Lufthansa receives first A350-1000 and its 700th Airbus aircraft
Lufthansa took delivery of its first A350-1000 in Toulouse, a jet that also became the 700th Airbus aircraft delivered across the Lufthansa Group.
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The milestone arrives 50 years after Airbus made its first delivery to Lufthansa and during the airline’s centenary year. The A350-1000 is the largest member of Airbus’s current twin-engine widebody family.
The delivery begins a new fleet type for Lufthansa. The 700-aircraft total spans the wider group’s long relationship with Airbus rather than aircraft currently in service.
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