Lufthansa plans to retire its fleet of Airbus A340-600s at the start of 2026 as the airline introduces more efficient ...

Once a staple of long-haul travel and a symbol of Airbus’ ambition to rival Boeing’s widebodies, the four-engine Airbus A340 ...

However, Lufthansa has gone for a rather different approach with a retired Airbus A340-600. The German airline is giving the aircraft, identified by the registration code D-AIHO – a fresh start ...

Lufthansa is bringing its Airbus A380 out of retirement and expanding service ... which is the Airbus A340-600, the company noted. The A380 offers four classes of travel: eight seats in First ...

The A340 was introduced 30 years ago with Lufthansa and Air France, but only 380 have been produced since, the last in 2012. By comparison, Airbus has ... variant is the -600, with the stretched ...

With later models, the balance shifts more in A340's favor, with the A340-600 shadowing the ... As of 2022, Lufthansa was slowly phasing out the Airbus in favor of Boeing's 787.

Lufthansa aims to deploy the A340-600s at its main Frankfurt hub While the A380s also offer first, only three of the double-deckers may be brought back, according to Lufthansa’s latest thinking.