Wedoany.com Report-Dec 23, The Lufthansa Group has announced that it has ordered an additional five A350-1000 aircraft, taking the total firm order for the next generation long-haul plane to fifteen.
The group declared that the additional aircraft order should be delivered between 2028 and 2030. The total value of the order is valued to be around $2 billion at list price.
In total, the Lufthansa Group has ordered 75 A350-900s and A350-1000s, with 28 already in scheduled service and 47 more to be delivered by 2031.
In March 2023, the Group ordered ten A350-1000s, with deliveries due to start in April 2026.
“Today’s order underscores our great confidence in our long-standing, close and successful partnership with Airbus. With the state-of-the-art A350 long-haul jets, we are accelerating the largest fleet modernization in our history,” Carsten Spohr, Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG said in a statement.
Spohr continued: “We are investing more than ever before in our history to make air transport more sustainable, to achieve our CO₂ reduction targets and at the same time offer our customers the highest level of comfort with a first-class travel experience.”
Spohr also said that the Lufthansa Group has ordered 770 aircraft from Airbus throughout its history and is “proud to be Airbus’ largest customer worldwide”.
“With the upcoming integration of ITA Airways in January, the Airbus fleet of Lufthansa Group Airlines will grow by another 100 short- and long-haul aircraft,” Spohr added.
The twin-engine long-haul jets are slated to replace four-engine aircraft types that are gradually being phased out. These include the Boeing 747-400, Airbus A340-600 and Airbus A340-300.
