The so-called “Dreamliner” with 294 seats is scheduled to land at Frankfurt Airport around 11:00 a.m. from Seattle, a spokesman reported on Monday.
Lufthansa has ordered 32 aircraft of the twin-engine type for the entire Group, which is intended to replace older Airbus models with four engines in the Group fleet.
According to Lufthansa, the 787 consumes around 2.5 liters of kerosene per passenger over 100 kilometers of flight. The aircraft is thus 25 percent more effective than the previous model. The fuselage is made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic, making it 20 percent lighter than conventional aircraft, according to Boeing.
Due to technical problems and a delivery ban that was only lifted in August, the handover of the aircraft that had actually been tested was delayed by around a year. Boeing last delivered a jumbo of the type 747-8, which has since been phased out, to Lufthansa in December 2015. Then came a few freighters for Lufthansa Cargo and passenger jets for the Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss of the type 777.
Lufthansa has been waiting for its new long version 777-9 for several years and now expects the first delivery no longer before 2025. Because the large Boeing with around 400 seats is still a long time coming, five Airbus A380s that have already been mothballed are to be included in the upcoming 2023 summer flight schedule be reactivated.
In order to be supplied faster, Lufthansa had taken over Boeing contracts from other airlines that had jumped off in the corona crisis. The interior fittings of the first five Dreamliners therefore do not correspond exactly to the specifications of the new Lufthansa cabin, which is to celebrate its premiere next year. In order to adjust the design, the first machine with the intended christening name “Berlin” will be put into maintenance in Frankfurt for a few weeks, and then be tested on domestic flights from October. Toronto in Canada is planned as the first overseas destination.
Source: Nachrichten
