Review of Lufthansa flight Munich Hong Kong in Economy

Airline Lufthansa
Flight LH730
Class Economy
Seat 33A
Aircraft Airbus A350-900
Flight time 10:05
Take-off 12 Jan 18, 22:20
Arrival at 13 Jan 18, 15:25
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By SILVER 10563
Published on 12th February 2018
In January, I had a business trip to Hong Kong. I thought this was a good chance to try the brand new Lufthansa A350XWB. Lufthansa sent their new A350XWB to Hong Kong from 12th September 2017. Before, this route was served by A340-600. This report covered the first part of the trip from Munich to Hong Kong.

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On the day of flight I finished my work earlier. I took as usual the S-Bahn and arrived the airport at 20:35pm. Check-in counters were literally empty and I quickly checked my baggage.
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I have already finished the online check-in the night before and had the boarding pass saved in the wallet.
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My gate was assigned at H02 which is located at one end of the terminal. I was air-sided in no minutes as the security check and immigration were empty. Then I headed directly to my gate.
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This was my plane. D-AIXF, with the name Bochum. Could not get a decent photo for the aircraft.
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At 21:03pm, I have already arrived at the gate. I found a seat nearby and took a rest.
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Boarding was commenced at 21:59pm with gate H01 for first and business class and H02 for the economy class. My seat, 33A. 31 inches of the seat pitch which is standard for Lufthansa long-haul fleet. Blanket, pillow and headphone were already placed on the seat.
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Seat map of Lufthansa A350XWB with a total of 293 seats (C48W21Y224)
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View of cabin from my seat. Economy class is arranged in a 3-3-3 configuration and the blue color of the seat becomes lighter towards the center part of the cabin. As you can see, the seat were very thin…
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Welcome screen of the PTV, showing your seat number. Lufthansa use Panasonic ex3 system for their A350.
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Cabin during boarding.
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Another view of the back of the seat.
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Standard A350 PSU.
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Main menu for the PTV system. Phone jack and usb were available at the left bottom corner of the screen
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Coat hanger on the left side of the seat back.
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One special thing about the entertainment system was that you can connect your phone to the entertainment system with the Lufthansa companion app.
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Boarding was completed at 22:30pm, followed by pushback 6 minutes later. The cabin light was dimmed and the flight time was expected to be 10 hours and 50 minutes. Loading was quite full and a Hongkongese young couple was seating next to me.
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Shortly after take off the cabin light was turned on again, and I soon started to view the first movie, American Made.
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10 mins later menu was distributed.
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Snack was served at 23:34pm, and I opted for coke with ice.
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Then wet tissue was distributed to passengers. Dinner was served one hour later. I took the "Fried Chicken leg with Lemon sauce" option with red wine. As you can see, the table was actually very small.
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We continued to head for the east. Passing through Czech Republic, Poland and Belarus and entered Russia.
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At 1:27am, I watched the second movie, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. About 10 minutes later the cabin started to darkened and soon we were in complete darkness. I soon felt asleep…
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I woke up at around 4:20am, and at that time we were flying north of Almaty. Then I continued with the movie.
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By the time I finished the movie I checked the flight map again and we were probably flying somewhere in Qinghai provences of China.
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Camera view outside
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At 7:46am, cabin light was on again and wet towel was distributed. We were just 747km away from Hong Kong.
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View of the cabin in blue LED mood lighting.
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8:04am, I visited the toilet at the back but nothing special~
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Breakfast was served at 8:23am, to me this was somehow quite strange as we only had less than one hour to landing. I took the "Omelette" option.
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Soon we were already commenced the descend into Hong Kong airport.
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Macau International airport
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Had a coffee after the quick breakfast
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Sharklet of A350XWB
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We made a U-turn and entering Hong Kong airport from the west. The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is close to completion.
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Seconds to touchdown
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We land on RWY07L at 16:10pm Hong Kong time.
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Reached gate 34 for the parking. Parked next to a Cathay Pacific Airways A330-300.
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Last view of the aircraft
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Thanks for reading!
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Verdict

Lufthansa

8.3/10
Cabin8.0
Cabin crew8.5
Entertainment/wifi8.5
Meal/catering8.0

Munich - MUC

8.5/10
Efficiency9.0
Access8.0
Services8.5
Cleanliness8.5

Hong Kong - HKG

8.5/10
Efficiency8.5
Access8.5
Services8.5
Cleanliness8.5

Conclusion

Information on the route Munich (MUC) Hong Kong (HKG)

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La compagnie qui obtient la meilleure moyenne est Lufthansa avec 7.3/10.

La durée moyenne des vols est de 10 heures et 57 minutes.

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