Lufthansa Shops For Airbus And Boeing Aircraft

To further boost and modernise its short- and medium-haul aircraft fleet, Lufthansa Group has ordered jets from Airbus and Boeing. Starting with Airbus, Lufthansa Group has placed a firm order for an additional forty A220-300s, an aircraft that has operated with the group since 2016. In fact, Lufthansa was among the first carriers to fly the A220. Ever since it took delivery of the A300 in the 1970s, the Lufthansa Group has gone on to operate all Airbus commercial jets, including the A220, A320 family, A330/A340, A350 and A380.

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With Boeing, Lufthansa has placed a firm order for forty 737 MAX jets with the option to purchase an additional sixty. This deal will reintroduce the Boeing 737 in the group’s fleet, as the last specimen from the family, a 737-300, was delivered in 1995. Before that, Europe’s largest airline group had taken delivery of 145 Boeing 737 aircraft, with the first in 1967. Lufthansa retired its last 737 in 2016. In addition to the 737 MAX, there are other Boeing jets in Lufthansa’s order book. It comprises thirty-four 787 Dreamliners, seven 777-8 Freighters and twenty 777-9 planes.

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