Lufthansa will be the first airline worldwide to use a variety of different settings for the on-board lighting of the A350-900 which are intended to fit with the day and night-time biorhythms of their passengers. This will help passengers relieve from body clock getting out of synchronization if they are travelling in different time zones. With the introduction of Lufthansa’s new A350-900, it has now for the first time become possible to work with and fit with the biorhythms of the passengers by providing the right type of light at the right time. Lighting effects will also be used to copy a pleasurable restaurant atmosphere on board during mealtimes.
“The well-being of our passengers is of particular importance to us. So it represents a real milestone for us that we can now achieve these improvements with this innovative lighting technology,” says Reinhold Huber, who is responsible for further development in the area of Customer Experience. Altogether, the new A350-900 LED technology can provide around 24 different lighting settings. Following on from the A350-900, Lufthansa will also be re-fitting its Boeing 747-800s with the new lighting system.
Lufthansa has developed these various lighting moods in association with lighting designers from Kardorff Ingenieure in Berlin. “Our focus is on passengers’ needs when it comes to selecting the type of light to be used. We are thus able to create a pleasant atmosphere which can significantly improve the passengers’ feeling of well-being,” explains Professor Volker from Kardorff.
