The FINANCIAL — The Lufthansa Group is continuing with the modernisation of its aircraft fleet in 2015. Lufthansa’s 16th Boeing 747-8 landed as scheduled from Seattle at its future home airport in Frankfurt on 27 January, 2015. Following a nine-hour transfer flight, the newest “Queen of the Skies” joined Lufthansa’s jumbo fleet, replacing an older Boeing 747-400, which is being decommissioned, according to Deutsche Lufthansa AG.
The “Dash Eight”, whose tail number is D-ABYR, is one of four brand-new aircraft of this type that Lufthansa will acquire in 2015. Over the coming months, the state-of-the-art jets will arrive in Frankfurt one by one like a string of pearls. As well as the four Boeing 747-8s, Lufthansa will take delivery of two Airbus A380s, ten aircraft from the A320 family and a Boeing 777F freighter for Lufthansa Cargo.
After its cabin has been fitted by Lufthansa Technik in Frankfurt and it has obtained its operating certificate, the “Yankee Romeo” will enter scheduled service in mid-February. Its first destination is expected to be New York.
The capital expenditure on a Boeing 747-8 long-haul aircraft with the latest technology and top travel comfort totals more than USD 360m at list prices. And with more than 220 Lufthansa staff members involved, the employment effect is the same as that of a medium-sized company, according to Deutsche Lufthansa AG.
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