Lufthansa welcomes new aircraft

LUFTHANSA will gradually
replace the Airbus A340-600,
which currently operates
the daily non-stop seasonal
service between Cape Town
and Munich, with an Airbus
A350-900.
The airline will take delivery
of its first ten A350-900
aircraft, to be based in
Munich, from January 2017.
"To start off with,
destinations within six to
eight hours will be flown
using the new aircraft,” says
Andre Schulz, Lufthansa gm
for South Africa. He says the
aircraft replacement for the
Cape Town flight will happen
at a later stage as the flight
is over 11 hours in duration.
The A350-900 will
accommodate 293
passengers with 48 seats
in business class, 21 in
premium economy and 224
in economy.
Lufthansa has ordered
25 A350-900s, with the
deployment of the remaining
15 aircraft yet to be
decided.