Lufthansa Technik's new completion centre and vip lounge at Hamburg airport has been billed as the executive jet owner's wonderland. "Only the dreams of the customer set the limit," declared Renate Sockolowsky, a spokeswoman for the company. "A complete interior can cost as much as DM10 million. It is a different world."\rLufthansa Technik (LHT) is a licensed completion agency for BBJs and A319CJs. The centre was opened in September at an exclusive opening ceremony for a select group of jet owners. The guests were given an overview of the work undertaken at the centre; two aircraft are currently under completion, providing a demonstration of the facilities. The Hamburg centre took a year to build. It comprises a hangar for the fitting of the aircraft, a computer suite, and a mock-up room. This contains a section of fuselage from a BBJ and an A319CJ, which LHT claims is ideal for making the jet owner aware of the space he has to consider. "We have both mock-ups so that the customer can see the difference, can get an impression or a feeling about the room he has in which to install things," said Sockolowsky. "In collaboration with the customer, a drawing is prepared of the cabin layout, a drawing which reflects the customer's wishes. On that basis, the staff of the vip centre put together foam models, which are then inserted into the fuselage mock-ups." Having designed the layout of the aircraft interior, the next stage is LHT's "samples room," which stocks a variety of surfacing materials: Fabrics, leather, plastic, wood and carpet. "Unusual wishes can also be met," said an LHT spokesman coyly. The company will reveal no details of any such requests presented so far to the centre. "Every visitor is an individual, with his personal favourites of decor, colour or kind of wood. Some want their aircraft to match their house in terms of style and colour," said Sockolowsky.\rWhen the materials have been selected, the interior is prepared as a three dimensional computer graphic, which can then be viewed by the customer. This system is apparently unique within the industry, and is said to allow the customer to specify exactly his requirements for the aircraft, and prevent any misjudgements about how the cabin will look. "As an interior agency, we have to recommend some things, as dictated by the airworthiness of the aircraft," admitted Sockolowsky. "You cannot have a very heavy table in the aft compartment. You can have a table that seems heavy and looks like ebony, but in reality it is made from a honeycomb material and is very light. Sometimes the customer has his own architect and designer, or he can work together with ours, but either way it is a discussion process." The vip consultation centre so far has six aeroplanes booked for the year 2000, and predicts steady growth throughout the first three years of the 21st century.