PrivatAir - Business Class Scheduled Flights from Europe to USA, Middle-East, India
PrivatAir is an air operator which runs all-business class scheduled services from Germany, Switzerland and Netherlands on behalf of some major European national carriers - Lufthansa, Air France-KLM and Swiss. Let's take a look at the Privatair all-business concept in each country... |
Germany
In 2002 Lufthansa and PrivatAir joined forces to set up the first transatlantic "all-business" scheduled service between Dusseldorf and New York Newark. This particular route was discontinued in 2008 but the Privatair currently operates a number of services from Germany:
Frankfurt
FRA to Bahrain BAH
LH 624 Departs 1355
Arrives 2050 Tue/Sat/Sun
LH 624 Departs 1400 Arrives 2055 Thu
Bahrain
BAH to Frankfurt FRA
LH 625 Departs 0005 (+1)
Arrives 0525 (+1)
Frankfurt
FRA to Dammam DMM
LH 626 Departs 1350 Arrives 2040 Mon/Wed/Fri
Dammam
DMM to Bahrain BAH
LH 626 Departs 2125 Arrives 2200 Mon/Wed/Fri
Bahrain
BAH to Dammam DMM
LH 627 Departs 2315 Arrives 2355
Dammam DMM to
Frankfurt FRA
LH 627 Departs 0045 (+1) Arrives 0555 (+1)
Frankfurt
FRA to Pune PNQ
LH 768 Departs 1550 Arrives 0350 (+1) Not Tue
Pune
PNQ to Frankfurt FRA
LH 769 Departs 0520 (+1) Arrives 1100 (+1)
Munich
MUC to Mumbai BOM
LH 764 Departs 1115 Arrives 2250 Not Tue/Sun
Mumbai
BOM to Munich MUC
LH 765 Departs 0040 (+1) Arrives 0555 (+1)
The Lufthansa- Privatair flights use Boeing Business Jet 2 BBJ2 with 56 "lie-flat" seats on board.
These services are considered to be normal Lufthansa business class flights and can be booked at Lufthansa's website at no extra cost. Some passengers do prefer the atmosphere on-board these smaller jets rather than flying on the usual larger planes. You can also find the flights on online agents like Expedia etc.
Switzerland
PrivatAir runs the following service in association with Swiss and bookable on the websites of Swiss and Lufthansa:
Zurich
ZUR to Newark EWR
LX 018 Departs 1655 Arrives 2000 Not Tue/Sat
Newark
EWR to Zurich ZUR
LX 019 Departs 2120 Arrives 1130 (+1) Not Tue/Sat
The aircraft is a BBJ2 (based on the 737-800) with 56 seats.
For more legroom on these flights ask for the exit row.
Netherlands
KLM-AirFrance market a service from Amsterdam to Houston operated by PrivatAir. The service is popular with oil company executives.
Amsterdam
AMS to Houston IAH
KL663 Departs 1440 Arrives
1820 Not Wednesday
Houston IAH to Amsterdam AMS
KL664 Departs 1935
Arrives 1225 (+1) Not Wednesday
Aircraft is the 48-seat (2 by 2) Boeing Business Jet BBJ based on the 737-700, pictured above at Schiphol airport.
Bookable as a standard 'World Business Class' ticket on on KLM's website.
Note, all timetables above are subject to regular change.
Privatair is a good way to experience an all-business class service given the ease of booking through the websites of some major Euro carriers, especially if you are a frequent flyer member in Star Alliance or Skyteam.
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