German Airliner Lufthansa set to fly the world’s largest passenger aircraft again
German airline Lufthansa has announced plans to fly the Airbus A380 again from summer 2023, joining other carriers to announce a comeback after the COVID-19 pandemic paused air travel in 2020.
The Airbus A380 is the world’s largest passenger aircraft. It is 73 meters long and 24 meters high and can seat 509 passengers at Lufthansa.
Lufthansa said in a statement that the airline is reactivating the Airbus A380 in response to the steep rise in customer demand and the delayed delivery of ordered aircraft.
The company is currently assessing how many A380s will be reactivated and which destinations the Airbus will fly to.
Lufthansa parked 14 Airbus A380 jumbo aircraft in Spain and France for long-term “deep storage.” Lufthansa has sold six of its A380s over the last couple of years and the airline has eight superjumbos remaining in its fleet.
“We decided today to put the A380, which continues to enjoy great popularity, back into service at Lufthansa in summer 2023. In addition to this, we are further strengthening and modernizing our fleets with some 50 new Airbus A350, Boeing 787 and Boeing 777-9 long-haul aircraft and more than 60 new Airbus A320/321s in the next three years alone” said the Executive Board Members of Deutsche Lufthansa announcing the reactivation of the A380.
Emirates is the largest operator of the A380 with a total fleet of 118 A380s.