Lufthansa Group will put all of its Airbus A380s and 10 of its A340-600s into long-term storage, only to be reactivated in the event of an “unexpectedly rapid market recovery”, and will permanently ...

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Europe’s biggest airline is resurrecting a dinosaur of the skies to tackle a dearth of premium seats on lucrative intercontinental routes. Deutsche Lufthansa will return five ageing Airbus A340 jets ...

Lufthansa is to temporarily reactivate five Airbus A340-600s on flights from Munich next summer to provide a first-class product offering from the airport. The German carrier pulled its 17 examples of ...

The A340-600 is quickly exiting from major airline service, a victim of the coronavirus downturn. Its last two large airline operators, Iberia and Lufthansa, are parking the four-engined jet known for ...

An empty Airbus SE A340-300 long-haul aircraft owned by Deutsche Lufthansa AG was damaged on Monday morning after a tow truck maneuvering the plane around Frankfurt airport caught fire. About 10 ...

The afterlife of a decommissioned airplane can take many forms nowadays. Some are dismantled and used as parts, others simply end up in aircraft graveyards, while a select few are reinvented as modern ...

Deutsche Lufthansa AG will return five aging Airbus SE A340 jets to service in order to boost the availability of first-class seats as travel demand continues to rebound from the coronavirus crisis.

Lufthansa aims to deploy the A340-600s at its main Frankfurt hub While the A380s also offer first, only three of the double-deckers may be brought back, according to Lufthansa’s latest thinking. AP ...