Lufthansa Group advances with modernizationón of the fleet and purchases ten new long-haul aircraft from úlast generationón a Boeing and Airbus.
Lufthansa Group isá Acelerando La Modernizationón of its fleet with new low fuel consumption aircraft replacing types máS Ancient on Short Routes, medium and long distance. As a result, Deutsche Lufthansa AG Executive Council decidedó Buy ten long -distance aircraft:
- Cinco Airbus A350-900 y cinco Boeing B787-9.
These aircraft to beán operated by Lufthansa and strengthenán the premium offer of 5 stars of the Group's main brand.
As part of the renewal programóLong radius fleet n, will deliverá a total of 175 New aircraft aircraftíneas from the Lufthansa group this Déeach.
Boeing 787-9
the first boeing 787-9 Eastá scheduled to fly to Lufthansa the PRóximo winter, and others follow himán in the first half of 2022. I decided itón today elevates the núTotal Boeing Firm Orders 787-9 y Boeing 777-9 a 45 aircraft.
Due to the dram impactáTico de la Pandemia de Coronavirus in the aviationón global, the planes that hadíIt has been requested by some airlineíNeas could not be delivered in the úLtimos Doce months. Lufthansa held talks with Boeing And I foundó The way to buy five 787-9 that were already manufactured. At the same time, The group arrivedó to an agreement with Boeing on a restructured delivery plan.
Airbus A350-900
The five Airbus A350-900 Recién orders will be deliveredán enters 2027 and 2028. This raises the Númere total firm orders from A350-900 to 45 planes. The Lufthansa group alsoén acordó With Airbus a restructuringón of the planned deliveries.
Además to renew your long -distance fleet, Lufthansa tooén isá Focusing on the úlatest technologyía, the máxima efficiency and más High level of comfort for the client on short routes. Only inñor in progress, Lufthansa receiveá a new avióN of the Airbus A320 low fuel consumption family for short and medium -medium radius routes each month. The delivery of others 107 Airbus A320 est aircraftá planned until 2027.
With the Airbus A350-900, the boeing 777-9 and the Boeing 787-9, The Lufthansa group operatesá the grandfatherólong distance más efficient fuel in téPassenger consumption..
On average, New aircraft only consumeá about 2,5 liters of kerosene per passenger. This is approximately a 30 percent less than many long -range aircraft models previously and operated and will haveá An equally positive impact on the group's carbon footprint.
Current plans require a reductionóinitial n of the fleet and, at the same time, Una modernizationón exhaustive in the future. the boeing 787-9 and the Airbus A350-900 replaceán essentially to avióA340 long distance from four engines as part of this process.
New low fuel consumption aircraft reduceán operating costs in around a 15 percent comparedón with the models that are replaced.
Despite harsh cuts to ground and cabin employees, The bailouts requested from the German government focus on avoiding bankruptcy but also on modernizing its long-haul fleet. Without a doubt getting rid of the Airbus A340-300/600 makes sense operating the Airbus A350-900 and Boeing 787-9 although the Airbus A380 and Boeing are still stored 747-8 They are a headache due to the current pandemic. Lufthansa is traditionally a mixed manufacturer operator., It is still difficult to see that future Boeing 777-9 go full for 2023 as the developing world continues to experience strict lockdowns. Air France KLM, They were right not to order planes larger than the Boeing 777-300ER.
They aim to improve their economic performance and retire less efficient aircraft, but they are certainly good signs.