Lufthansa brings back 1st Airbus A380
Following-up on our article of 28 June 2022, we can now report that Lufthansa has taken a first Airbus A380 out of storage. The aircraft, D-AIMK (146), was ferried from Teruel in Spain to Frankfurt on 2 December 2022. Here it will receive first maintenance before being ferried to Manila for heavy maintenance. It's planned to have the aircraft back in service at the start of the 2023 summer season in March.
The ferry-flight was conducted with its gear down as Lufthansa couldn't test if the gear would retract as normal at Teruel.
Lufthansa is reactivating the type as it's facing a big increase in post-Covid customer demand and its new Boeing B777-9s are delayed. The airline has eight remaining A380s in the fleet and it's expected that up to six will be reactivated. The plan is to operate the aircraft mainly out of Munich.
Photo by Lufthansa.
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