Lufthansa Takes Delivery of Fourth A380

Lufthansa has taken delivery of its fourth Airbus A380 - registration D-AIMD, “Mike Delta”.

The aircraft has been named after the Japanese capital Tokyo, the first destination to be served by the Lufthansa flagship. The official naming ceremony for the aircraft will be held in Japan at the beginning of 2011 to mark the 50th anniversary of Lufthansa’s first flight from Frankfurt to Tokyo.

The latest A380 to join the Lufthansa fleet is due to enter scheduled service on 18 November 2010.

The delivery of the airline’s fourth A380 means that from 18 November Lufthansa will be able to operate ten further flights with an A380, replacing the previous Boeing 747 and Airbus A340 services on these routes.

 In future, the A380 will operate three flights a week (previously one flight) on the Frankfurt-Beijing route. Furthermore it will serve Johannesburg five times a week (previously twice weekly) from Frankfurt.

Counting the existing daily A380 service between Frankfurt and Tokyo, the A380 will then take off for its three routes some 30 times a week.

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