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No longer on the flight plan: Lufthansa no longer plans the last eight Airbus A380s, unless something unexpected happens.
It is not yet a final farewell. On Monday (September 21), the Lufthansa Group announced that it would transfer several aircraft to “long-term parking mode” and would no longer plan with them. This also includes the eight Airbus A380s, which the airline maintains after returning six super jumbos to the manufacturer.
This means that the Airbus A380 will disappear from the scene at Lufthansa for the time being. The group gives the giant plane, unlike its competitor Air France, for example, which has already shut it down, but one last little chance. The aircraft “would only be reactivated in the event of an unexpectedly rapid market recovery,” Lufthansa writes in a press release.
Faster to a simpler fleet structure
Ten Airbus A340-600s that are already stationed in Teruel but should have flown again in the future will have the same mini opportunity. However, seven other copies of the four-jet engine, which are also in the Spanish airport, will be definitively closed. The Boeing 747-400s, however, were apparently saved for the time being.
This means that Lufthansa is approaching a goal much faster than anticipated, which the Group set for itself more than a year ago: a much simpler fleet structure. In June 2019, management announced that it would focus on eight medium-term long-haul models. This leads to “low crew training, maintenance and operating costs.”
Many models were nearing completion anyway.
At the time, for example, management announced that it would withdraw 13 Boeing 747-400s, 17 Airbus A340-600s and 15 A340-300s from Lufthansa in the medium term, six Boeing 777-200 ERs and six Boeing 767-300 ERs from Austrian Airlines. , five from Swiss and four from Edelweiss Airbus A340-300. Changes have also been announced for Brussels Airlines, Eurowings and Lufthansa Cargo.
In general, the Lufthansa Group is reducing its fleet even more than previously known. “Medium-term fleet planning is being adjusted and currently foresees a permanent reduction in the capacity of the entire group of 150 aircraft from the middle of the decade,” the group said. Until now, there has always been talk of a reduction of 100 aircraft.
In the image gallery above, you can see images of the planes that are now parked and those that are surviving for the moment.
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