Lufthansa is adding another distinctive aircraft to its anniversary fleet. In just a few weeks, the airline’s first Airbus A350-1000 will join the fleet, arriving from Airbus with a special livery created to mark Lufthansa’s 100th anniversary.
Painted at Airbus’ Toulouse plant, the aircraft is finished in blue with a large white crane and the anniversary markings “1926 | 2026” and “100.” The livery required 432 liters of blue paint and 246 liters of white.
The aircraft is scheduled to make its way from Toulouse to Munich this fall. Before that happens, several test flights, additional interior work and the final acceptance inspection still need to be completed.
Registered D-AIFA, the A350-1000 will eventually carry the name “Deutschland,” with an official naming ceremony to follow at a later date.
There is another reason this particular aircraft matters: it will be the 700th aircraft delivered by Airbus to the Lufthansa Group.
At 73.80 meters long, the A350-1000 stretches exactly seven meters beyond the A350-900. Lufthansa’s version will accommodate 300 passengers across four cabins: First Class, Business Class, Premium Economy and Economy.
The airline has ordered 15 A350-1000s, with deliveries scheduled through 2030.
The new aircraft will also become the seventh Lufthansa aircraft to wear the special anniversary livery. The design is already flying on an Airbus A350-900, an Airbus A380, a Boeing 787-9, a Boeing 747-8 and two short- and medium-haul Airbus A320neos.
For an airline celebrating a century in the sky, it is a fitting way to mark the occasion: a new generation of aircraft wearing a very visible piece of Lufthansa history.
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