Lufthansa will add the Airbus A350-1000 to its fleet, having ordered ten of them as part of a follow-on widebody order for 22 aircraft. The airline’s Supervisory Board today approved the purchase of the stretched A350, together with five more A350-900s, and seven Boeing 787-9s. And they are not just for the parent airline. More widebody orders could be announced soon. Insight: the logic behind Lufthansa’s widebody order.
The main reason for the new order is twofold. First, Lufthansa is short of capacity as demand for long-haul is recovering stronger than was anticipated. As a stop-gap, the airline is bringing back ten Airbus A340-600s and four A380s out of storage for the 2023 summer season. It isn’t ruled out that four more A380s will be added.
Active as a journalist since 1987, with a background in newspapers, magazines, and a regional news station, Richard has been covering commercial aviation on a freelance basis since late 2016.
Richard is contributing to AirInsight since December 2018. He also writes for Airliner World, Aviation News, Piloot & Vliegtuig, and Luchtvaartnieuws Magazine. Twitter: @rschuur_aero.
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