Summary
- Lufthansa’s Airbus A380 is finally back at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
- The airline plans to return eight A380s by 2025, selling six before the pandemic for economic reasons.
- Lufthansa’s H1 2023 report revealed reduced valuations for five decommissioned A380s as a consequence of accident damage not covered by insurance.
A Lufthansa Airbus A380 is en path to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), greater than three years because it last flew to the Californian airport after the airline grounded the double-decker aircraft throughout the pandemic. It departed from Munich Airport (MUC) on flight LH452 on October 26, 2023, with an expected arrival time at LAX of 15:20 local time.
Replacing the Airbus A350-900
Previously, Lufthansa had scheduled the Airbus A350-900 on flight LH452. Lufthansa has three different configurations of the A350-900. One has 48 business class, 21 premium economy, and 224 economy seats, while the opposite has 30 business, 24 premium economy, and 241 economy seats. Meanwhile, the last one is generally focused on economy class, with 30 business class, 26 premium economy, and 262 economy class passengers being seated onboard the aircraft during a full flight.
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Lufthansa’s Airbus A380 cabin seats a complete of 509 passengers: eight in first-class, 78 in business class, 52 in premium class, and 371 in economy class, which is significantly greater than any of the A350 cabins. Consequently,
The German carrier said that it brought back the A380 due to a The choice was made in June 2022. The airline resumed A380 flights in the summertime of 2023, with its first business flight departing from Munich and heading to Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) on June 1, 2023.The origin airport was also MUC.
Lufthansa identified that the A380 has Based on Cirium’s schedule data, in September 2023, Lufthansa had scheduled a complete of 90 flights between Frankfurt Airport (FRA), MUC, and LAX, offering a combined 28,080 seats. In October 2023, despite one less flight being scheduled, the airline increased the overall seat capability to 29,208.
The last of A380s
While the German airline plans to return eight Airbus A380s by 2025, prior to the pandemic, it had 14 aircraft of the kind. Nevertheless, it sold six of them in 2019, a 12 months before the pandemic broke out globally. Then, the airline argued that it made the choice
Lufthansa disclosed in its H1 2023 report that the “valuations of 5 decommissioned Airbus A380s that are held on the market were reduced by EUR 27m.”Based on the German airline, this reduction in valuation was attributed to accident damage not covered by insurance policies. Up to now, Lufthansa has reactivated 4 A380s, while one aircraft, registered as D-AIMC, is currently undergoing maintenance at Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL), the Philippines, in accordance with ch-aviation data.
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