There is much excitement over the news that Lufthansa is bringing back FlyNet. It was a service that was appreciated by some 30,000 people per month at its peak - or ~20% of the long haul seats the airline flew.

Although Lufthansa plans to add the service to its 95 long haul planes, Jennifer Janzen, Lufthansa's Communications Manager in New York tells us the A380s are going to take a while to be included. Lufthansa is focusing on its own fleet before adding Swiss and Austrian. This is clearly a deliberate strategic move that puts the airline ahead of its network EU competition.