Lufthansa A380-800

On 6 December 2001 Lufthansa announced an order for 15 Airbus A380 Model Airplanes with 10 more options. This deal was confirmed on the 20th of December 2001. The A380 fleet will be used for long haul flights from Frankfurt exclusively. The first aircraft, that arrived on May 19, 2010 has been named "Frankfurt am Main". The first route of the Lufthansa Airbus A380 is Frankfurt to Tokyo, the first flight was on June 11, 2010. The second A380, named "München" (Munich) was delivered in July 2010, and the third, named "Peking" was delivered in August 2010; Lufthansa expects four deliveries in 2010. With the delivery of more A380s, Lufthansa will operate the A380 on routes to Beijing (from 1 September 2010) and Johannesburg (from 12 September 2010). Lufthansa also plans to fly the superjumbo to New Delhi in the winter season of 2010-2011.

The A380 has an enhanced first class product that will be introduced on other long haul aircraft models.