Welcome to a JetFlix TV exclusive: This is a five part mini series on the Boeing 747-400 upper deck experience. JetFlix TV founder Henry Tenby filmed this series to take the viewer for an immersive, in-depth look at Lufthansa’s Boeing 747-400 upper deck travel experience.
In 2017, the Boeing 747-400 was retired by both United Airlines and Delta Airlines, leaving the US with no home-based Boeing 747 front line operators. The Boeing 747 has been in continuous use in the US since it first entered service back in 1970, which is quite an accomplishment for an aircraft. We did not want to seek out an upper deck flight on a Boeing 747-8 as we wanted to keep the experience as authentic to the original product as we possibly could. With Lufthansa operating their 747-400s on the Vancouver-Frankfurt run (in the Fall of 2017), this seemed like the perfect opportunity for us to sample their service. It was a paramount requirement to travel in the upper deck of the aircraft, with a window seat in both directions, of course!