Lufthansa Group will be purchasing 48 new aircraft at a value of 3.5 billion Euros to add to the group’s fleet and to replace older aircraft. The request to order the new, highly modern, fuel efficient aircraft for the Group was approved by the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG.
The purchase includes eight Airbus A330-300, equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent700 engines, will be deployed on long-haul routes and the remaining 40 aircraft will be deployed on European routes.
Lufthansa Passenger Airlines will receive three Airbus A330-300s and twenty Airbus of the A320-family, whilst Lufthansa Regional will receive eight new Embraer 195 aircraft. The Lufthansa A330-300 has 48 Business Class seats with 60” pitch and 8 First Class seats of between 85” and 92” pitch.
In First Class and Business Class on long-distance flights, seats are equipped with laptop power point connections and have Lufthansa FlyNet internet connection on board. The Sky Phone also enables you to make calls during a long-haul flight.
First class and Business class passengers can choose from a selection of 22 video channels, 23 radio channels and a collection of 50 CDs. New Business class have lie-flat beds on long haul flights.
In addition, the order includes five Airbus A330-300, two Airbus A321 and two Airbus A320 for SWISS, as well as eight new Airbus A319 for Germanwings.
The new aircraft will be delivered to the Group successively from 2012.
“Investments in new aircraft strengthen the competitiveness of the airlines in the Group, and a modern fleet increases fuel efficiency and reduces operating costs, noise pollution and CO2 emissions” commented Lufthansa Chairman and CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber, speaking on the decision.
The financing of the orders shall occur using the Group’s liquid assets or external financing.
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