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Lufthansa Resumes A380 Service to New York City

Lufthansa Resumes A380 Service to New York City

BY GABRIEL KRAMP Published on July 04, 2023 0 COMMENTS

German flag carrier Lufthansa has resumed A380 services to the New York City area, today, Tuesday, July 4, 2023.

 

[MUC,JFK]

 

Flight LH410, a nonstop service from Munich (MUC) to John F Kennedy Airport (JFK), used to see one daily Airbus A340-600. However, earlier this calendar year 2023, Lufthansa (DLH) revealed intentions to reactivate some of its A380 fleet, aircraft which were thought gone for good by the aviation community.

 



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Among the list of first destinations was New York JFK, although Boston (BOS) has been seeing the A380 from Munich for a month now.

 

Photo: Daniel Mena | AeroXplorer

 

Flight LH410 is the westbound sector of a roundtrip for the aircraft, which operates LH411 back to Munich overnight. 

 

The Superjumbo Airbus A380, which Lufthansa is currently in the process of resuming service with, has been the main attention grabber of planespotters and aviation enthusiasts since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

 

Lufthansa’s A380s can seat 509 passengers in 4 classes of service, which are Economy, Premium Economy, Business, and First.

 



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The majority of the lower class seats are found on the aircraft’s main deck, though some are on the iconic upper deck of the A380, which boasts more space and storage, especially at the window seats.

 

Lufthansa, like many airlines around the world, was quick in its decision to store the A380s in the Spring of 2020 upon the realization that air travel demand was significantly suppressed and likely would be for several years. Initially, the airline actually planned to never return the fleet to service, however, massive rebounds in the demand for long-haul travel has forced LH to revert its decision and take the A380 out of long-term storage.

 

Photo: Winston Shek | AeroXplorer

 

Like many airlines globally, Lufthansa simply was not prepared for the surge in demand so soon, in fact, many airlines anticipated that an A380 resumption would not occur until at least 2025. 

 

Now, we have even seen the rapid growth of a UK-based startup airline intending to use solely the A380 to operate its services. Global Airlines has just secured three additional A380s raising its current total to four Superjumbos. It seems that the A380 is undergoing an unforeseen yet very welcome resurrection with an exciting future in store for the type.

 



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Gabriel Kramp
Student at the University at Albany, but grew up in rural Massachusetts. Dream job of aircraft dispatcher for Delta (favorite airline).

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