Saturday, 11 March 2023

Airbus Updates No.3956

 

Airbus A320 -271N 6914  VT-ITH IndiGo Airlines ferried 09-10mar23 HYD-IST-WOE, for Marabu (+ 6799, + 6967, + 6849, all at WOE) ex F-WWBV
 Airbus A320 -232 7163  9H-GKJ Global Aircraft Leasing ferried 11mar23 ISL-CHR ex VT-TTL
 Airbus A320 -251N 11168  EI-SIX SAS Connect delivery 09mar23 TLS-ARN ex F-WWII
 Airbus A320 -271N 11192  N973NK Spirit Airlines delivery 10mar23 BFM-DTW ex F-WZMB
 Airbus A320 -251N 11283  N942AV Avianca Colombia delivery 09-10mar23 TLS-YYR-BOG ex F-WWIN
 Airbus A321 -111 1144  LZ-EAG Electra Aurways delivery 08mar23 SOF-VAR, LY-reg ex LY-BMD
 Airbus A321 -211 1233  VQ-BOD Nordwind Airlines ferried by lessor 09mar23 ISL-BJV ex M-ABEE
 Airbus A321 -211 1451  N412GX Global Crossing Airlines regd 08mar23 at SOF prior P2F-cnversion ex LZ-MDF
 Airbus A321 -231 1928  N985CM Cargo Aircraft Management ferried 10mar23 PRG-KEF-PSM-TPA for P2F-conversion, for ASL airlines group e0x VP-CBJ
 Airbus A321 -211 2211  YL-LCQ smartLynx Airlines posn 10mar23 RIX-SAW for AnadadoluJet ops ex SERDN
 Airbus A321 -231(F) 2303  9H-CGI smartLynx Malta posn 01-02mar23 MPL-KEF-YUL-POP on wet-lease to Sky Cana ex ES-MAG
 Airbus A321 -231 2687  YL-LCQ smartLynx Airlines posn 11mar23 KLV-SAW for AnadoluJet ops (+ 5025 YL-LDR MUC-SAW) ex N568TA
 Airbus A321 -231 5074  YL-LDS smartLynx Airlines ferried / posn 25feb/07mar23 NQY-ISL-SAW for AnadoluJet ops ex A9C-CB
 Airbus A321 -231 5382  EK-AAD Armenian Airlines first in svc 11mar23 EVN-SVO-EVN ex OE-ISO
 Airbus A321 -251N 8353  N353CG Aviation Capital Group ferried 10-11mar23 GYR-PHX-BGR-SNN-MPL ex XA-DBR
 Airbus A321 -271NX 10928  YR-WOW HiSky Europe delivery 08mar23 XFW-OSR, for paint ex D-AZYC
 Airbus A321 -271NX 11209  CC-AWW JetSmart delivery 08mar23 XFW-KEF-NAS-SCL “Delfín Mular” ex D-AZAK
 Airbus A321 -251BX 11240  TC-RDE Pegasus Airlines delivery 06mar23 XFW-SAW ex D-AYAF
 Airbus A321 -271NX 11250  9H-WAZ Wizz Air Malta delivery 07mar23 XFW-BUD ex D-AYAG
 Airbus A330 -203 472  9H-BFS Maleth-Aero posn 04/08mar23 CHR-MLA-JED for Hajj-ops, Saudia decals applied at MLA ex EI-GEW

Airbus Updates No.3955

 

Airbus A300 B4-103(F) 84  EX-30005 Aerostan Airlines delivery 02/07-09mar23 IGM-SBD-OSC-KEF-RIX-GYD-FRU, N-reg ex N362DH
 Airbus A319 -132 2470  N503NK Spirit Airlines ferried 06mar23 IAH-P08, for part-our & scrap ex D-AVYJ
 Airbus A319 -112 3346  OE-IGY DCAL Leasing ferried 10mar23 CQM-BEG ex V5-ANL
 Airbus A319 -111 5018  EI-IMT ITA Airways re-delivery 08mar23 WOE-FCO after paint ex F-WXAJ
 Airbus A319 -153NCJ 9012  UK888 Centrum Air first in svc 10ma22 TAS-LTN ex VP-CSM
 Airbus A320 -232 1518  PT-MZU Latam Brasil ferried 28feb-01mar23 BEL-MIA-TUP, for part-out & scrap ex F-WWIJ
 Airbus A320 -214 2584  LY-GYM Airhub Aviation ferried 10mar23 PHC-MAD after wet-lease to Ibom Air ex 2-VIHC
 Airbus A320 -232 3141  T7-L141 Air Lease corp ferried 07mar23 LJU-OSR ex JEI-VAS
 Airbus A320 -232 3354  HA-LPN Wizz Air ferried 04mar23 OSR-RZE after paint into all white ex F?WWBC
 Airbus A320 -232 3430  LY-WIZ ? ferried 11mar23 OSR-KTW, all white, HA-reg ex HA-LPR
 Airbus A320 -214 3988  N398AV Avianca Colombia ferried 06mar23 GUA.BOF after paint into hybrid Aviateca hybrid retro cs ex F-WWBO
 Airbus A320 -214 4013  9M- MyAirline delivery 08-09mar23 TLL-SHJ-KUL, OE-reg ex OE-IZU
 Airbus A320 -232 4328  9H-HUB Airhub Aviation ferried 06mar23 DSS-VNO after wet-lease to Air Sénégal ex 2-IGSA
 Airbus A320 -214 4448  N835CV UMB Bank ferried 09-10mar23 SAT-BGR-KEF-VNO ex D-AVVZ
 Airbus A320 -233 4906  LY-HMD Heston Airlines posn 06mar23 CHR-TUN on wet-lease to Tunisair ex OE-IGJ
 Airbus A320 -214 4924  N946AV Avianca Colombia delivery 10mar23 SLN-IAH-MDE ex VP-CCZ
 Airbus A320 -232 5021  YL-LDL smarLynx Airines posn 08mar23 NQY-SAW for AnadoluJet ops ex HA-LWM
 Airbus A320 -214 5084  OY-RCM Atlantic Airways delivery 06mar23 MPL-FAE ex OE-IGD
 Airbus A320 -232 6001  9H-WBJ Wizz Air Malta re-regd at KTW 09mar23 after transfe r(+ 6115 9H-WBG ex HA-LYD) ex HA-LWX
 Airbus A320 -214 6651  G-ECJV easyJet ferried 05mar223 BEE-LTN prior transfer, regd 08mar23 ex OE-ICZ

credit : Skyliner Aviation News

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Airbus Updates No.3954

 Airbus February 2023 orders & deliveries

Last month, Airbus was able to note down orders for 99 new Airbuses. Most notable were the ones from Qatar Airways, which are the reinstated orders that Airbus cancelled last year as a result of their fall-out. Next to the new orders, the manufacturer received eleven cancellations and delivered 46 new aircraft. The exact breakdown looks like this:

Ordered were:

  • 7 A320neos by British Airways
  • 3 A321neos by British Airways
  • 1 ACJ310neo by a Private customer
  • 50 A321neos by Qatar Airways
  • 23 A350-1000s by Qatar Airways
  • 15 A320neos by an Undisclosed customer

Cancelled were:

  • 7 A320neos by IAG
  • 3 A321neos by IAG
  • 1 ACJ319neo by a Private customer

Delivered were:

  • 1 A320neo to Aegean Airlines
  • 1 A330-200 to Airbus Defence & Space
  • 2 A320neos to Air Cairo (leased via CALC and NAS)
  • 2 A220-300s to Air France
  • 1 A321neo to Air New Zealand
  • 1 A321neo to American Airlines
  • 1 A320neo to Avianca (leased via CDB Leasing)
  • 1 A320neo to Azul 
  • 2 A321neos to Cathay Pacific
  • 1 A350-900 to China Eastern Airlines
  • 1 A330-900 to Condor (leased via CIT)
  • 1 A220-300 to Delta Air Lines
  • 4 A321neos to Delta Air Lines
  • 1 A321neo to EgyptAir (leased via AerCap)
  • 1 A320neo to Eurowings
  • 1 A320neo to flynas
  • 1 A321neo to Frontier Airlines
  • 1 A321neo to Gulf Air
  • 1 A321neo to Indigo
  • 1 A321neo to Jetblue Airways
  • 1 A321neo to Jetstar Airways
  • 1 A321neo to Juneyao Airlines
  • 1 A321neo to Korean Air
  • 1 A320neo to SAS
  • 1 A321neo to Shenzhen Airlines (leased via ICBC)
  • 1 A320neo to Spring Airlines
  • 1 A321neo to Spring Airlines
  • 1 A321neo to TAP Air Portugal
  • 2 A321neos to Turkish Airlines (1 leased via SMBC Aviation Capital)
  • 1 A350-900 to Turkish Airlines
  • 2 A320neos to Vistara (leased via Avolon)
  • 2 A321neos to Vistara (leased via Air Lease Corporation)
  • 1 A321neo to Viva Aerobus
  • 2 A320neos to Volaris (leased via ALAFCO and CALC)
  • 1 A321neo to WizzAir
  • 1 A321neo to Xiamen Airlines (leased via NAS Aviation Services)

In total, Airbus has now received 124 orders, twelve cancellations and delivered 66 aircraft.

Tuesday, 7 March 2023

Airbus Updates No.3953

 

HiSky Europe takes first A321neo(LR)

HiSky Europe (H4, Iasi) has taken delivery of its first A321-200NX(LR) at a handover ceremony at Hamburg Finkenwerder airport, although delivery to Romania is only expected at the end of the month.

YR-WOW (msn 10928), leased from Air Lease Corporation, operated its customer acceptance flight on February 28, 2023. According to BoardingPass.ro, a local aviation news website, the aircraft will soon be ferried to Ostrava for painting before heading to Romania later this month. HiSky Europe said it would enter into service "very soon".

The aircraft is configured for up to 201 passengers, including eight business class seats in a 2-2 configuration and 193 economy class seats.

The A321-200NX(LR) will join HiSky Europe's fleet of four A320-200s. Moldovan sister carrier HiSky (H7, Chisinau) operates one A319-100. The group has another A321-200NX(LR) due from the same lessor with delivery scheduled for April 2023.

Airbus Updates No.3952

 

Scoot will retire all A320ceo by YE25

The CEO of Scoot (TR, Singapore Changi) says the airline will stop operating its A320-200s by the end of 2025 and instead utilize its growing A320-200neo and B787 fleets, according to a CAPA Centre for Aviation report.

Citing CEO Leslie Thng from a media briefing at the recent Singapore Air Show, the report says Scoot is phasing out its older A320ceo as new aircraft arrive. Scoot presently has twenty-four A320-200s with an average age of 10.7 years. The latest Airbus order data shows that the airline has twelve A320-200Ns and six A321-200Ns on order. The airline also has three B787-8s and four B787-9s on order with Boeing.

Scoot's available seat capacity is currently tracking around 95% of pre-pandemic levels and Thng expects the low-cost carrier to better its 2019 numbers this year. He says the current aircraft orders are enough to accommodate planned future network growth and its planned 2023 aircraft deliveries are "on target." Last last month, Scoot also signed an LOI to lease nine E190-E2s from Azorra Aviation to assist its push into markets around Southeast Asia too small for either the A320neo or B787s.

Meanwhile, the airline is also exiting some markets to redeploy existing capacity elsewhere. Twelve months after recommencing flights, Scoot has confirmed it will quit the Gold Coast Coolangatta - Singapore route in July 2023, saying it is adjusting capacity and optimizing resources in response to demand. That demand appears to be coming out of China and Japan where the airline plans to relaunch routes and upgrade frequencies on existing routes over the IATA 2023 Northern Summer.

“Scoot has been anticipating the return of travel to and from China and we will scale up operations to meet the demand from this sizeable market,” said Thng. “We will also ramp up frequencies to other popular summer destinations as customers continue to seek to travel."

Airbus Updates No.3951

 

SAS signs sale/lease-back deal for ten A320neo

SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup) has entered into a sale/lease-back transaction with Aviation Capital Group for ten A320-200Ns due for delivery through early 2024.

"We continue to make progress with our transformation plan, and these new sale and leaseback agreements are an important part of that - securing competitive financing for our renewed fleet of modern and fuel-efficient aircraft. We are pleased to renew our long-term strategic partnership with ACG, one of the world's leading aircraft financing partners," President and Chief Executive Anko van der Werff said.

The ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows that SAS already operates fifty-seven A320-200Ns, including twenty-one placed with its SAS Connect (SL, London Heathrow) production carrier. The airline has a further twenty-three A320-200Ns on firm order from Airbus. The bulk of its existing A320neo are dry-leased with just eleven aircraft of the type owned by SAS. The ch-aviation fleets ownership module shows that SAS has no aircraft leased from Aviation Capital Group so far.

ACG's current A320neo portfolio comprises 53 aircraft placed with 20 carriers.

Airbus Updates No.3950

 

1st A350-1000 for JAL breaks cover

The first Airbus A350-1000 for Japan Airlines has emerged from the paint shop at Toulouse. It was photographed by Eurospot on 3 March 2023. The aircraft, currently registered F-WZFW (610) will become JA01WJ once delivered, which is expected after summer. The airline is planning to introduce the A350-1000 on commercial flights at the end of October 2023, with New York-JFK (NY) being the first destination.

In total, Japan Airlines has ordered thirteen A350-1000s, which will be used to replace the airline's thirteen Boeing B777-300ERs. The airline is already operating sixteen A350-900s and has two more of these on order. JAL is utilizing the A350-900 solely on domestic routes.

Next to these aircraft, Japan Airlines has a further fleet of 43 B737-800s, three B777-200ERs, 25 B787-8s, and 22 B787-9s.

Saturday, 4 March 2023

Airbus Updates No.3946

 

Airbus warns of A321neo(XLR) delivery delays - report

Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) has warned its customers that their A321-200NY(XLR)s will be delayed, albeit by months rather than years, Bloomberg has reported citing internal sources.

The delay results from a combination of general issues, such as supply chain constraints, that are affecting the entire industry, and type-specific problems. The latter pertain to the XLR's complex certification procedure. Last year, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) told the manufacturer to redesign the fire protection system around the new central fuel tank, unique to the ultra-long-range A321neo variant.

Airbus officially conceded last year that the XLR would enter service in 2024 rather than 2023, as initially planned. The new delays could push first delivery to the end of 2024 or beyond.

Contrary to the A321-200NX(LR), the XLR will have its own type certificate and thus faces more stringent certification procedures.

The ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows that Airbus has so far accumulated 465 firm A321-200NY(XLR) orders with it largest customers being IndiGo Airlines (69 orders), American AirlinesUnited Airlines (50 each), and Wizz Air (47).

Airbus Updates No.3945

 

India's IndiGo eyes large Airbus order in 3Q23

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has revealed that IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi International) could announce an order for "several hundred" Airbus aircraft at the Paris Air Show to be held at Paris Le Bourget Airport in June. Le Maire made the comments, which were first reported in Les Echoes, while attending a G20 meeting of finance ministers in New Delhi.

IndiGo is the largest airline in India by a comfortable margin. According to ch-aviation capacities data, its 300 plus aircraft currently provide over 35% of all the available seat kilometres on flights in and out of India's airports. Measured by flight frequencies, IndiGo provides almost 48% of all flights across India's international and domestic markets.

In terms of market dominance, IndiGo is comfortably ahead of the second-placegetter, Air India (AI, Mumbai International). That airline is readying to merge with Vistara (UK, Delhi International), which will give it a boost on both metrics but still see it trailing IndiGo. But Air India's new owners, Tata Sons, are pouring resources into the airline, including approving a record breaking aircraft order for 470 planes in February. Air India CEO Campbell Wilson says that order is all about being ready to harness the expected future opportunities in Indian aviation.

That order and a resurgent Air India may emerge as push factors in any IndiGo order. The latest Airbus India Market Forecast (published approximately 12 months ago) estimates India will need 2,210 new aircraft by 2040. Except for one wet-leased B777-300(ER) and thirty-nine ATR72-600s, IndiGo operates an all Airbus narrowbody fleet comprising twenty-two A320-200s, 121 A320-200Ns, two A321-200(P2F)s, and seventy-nine A321-200NX. The latest Airbus order data also shows that IndiGo still has 180 undelivered A320neo and 308 undelivered A321neo outstanding, meaning any further order from IndiGo for several hundred aircraft would signal a massive commitment to fending off the Tata Sons airlines and maintaining their market dominance.

Airbus Updates No.3944

 

Airbus A321 -231 4173  F-WTAX Airbus ferried 28feb23 LETL.-LFBF prior P2F-conversion, for Yamato Transport, reg JA81YA res ex A7-AIA
 Airbus A321 -211 4461  9H-SLC smartLynx Airlines Malta posn / first in svc 28feb/03mar32 TLL-ISL-SAW-CPH-SAW ex YL-LCY
 Airbus A321 -231 5186  D-AIDU Eurowings ferried 01mar23 SEN-DUS after paint ex D-AVZL
 Airbus A321 -251NX 10821  B-32A2 Air China delivery 28feb-01mar23 XFW-NQZ-CTU ex D-AVZH
 Airbus A321 -251NX 11095  VT-TVF Vistara delivery 28feb23 XFW-DEL ex D-AXXS
 Airbus A321 -271NXLR 11129  N4073J jetBlue delivery 28feb23 BFM-MLB ex F-WZMV
 Airbus A321 -271NX 11176  N520DE Delta Air Lines delivery 02mar23 XFW-BGR-MSP ex D-AZVY
 Airbus A321 -251NX 11229  VH-OFS Jetstar Airways delivery 28feb-02mar23 XFW-BLR-PER-MEL ex D-AZAW
 Airbus A321 -271NX 11248  N528DE Delta Air Lines delivery 01mar23 BFM-MSP ex F-WZMI
 Airbus A321 -271NX 11303  9H-WDI Wizz Air Malta delivery 03mar23 XFW-BUD ex D-AVYE
 Airbus A330 -343 791  9H-SMI smartLynx Airlines Malta ferried 26feb23 POP-CHR after wet-lease to Sky Cana ex OEIEB
 Airbus A330 -243(F) 810  EZ-F429 Turkmenistan Airlines ferried 28feb23 SNN-LDE, 9H-reg after pant prior delivery ex 9H-AJN
 Airbus A330 -343 1517  9H-HFE HiFly Malta delivery 28feb23 VCV-DUS ex 9V-SSB
 Airbus A330 -343 1600  EC-NTY Wamos Air posn 01mar23 MAD-JED, Saudia decals, basic AirAsia X cs ex OE-IAF
 Airbus A340 -313 921  F-WTAJ Surinam Airways at AMM 28feb23, basic old Air Belgium cs prior delivery ex OO-ABD
 Airbus A350 -941 561  B-32CZ China Eastern onward delivery 01mar23 TSN-PVG after cabin config ex B-005T

Airbus Updates No.3943

 

Airbus A300 B4?103(F) 84  N362DH TVPX Aircraft Solutions ferried 03mar23 IGM-SBD prior delivery to? ex HS-THP
 Airbus A320 -233 2118  LY-EMU GetJet Airlines posn 03mar23 VNO-TAS on wet-lease to Centrum Air ex SP-HAH
 Airbus A320 -233 2301  N491TA Avianca Central America ferried 28feb23 GUA-TUS on return to lessor ex F-WWDF
 Airbus A320 -232 2422  YR-LIB Fly Lili regd 23feb23 at CRA prior svc entry ex EI-HJA
 Airbus A320 -232 3284  9H-SWA Avion Express Malta delivery 03mar23 KTW-VNO ex HA-LPO
 Airbus A320 -232 3430  HA-LPR Wizz Air ferried 01mar23 KTW-OSR for paint prior delivery to? ex F-WWBC
 Airbus A320 -233 3581  9H-SWF Avion Express Malta delivery 25feb23 SNN-VNO ex OE-IOC
 Airbus A320 -214 4329  9H-EUT Eurowings Malta re-rregd 28feb23 at DUS after transfer + 7019 9H-EWD ex OE-IQC) ex D-AEUH
 Airbus A320 -233 4944  N684TA Avianca Central America ferried 02-03mar23 SAL-YYZ-KEF-WOE on return to lessor ex F-WWBZ
 Airbus A320 -232 4991  9H-MLB Avion Express Malta posn 26feb23 CDT-JED,Flynas tail cs & titl ex OE-LDL
 Airbus A320 -214 5635  OO- Brussels Airlines delivery 01mar23 DUS-BRU, D-reg prior paint ex D-AIZU
 Airbus A320 -214 5874  G-EJCA easyJet delivery 27feb23 PRG-EMA, OE-reg, for paint (+ 6107 G-EZJE 20feb23 ex OE-LDI) ex OE-LDX
 Airbus A320 -271N 6914  VT-ITH IndiGo Airlines ferried 02-03mar23 HYD-IST-WOE, for Marabu (+ 6799, + 6967, + 6849, all at WOE) ex F-WWBV
 Airbus A320 -271N 10749  F-WXAW Airbus ferried 27-28feb23 TSN-NQZ-LFBF, Qingdao cs (+ 10879 F-WXAX ex B-007Q) ex B-000J
 Airbus A320 -251N 11223  VT-TYF Vistara delivery 03mar23 XFW-DEL ex D-AUBB
 Airbus A320 -251N 11226  N940AV Avianca Columbia delivery 01mar23 XFW-YYR-MDE ex D-AUBC
 Airbus A320 -251N 11263  PR-YSN Azul Linhas Aéreas delivery 02mar23 TLS-SID-CNF ex F-WWDV
 Airbus A320 -271N 11282  VP-BTF AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines ferried 01mar23 WOE-GYD after paint ex F-WWBU
 Airbus A320 -251N 11322  SU-BUR Air Cairo delivery 01mar23 TLS-CAI ex F-WWDJ
 Airbus A321 -231(F) 2303  9H-CGI smartLynx Malta posn 01-02mar23 MPL-KEF-YUL-POP prior wet-lease to? ex ES-MAG

credit: Skyliner Aviation News

Thursday, 2 March 2023

Airbus Updates No.3942

 

Lufthansa Group orders 22 latest-generation long-haul aircraft – total list price of 7.5 billion US dollars

  • Orders placed for ten Airbus A350-1000s, five Airbus A350-900s and seven Boeing 787-9s
  • Fleet modernization further accelerated / substantial contribution to achieving 2030 carbon emission goals
  • Lufthansa Group and Airbus strengthen cooperation on sustainability and future technologies
  • Lufthansa Group to take delivery of 108 latest-generation long-haul aircraft over the next few years
  • Six older aircraft types to be withdrawn in the medium term including the four-engined Boeing 747-400, Airbus A340-600 and Airbus A340-300
  • The Lufthansa Group is purchasing more state-of-the-art long-haul aircraft. The Group Executive Board has resolved to order

    • ten Airbus A350-1000 passenger aircraft
    • five Airbus A350-900 passenger aircraft
    • seven Boeing 787-9 ‘Dreamliner’ passenger aircraft

    The orders were approved today by the Supervisory Board of parent company Deutsche Lufthansa AG. The aircraft concerned will be delivered to the Lufthansa Group from the mid-2020s onwards. Based on list prices, the order is worth a total of about 7.5 billion US dollars and is in line with Group’s mid-term financial planning.

    The Lufthansa Group is also in advanced negotiations to acquire further long-haul aircraft which could be made available at shorter notice.

    Carsten Spohr, Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, says: “With our purchase of 22 further Airbus A350s and Boeing 787s, we have secured the delivery of more than 50 latest-generation long-haul aircraft for the member airlines of the Lufthansa Group since the pandemic began. These aircraft will be equipped with our new long-haul cabins, including the latest-generation seats in all classes of travel. And the combination of our superb employees on the ground and on board, these highly advanced aircraft and our latest seating product on board will position our airlines well to the fore again within the premium segment. These new aircraft will also play a decisive role in helping us achieve our carbon emission reduction goals by 2030 as fuel-efficient aircraft which incorporate the latest manufacturing technology are by far the greatest lever for providing more climate protection within the aviation sector.”

    With today’s orders included, the Lufthansa Group will take delivery of 108 state-of-the-art long-haul aircraft such as the Airbus A350-1000, the Airbus A350-900, the Boeing 787-9 and the Boeing 777-9 over the next few years. In doing so, the Group will operate the quietest, most profitable and most economical long-haul aircraft that are currently in service. On average the new aircraft consume just 2.5 liters of fuel per passenger per 100 kilometers – some 30 percent less than their predecessor aircraft types.

    The new long-haul aircraft will also replace older aircraft types. In the medium-term future, six such subfleets will be taken out of service: the four-engined Boeing 747-400s, Airbus A340-600s and Airbus A340-300s and the two-engined Boeing 777-200s, Boeing 767-300s and Airbus A330-200s. This will reduce the quadjet contingent within the Lufthansa Group fleet to under 15 percent: prior to the pandemic, quadjets made up some 50 percent of the groupwide aircraft fleet.

    In addition to the agreement on the purchase of the new aircraft, Airbus and Lufthansa have also signed a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ to further strengthen their cooperation in the field of sustainability and future technologies. This includes the intensified use of sustainable aviation fuels, the further optimization of operations through a more efficient flight management and exploration into the use of hydrogen.

    In total, and including the advanced short- and medium-haul aircraft of the Airbus A320neo family, the Lufthansa Group currently has over 200 firm orders for new aircraft of the latest generation which will be delivered over the next few years.

The Airbus A350-1000

  • The Airbus A350-1000 will be a new addition to the Lufthansa Group fleet. The aircraft is 73.8 meters long and offers some 15 percent more capacity than the Airbus A350-900. The ten A350-1000s on order should primarily be deployed in premium-heavy markets. Therefore all these aircraft will be equipped with a First Class cabin.

The Airbus A350-900

  • Lufthansa already operates 21 of these aircraft with sizeable success. With the five aircraft ordered today, the Lufthansa Group will now take delivery of 33 further transports of this long-haul aircraft type.

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