Lufthansa first 747-8 operator?

[chornedsnorkack]

the argumentation at the end of the article from seattle-pi is very interesting. to me it sounds like "it is not a bug, but it is a feature"-story if they say:

"Anything Airbus does with the A380 to match this," he said of the 747-8 Sky Suites, means they lose seats. "No other plane but the 747 can do this."

... the 747 has got a quite small overhead space which they call innovative to use for the 747-8. And according to this, the 747-8 has got a clear advantage over the A380? That's so cute from the people at Boeing! 8)

-lr.

You're overlooking some of the potential ramifications of this overhead space. Some of the things Boeing mentioned are highly viable options. Moving the gallery up to this overhead space frees up additional room for seating, and should be quite doable by all accounts.

IIRC the Tristars, which do commonly have galleys off main deck, in the belly, have catering door in the galley.

A galley in the attic of a B747-8 might have trouble with catering doors... How does food normally get up to the upper deck galley of B747?

[Mordoch]

IIRC the Tristars, which do commonly have galleys off main deck, in the belly, have catering door in the galley.

A galley in the attic of a B747-8 might have trouble with catering doors... How does food normally get up to the upper deck galley of B747?

This is the one awkward element of such a scheme in my mind. I'm thinking some extremely basic elevator might be an option. You would simply need it to be able to take a food cart between each level. The obvious question would be the weight of such a mechanism.

On the other hand, I may be missing whatever the obvious solution to move food to the top level is for a 747.