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In all, safety tests could take Zephyr 3 years, per CNN Travel. They’re intense, too: Here’s the Airbus A380’s test, evacuating 873 passengers in 78 seconds.

Certification for taxi, takeoff, and landingsįAA regulations state all passengers and crew must be able to evacuate within 90 seconds, and aircraft manufacturers have to conduct live demos to show this.

Zephyr founder Jeffrey O’Neill and co-designer Matt Cleary patented the Zephyr Seat in March 2018, according to Forbes.īut there are a few issues to settle first, like: They’d also likely be cheaper than the lie-flat seats currently found in first and business class cabins. They would offer more privacy than traditional seating or Air New Zealand’s Skycouch, which may appeal to COVID-anxious travelers. The seats wouldn’t offer greater capacity if they replaced standard economy seats, but could if they made their way into business class, per Business Insider. The top passenger enters and exits via a pop-out ladder.

Zephyr Aerospace’s “ Zephyr Seat” stacks 2 horizontal seats, allowing both passengers to either lie down flat or sit up with their legs outstretched. We decided today to put the A380, which continues to enjoy great popularity, back into service at Lufthansa in summer 2023.An Expedia survey found 48% of travelers can’t sleep on a plane, but one company suggests they could if airlines switched to double-decker seating. “We will be welcoming you back on board our Airbus A380s, too. "In the summer of 2023, we not only expect to have a much more reliable air transport system worldwide,” according to a letter to customers from the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG. Allegations of anti-Semitism were raised, as Lufthansa personnel said they were punishing a large group because a couple of individuals allegedly did not comply with mask regulations.Īs for the return of the A380 the company positions it as happy news, rather than as a stopgap measure. Lufthansa also received some bad publicity when it denied boarding to more than 130 American Orthodox Jews flying from Frankfurt to Budapest in May. Lufthansa has reportedly already cancelled more than 3,000 flights for July and August due to staffing issues. Trying to pull off a COVID comeback with a shortage of pilots, personnel, and planes is a challenge for every airline. Like Emirates flying around the world from Dubai, Lufthansa previously served destinations like Shanghai, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, and New York from its Frankfurt hub.Īlthough often considered one of the world’s best airlines, Lufthansa has not been immune to the problems plaguing airlines in 2022. Also unclear is what routes the long-haul aircraft will fly.

It is not clear how many A380 aircraft Lufthansa will put back into service. The airline says that six of the aircraft have already been sold, while eight A380s remain part of the Lufthansa fleet “for the time being.” Lufthansa is currently assessing how many A380s will be reactivated from “deep storage” in Spain and France. After a three-year delay, Airbus delivers to DeutscAhe Lufthansa AG its first A380 superjumbo, a commercial aircraft that can carry more than 520 passengers. delivered to Lufthansa at the Airbus facility in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. A stewardess stands in front of the staircase leading to the upper deck of the first Airbus A380.