A Qantas spokesman said the Australian airline had done work with Lufthansa Technik in the past and would continue to in the future.
"Later this year Lufthansa Technik will start refitting the interior of 12 of our planes including changing seats and TVs," he told AAP.
"This is quite different to aircraft or engine maintenance."
But wasn't Swissair Flight 111 MD-11 brought down in September 1998 in a fiery crash with the loss of all 229 lives due to arcing in the "inflight entertainment system" that did not trip the safety circuit breakers?
How quickly some forget the lessons of history. With all due respect, most senior managers in Qantas could not be expected to know anything that technical about airliners.
Refitting interiors has nothing to do with flight safety of course...a bit like changing the colour of the first class napkins really...