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- Another Lufthansa double-decker airliner, the D-AIMH, has returned to the German airline after being stored at Spain’s Teruel airport for two years.
- The plane departed from Teruel Airport on November 15 and arrived at Frankfurt Airport with some delay.
- Lufthansa currently has five A380s and will be based at Munich Airport to support services to Thailand and the United States.
Another Lufthansa double-decker airliner departed from storage in Spain and returned to German carrier Lufthansa. D-AIMH took to the skies to return home on Wednesday, November 15th.
The aircraft last operated in September 2021, spending almost two years under the supervision of the aircraft storage facility Tarmac Aerosave at Teruel Airport (TEV) in the province of Teruel in eastern Spain.
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The aircraft, which departed from Plataforma Aeroportuaria Teruel Airport, also known as Teruel Airport, on Wednesday, November 15, was scheduled to be on its way to Germany by noon. However, he was only pushed back at 13:08, not at noon.
The two-hour, 15-minute journey to Frankfurt appeared to be uneventful, passing over the south of France, Monaco, Milan and east of Zurich before entering German airspace and making a sharp left turn over Stuttgart. Landed in Frankfurt. Turn and land to the west.
Although the aircraft flew at an altitude of 40,000 feet for most of the trip and departed Teruel later than scheduled, the aircraft landed at the LH hub at 15:24, just under an hour after its scheduled arrival time of 2:00 p.m. 36 (according to Flightradar).
Lufthansa operates four superjumbos: D-AIMK, D-AIML, D-AIMM and D-AIMN. A Lufthansa spokesperson told Simple Flying Back that D-AIMH’s return marks the airline’s fifth return to the airline, with both flights scheduled to arrive at Munich Franz in support of a robust summer schedule.・He said that it will be based at Josef Strauss Airport (MUC). In June:
“At an internal meeting, Carsten Spohr confirmed that Lufthansa will have four to five Airbus A380s in Munich as of summer 2023.”
Let’s go back to the sky
D-AIMH was ferried to Plataforma Aeroportuaria Teruel (PLATA) at Teruel Airport (TEV) on September 14, 2021. More than two years ago, this aircraft was sent to storage at LH9921, with a departure time of 09:30, a delay of 30 minutes. The scheduled departure time is 09:00 and you will arrive in Spain at the scheduled arrival time of 11:30.
Photo: Dirk Daniel Mann | Shutterstock
The aircraft, with registration number D-AIMH and serial number 70, made its first test flight on December 9, 2010, more than a decade ago. The aircraft was delivered to Lufthansa on July 7, 2011, seven months later. It was named “New York.” The aircraft has eight seats in first class, 78 seats in business class, 52 seats in Lufthansa’s popular premium economy class, and the remaining 371 seats in economy class. The A380 is equipped with four Rolls Royce Trent 970 engines.
During the Northern Hemisphere summer, Munich saw A380s flying to Boston, New York, and Los Angeles. But for the winter, the airline will readjust its schedule, sending planes to New York, Los Angeles and now Bangkok.
The resumption of double-decker flights to Bangkok will take place on October 28, and the upgrade from the A350-900 to the A380 to Thailand will mark the resumption of Lufthansa A380 service to the Asia-Pacific region. means.
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source: flight radar 24, air fleet