Lufthansa set to bring A380s back on track in response to traffic boom
In January 2020 while the world unknowingly was already grappling with Covid-19, Lufthansa announced that to respond [...]
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In January 2020 while the world unknowingly was already grappling with Covid-19, Lufthansa announced that to meet the demand for travel to Thailand it would deploy the A380 on the Frankfurt-Bangkok route, the largest of the planes in the fleet. Then we all know how it turned out and Lufthansa, like other companies, decided to retire the A380s for good. Or almost.
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Last year, in a summer still of restrictions and only domestic demand, the German carrier had Decided to use 747/8s for European routes. and for German tourists' summer destinations. But now that, despite the war in Ukraine, booking and passenger numbers appear to be back to 2019 levels, LH finds itself with another problem, lacking aircraft to meet all demands.
Delays in 777X deliveries. and the difficulty of Finding good replacements in the market is prompting the company's management to speculate about waking up the A380 fleet from hibernation in the desert. LH would not be the first company to make this decision; before the Germans it was already the turn of Qatar, Etihad and even a British Airways Rethink the retirement of the largest passenger aircraft ever built.
It is still unclear when and where it will fly, but it seems that we will soon see more A380 take flight and we at TFC can only be happy since we love this aircraft model. Who knows if other carriers, such as Air France (which has made a similar decision but already starting to dismantle its giants), now they do not regret the too hasty decision.
