in a nice Business class suite.
Great report on in my view the most elegant airplane in the skies. And it is excactly the model which forced Bärbock, Merkel and so many other politicians to spend so many unplanned stops. And yes, the Bundeswehr claims their A340s are just as reliable as commercial ones. Haha. Never heard of so many problems with LHs A340s. Seems you were lucky without a neighbour. Food looked tbh more like Premium Eco on a better airline than LH, like EK..and the 19,80 Euro champagne is really the worst in the skies and the lowest in the supermarket shelves:) Oh Lufthansa.
Lufthansa have the most amazing long haul fleet.. A343, A346, 744, 748, A380, 787, A350! The last of its kind.
Glad to see she's still flying, hopefully I'll get a chance to fly the A340 next year.
They will be retired though ain’t they?
Me too
oof bud this vid was recorded in july of last year
I’ve seen one of these last month on LAX so I think you still have time to grab a seat and fly
@@Pilot_KarimI think they’ll be retired next year or 2025 but I’m not entirely sure.
Wonderful to see the A340-300 still in service! It is a regular here in MAA airport. Excellent trip report Felix!
Ohh is it? Nice! What route does it fly and which airline?
@@eltenjjohni5216FRA on Lufthansa!! 😊
@@xovre9085to Paris, right?
It seems to me that the best thing about this trip was the Polaris lounge. The United Polaris cabin would have also been better.
My biggest problem with lufthansa's business class is not the fact that it's outdated, but the price that they charge for it. They should definitely find a way to speed up the upgrade of their cabins. It's not even good enough to be a 4-star business class.
The A340 are set for retirement next year i mean? No point in upgrading the Cabin at this time. But i surely get your Statement and you're not wrong. Their A350s and 787s are equipped with the new Business Class already
@@rulewski33 Yes, the A340 series will be retired, but Lufthansa has a number of A330s, 747-8 and A350s with the older cabins which they plan to refresh. They need to do it soon.
They desperately want to upgrade but obviously Covid happened and now the airline manufacturers cannot deliver fast enough. The 787s are delayed and Airbus can’t get the A350s fully equipped because they lack seats.
Not ideal for Lufthansa. That food didn’t look too bad thiugh.
@@rulewski33no, only very few A350 have a new Business Class product, most of Lufthansa‘s A350 have the dreaded 2-2-2 Business Class cabin.
With how terrible united is, I’d rather fly Ryanair for 5 hours than United for 3
Beautiful aircraft - the A340. Nice trip report as always! 🤗
The A340-300 in this video took 2 business days to get to V1 and 3 more business days to get up to 500 feet
I will be flying on Edelweiss’s A340-300 very soon and I am so excited about it! Because I only flown the 340 once.
Loved my time on the LH A343s. I remember flying on D-AIGS back in 2005 IAH-FRA. In the run up to the 2006 World Cup in Germany it was one of the planes with a soccer ball painted on the nose.
17:51 ... that's a really cool shot, very nice!
Ahhh I see Lufthansa using Newmans Vinaigrette in Business Class. The same one McDonalds used to use on their salads 😂😂
You were lucky to be able to fly on Lufthansa's Airbus A340-300 & in business class too,awesome flight report👍✈
I once traveled on a Lufthansa A-340-600. While a lovely piece of machinery it has a seriously design flaw. It's that all economy lavatories are down a small staircase in a narrow space. I'd eaten too much cheese and sausage while in Poland. Things had stopped moving. When returning to USA via Munich about hour 3 on the Airbus things started moving again. I went to the lavatory. I had been drinking all day and the fumes were so potent I started laughing so hard at the thought that when I would open the door of the lavatory the passengers waiting on the stairs would have their nostrils ruined for like two hours I was worried I'd be asked what is wrong because I was laughing so hard in the facility. The looks on the faces of the passengers waiting in that narrow space were those of disdain and horror. I think Airbus should create more space and have powerful fans to eliminate radioactive fumes from undisciplined Americans like me who have zero restraint gorging ourselves on European delicacies.
Some shots of the cabin beyond row 1 would have been nice.
Nice TRIP REPORT👍 It’s so rare to see A340-300 these days
Ikr
Привет! Я слабо разбираюсь в этой теме, но всё же, хочу спросить у Вас: почему полёты на этом самолёте стали редкими?
@@TraktorIvanovichthere are hardly any airlines left that still fly that specific type of the A340
@@marcd6897It's the same for every variant tho, the -300 is the most common.
@@marcd6897 thanx for answer/your opinion.
Beautiful a340-300 from Lufthansa
Those 787 and 350’s can’t come soon enough!
Lufthansa has lots of A350, nut 90 % have the old business class product 😞
I had the trout in the Polaris lounge and the skillet cookie last summer!
Rare footage of an Lufthansa A340-300 noice
14:00...That meal is soooo fantabulous, oops i mean fantastic. 😜 😋
I always wanted to fly MD-11 and A346 and I thought it will never happen, as first is out of use and second is rare this day and guess what... I'm going to fly to Hong Kong with A340-600 in 2 months, I'm so hyped! Lufthansa economy is quite boring and average but I don't care this time, I'm super happy to fly this aircraft! When I find out that it's possible to return to Frankfurt via Seoul with B747-400 I just totally ignored all other, even cheaper and better options. Two legendary planes I've never flew before! ᕦ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ᕤ
How did you do that emoji?can you teach me how to do it pls..
@@Guywithskullface Hi! Check in Google "Lenny Face", copy and paste emoji.
@@GuywithskullfaceIt is found in gboard.... beside the GIF option you will find a :-) button
Wow! I think you already flew or maybe going to fly in the next few weeks! What a great idea you had
@@bebesin162 Hi, just flew on it 2 days ago! Plane was moving so gently in the sky. Service quality in Lufthansa is very "average" but it doesn't matter! Greetings from HK :)
Love the polaris lounges. Its simply the best in the good old US of A
6:05 russian pillow
😂👏👏👏
Good that Lufthansa are still operating the 340 personally I think the 600 is the best looking passenger jet of all times (apart from Concorde)food offering looked ok but for the price you would usually pay for a business class ticket it looked nothing special.
Great flight. Finally after a while, Felix flying in Business Class.
Felix leaving from ORD! automatic like!
Open bar in the Polaris Lounge? If this were in the Riga or Helsinki airports you would have passed out drunks at the gates having to be revived for the boarding call.
Yes I have been to chicago o'hare international airport
Quite 🍲
Thats me the announcement guy😍😍
Welcome aboard gust
The last time I was at O'Hare, they had stands selling enormous pretzels.
I didn't get to buy one because my flight got moved from gate 27 to gate 93 or some such ridiculous number and I didn't have time.
The shot of the plane from the reflection of the building (chefs kiss)
The meal looked very ordinary as the Australians would say ,no cheese or chocolates ,you certainly don’t make the most of drinks either
People 🌶 0:01
Yes I have been to chicago international airport
I like the safety Video every time ☝️. Is not boring and straight the line like germans. What do you mean about this? 🤔
Why is LH continuing to charge fairly hefty fares for a ride in A 340 with minimal amenities compared to other airlines who have changed layouts, full 180 degree flat bed, good meal & beverage service etc. They should be discounting this A340 Business substantially for trans-atlantic travel especially on old A340. What's your thought on that?
Meal and beverage service is good. The seats are full flat beds.
Tolles Video! Danke und weiter so!
13:55 I spy my hometown
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Thank you for the well made video
At this moment, one air bus 340 is coming at Chicago ohare. This fly is coming from munich germany. It is arraiving in 2 hours
I Am Not A Fan Of These Business Class Seats.Great Trip Report
Fantastic trip report Felix!😸
10:17 Thought it was funny that the older A340 was in the new colors while the much newer A350 was in the old colors 😂
Lovely! I will be flying on the A340-600 wIth LH in this december hope they don't change the aircraft 😀
You didn’t say if the burger and the dessert in the lounge were good or not! I need to know!!
😂Thank you Felix for your Beautiful Trip Report Ď. Very Virtual for me 😂.
Please do Pacific airlines like Air Niugini, Air Vanuatu, Air Calin, and Air Tahiti Nui.
Another great video! helps me over come this power outage that ends at 9:50am EST
lovely
Flew on her in premium economy and it was nice
Nice vid keep up i will be here to support your reports
Great vid
Great Vid
Felix, i don't think its nice to make fun of Lufthansa's safety videos by calling it boring. You do know, Germany and Austria are like brothers and sisters and you both have a lot in common in culture. Cheer up and enjoy the flight ✈ 😅😊
Fantastic Catches!
Could have been my flight :D I flew LH433 back in July 2022, just economy but still a good experience .
Gonna fly the a340 -300 two times this year .. I guess those would be my last flights in the a340
Great review as always
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The service on board is excellent. Alas customer service outside the airplane is sadly lacking a lot. Also the seats are not comfortable.
this thumbnail is nostalgic
cool
Yes I have been to chicago o'
Popped 🐃
i love the intro's
6:05 Should business class be individual seats? How come it likes premium economy class?
Video nello come sempre
How can they call it "The Chicago Cocktail" if there's no malort in it!?
a voiceover would have been more nice insted of the subtitles
Agreed. I find trying to read the subtitles and take in what's being filmed at the same time quite difficult. The Brutally Honest format is good.
I dont get it, if you recorded it July 2022, why post it a year later?
@Simply Aviation, today I already saw your channel about 30flight report videos! Because for me is too expensive to travel a long haul flight!! But don’t worry about it, because @Simply Aviation upload new luxury flight report videos always!! 🎉
Ooh I love the A340... Hope they wont get retured at least to 2025...
Thank you, as economy traveller I always prefered flying with the A340 from Air Canada to Asia. Sadly they are gone now.
Sounds like A320 FCM56 enginesy.
Anyone please tell me about background music song in beginning.
Would love to see you do a Air Caraibes flight again!
Was the plane full? And does the Airbus A340-300 also fly out of Munich?
Where is the US Bangla flight report
He uploaded it
Did you book this flight intentionally for this aircraft?
LETS FUCKING GO! Nice video btw.
I flew twice with lufthansa😮 it was a horrible experience compared with the more pleasant flights of British airways, and Air Algérie.
Lufthansa German flight attendants were harsh, always in the worst of their moods..and the onboard plane was scenting.
Hi I love your video ❤❤❤❤❤ I watch your video almost 2 years you should ride korean air ,and southwest airline to simply aviation
You got lucky that no one was sitting next to you, otherwise you would have had to jump over the other person to get to the aisle.
service is probably ok, but seats from 20 centuries😳
Anyone remember what T5 at ORD was like before renovation?
Nice video as always! Keep up the work!
I thought they only operate the -600
LH still using the old business cabin. What a shame
Simple flying fans comment
Do a Dublin - JFK with delta
Have you ever comssidered adding plane spotting vedios?
Passable, but crap if you had a neighbor.
Bruh, from a year ago and we still have to read and especially in business class 6:08
I'm sorry, but that is the WORST looking biz class for a long haul international flight. It looks like a very old style biz class. Every other carrier has gone to large comfortable pods in biz class. What the heck is Lufthansa thinking? I came here to check it out because I was planning a trip to fly to Frankfurt and i wanted to check out the biz class seats on Lufthansa for this rout. I am glad I looked. I now understand why it was so cheap compared to other airlines. This is horrible. No thanks, I will pay a litle extra and fly American in a nice Business class suite.
same...this is pretty crap biz class compared to other airlines and other plane models. VERY outdated.
I won't miss the A340, with its powerful hair-drier engines!
The 600 has better more fitting engines. Neitherless i like all A340s don't mind which Model
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Great report on in my view the most elegant airplane in the skies. And it is excactly the model which forced Bärbock, Merkel and so many other politicians to spend so many unplanned stops. And yes, the Bundeswehr claims their A340s are just as reliable as commercial ones. Haha. Never heard of so many problems with LHs A340s. Seems you were lucky without a neighbour. Food looked tbh more like Premium Eco on a better airline than LH, like EK..and the 19,80 Euro champagne is really the worst in the skies and the lowest in the supermarket shelves:) Oh Lufthansa.
wow, that took quite a while til rotation
Hi simply aviation i'm a big fan please answer this comment
This is my dream❤❤❤
Fun fact: the a340-300 is considered the weakest plane because of its 4 small engines
Dinner served on ONE tray in business class on a long haul flight is very poor service…
Could u do a trip report out of MCI