Lufthansa’s first reactivated Airbus A380 landed in the Philippines at the end of last month to undergo heavy maintenance before re-entering service.
In Manila, the nine-year-old aircraft will be restored over 30 days and then return to the skies again.
The aircraft, named Düsseldorf, was put in storage near the start of the pandemic and only flew again on December 2, 2022, but had to fly slower and at a lower altitude due to complications after more than two years of not flying.
Lufthansa originally received the A380 as its 11th aircraft of that type in March 2014. It has since acquired three more A380s, and sold six.
No changes will be made to the interior during its restoration, according to Simple Flying.
A second A380 left Spain on Friday, February 3, arriving in Frankfurt for a similar round of restoration to join the first A380 in being reactivated in time for the Northern hemisphere’s summer season.
Deutsche Lufthansa executive board members said the airline was also strengthening and modernising its fleet with 50 new Airbus A350s, Boeing 787s and Boeing 777-9 long-haul aircraft and more than 60 new Airbus A320/321s in the next three years.
The airline is still assessing how many A380s will be reactivated and which destinations they will fly to. The world's largest passenger aircraft at 73m long and 24m high, the A380 seats 509 passengers.
