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19.05.2010 21:24- First A380 for Lufthansa
© Lufthansa press photo
- Economy class interior
© Lufthansa press photo
- Buisness class Cabin
© Lufthansa press photo
On ceremony held on Airbus production facility in Hamburg, Lufthansa has received its first A380. The aircraft has msn 038 and is named Frankfurt on Main. It is part of 15 aircraft order with an option for another 10 announced in December 2001.
The plane has a Lufthansa registration D-AIMA and is equipped with four Rolls Roys Trent 900 engines. The double deck airplane has 526 seats in three classes: 8 first class seats, 98 business on the upper deck and 420 economy seats. The German flag carrier will use the aircraft on its long haul routes. The A380 plane ha s great fuel efficiency with fuel consumption of three liters per passenger per 100 kilometers. This will allow company to reduce the emissions per passenger km on its busy long haul routes.
The German national football team will have an opportunity to savour the A380 experience on a special flight with the new aircraft when it takes off from Frankfurt on Sunday, 6 June bound for Johannesburg, where the World Cup will be held. The following Tuesday, 8 June, the Lufthansa flagship will be on display during the opening day of the ILA Berlin Air Show at Berlin-Schönefeld. The A380 will enter scheduled service with Lufthansa on Friday, 11 June on the Frankfurt–Tokyo route. By this autumn, Lufthansa will have taken delivery of four A380s, which will be operated on routes to Beijing and Johannesburg.
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