Lufthansa

Immaculate interior fittings and facilities on the old 747s disguises how cramped and uncomfortable is the economy class seating. A Lufthansa Boeing 747 flight to Frankfurt from Johannesburg last year was unbearable. Lufthansa's more modern A340-600s offer more space comfort and individual screens and the outgoing flight to Cape Town was better.

Those media-boxes have made travelling a hell on earth. They have made it impossible to stretch out your legs. And if the passengers in front of you recline their seats you will probably never get out of yours.

Seat 38G (and 38F also) is good for full-time reclining because there are no seats behind. In-seat LCD is large enough (9 inch) and a touch screen type so no hand controllers are equipped in the armrest and games are not available (only movies and music). Overhead bin of seat 39D is occupied by a baby bed and no room and half of overhead bin of seat 39B and 39H is occupied by magazine racks.

Lufthansa's long-haul economy seats are just like those on short-haul or just not really suited to anything more than a couple of hours. However on their Airbus fleet you do get at- seat IFE unlike on the Boeing 747s where there are TVs over the aisles - this is a big problem for children.

Lufthansa is about the norm for economy transatlantic flights. It's not something I look forward to but is bearable. The food is ok and FA's nice. IFE mundane.

Lufthansa's configuration is absolute torture. No leg room. My wife's drink was spilled on her when the guy in front of her moved in his seat. Hard to get out of even the aisle seat.

Frankfurt to J'Burg. Worst overseas flight ever! No leg room at all. Very difficult to get in and out of even the aisle seat. Must be dangerous in an emergency situation. Avoid at all cost!

Terrible seating experience. The most unconfortable seat I have ever been on. My feet kept on kicking a steel box that was located right where they were supposed to rest. So forget about putting anything underneath your front seat. I could hardly move on my 13-hour EZE-FRA (and back) flights. Very old ceiling mounted TVs provided terrible entertainment.

First time on LH and when I sat down I thought this was the most uncomfortable seat with the least legroom I had ever experienced. The seatback pockets were the smallest I had ever seen and when pulled out the table tray was on an forward incline. I had to stabilize it with one hand while I ate. When the passenger in front of me reclined his seat it was almost in my face. Because of this and as a courtesy to the passenger behind me I did not recline my seat throughout the whole YYZ-FRA flight.

Bulkhead seat 24A. This seat provides a bit more legroom and of course there is no seat reclining in front of You. Access to the aisle without difficulty even if your neighbor was sleeping.