After declaring that must resume flights with its remaining Airbus A380 planes, a Lufthansa spokesman said that up to five aircraft will be deployed in Munich in 2023, one of the company's main bases in .
It's not yet clear when the A380 will return or which routes the airline will put it on. Lufthansa's only forecast is to operate four to five aircraft of this model in the summer of 2023 on high-demand routes from Munich.
Lufthansa currently operates the Airbus A340-600 and Airbus A350-900 in Munich for its long-haul international operations and is expected to add another large aircraft to expand operations.
It is noteworthy that the German airline decided to sell six A380 aircraft in recent months, and still has eight in its possession. The Airbus A380 is the largest enger plane in the world: it is 73 meters long and 24 meters high and can accommodate 509 engers on Lufthansa.
Before the pandemic, Lufthansa used the Super Jumbo flying from Munich to Boston, Los Angeles, Beijing, San Francisco and Shanghai, and also to Miami in the winter.
The reactivation of the A380s is happening due to a delay by Boeing in certifying the 777X. Lufthansa then decided to resume flights with the A380 to allocate it on routes with very high density and few slots available for operations, such as flights to JF Kennedy Airport, in New York. The company also has the 747-8i for these routes, but this one operates from Frankfurt.
With information aeroTELEGRAPH.
