Don’t pay extra for Lufthansa Business within Europe - snapshot review

As part of my itinerary from Stockholm to Bangkok, I had two interim connecting flights - one from Stockholm to Frankfurt and then to Brussels, both on Lufthansa. This short snapshot review will give a look into the standard intra-European experience on Lufthansa’s Business Class.

This flight was operated using an Airbus A320 aircraft, the backbone of Lufthansa’s short-haul mainline fleet. The airline uses a standard 3-3 configuration with blocked middle seat, as is normal within Europe, with the same style slimline seats as Economy. Please excuse the blurry photo below, taken from a video.

The seats feature a normal tray table, which does not fold in half, along with a literature pocket at the top of the seat in front as well as pouch at the bottom for storage of items.

The tray table is large enough to take a MacBook Pro 13-inch (2022) but legroom is not particularly expansive for most people - although both of my flights were no more than 2h and 1h respectively.

On my first flight, a basic cold breakfast plate was served which was not particularly appetising nor impressive. Unlike my following Thai Airways flight, I was surprised to receive a menu to describe this unremarkable meal.

This was served with a cup of filter coffee and a glass of water, both served in decent real cups (ceramic and glass respectively) - as opposed to paper cups. Lufthansa serve apples at the end of their meals too.

A much smaller meal was served on the short hop from Frankfurt to Brussels which came in a tiny basket and was formed of yoghurt, muesli and cereal bar. While not particularly big, I probably preferred this to the food offered on my previous leg.

And no Lufthansa flight is complete without one of their signature chocolates, which was served on both journeys.

And that was it. Two unremarkable flights where very little happened. Much like on other airlines on this continent, it can be difficult to justify paying extra for Business Class unless it is a connecting flight but Lufthansa could do better. For example, British Airways serve hot food on many of their routes - even short domestic hops - in Business. Unless you really want to try Lufthansa European Business Class, spend less and take Economy instead.