Lufthansa Orders 20 747-8s, Seven A340-600s Dec 07, 2006 06:45 AM
The Lufthansa Supervisory Board has approved orders for a total of 27 new aircraft to support the carrier's growth and profitability targets, Lufthansa said. Twenty of those orders are for new long-range Boeing 747-8 jets, with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2010. An additional seven Airbus A340-600 long-haul aircraft will be joining the fleet from 2008. Lufthansa also has taken out options on another 20 of the B747-8 type. With the order placements, Lufthansa is underpinning its planned growth in intercontinental traffic and, simultaneously, replacing some of the existing aircraft in the fleet.
"With aircraft types in the B747 series from Boeing, on the one hand, and others from the A330/A340/A380 family from Airbus, on the other, Lufthansa is ideally equipped to strengthen and expand its leading position in intercontinental traffic," said Wolfgang Mayrhuber, chairman of the executive board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG. "By modernizing the fleet, the new aircraft will bring further gains in efficiency, as well as reduce fuel and operating costs. Both aircraft types are sustainable investments in ecological efficiency and add greater weight to Lufthansa's active commitment to environmental protection," said Mayrhuber.
Mayrhuber said the new aircraft would reduce emissions by 20 percent compared with earlier models.
The Lufthansa Supervisory Board has approved orders for a total of 27 new aircraft to support the carrier's growth and profitability targets, Lufthansa said. Twenty of those orders are for new long-range Boeing 747-8 jets, with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2010. An additional seven Airbus A340-600 long-haul aircraft will be joining the fleet from 2008. Lufthansa also has taken out options on another 20 of the B747-8 type. With the order placements, Lufthansa is underpinning its planned growth in intercontinental traffic and, simultaneously, replacing some of the existing aircraft in the fleet.
