In the wake of the Corona crisis and government aid, the Lufthansa Group has renegotiated the schedule of its aircraft deliveries with Airbus and Boeing. To keep costs down, the airline group will purchase a maximum of only 80 new aircraft by 2023. It is now also clear what the planning for the current and coming year looks like.
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr explained at the presentation of the quarterly figures on Thursday (August, 6) that the company will take delivery of a total of 23 aircraft in 2020. In the following year, the group will then receive a further twelve aircraft. aeroTELEGRAPH now has the exact allocation to models.
First two A320 Neo for Swiss
In the first quarter of 2020, the Lufthansa Group already took delivery of three Airbus A320 Neo, one A350-900 and three A320-200, which are not newly built aircraft, but used leased jets for Austrian Airlines. Another one followed in June.
In July, Swiss' second Airbus A320 Neo arrived with the registration HB-JDB. This was followed in August by the A320 Neo with the registration D-AINZ at Lufthansa - the airline's first aircraft of this type with black-edged cockpit windows in «Zorro» look.
Two Boeing freighters, one Airbus A220
This will be followed in the course of the year by seven more Airbus A320 Neo, three A321 Neo, one more A350-900 and two Boeing 777-200F freighters. In 2021 the group will take delivery of three A320 Neo, eight A321 Neo and one A220-300.
Lufthansa now expects the first Boeing 777-9 in 2022, to which Boeing has also postponed the general first delivery. Carsten Spohr said at an inquiry by aeroTELEGRAPH that he was currently negotiating the upcoming delivery schedule with Boeing.
The Lufthansa CEO explained that they knew about the delay of the 777X, «but of course I can't announce it» before the manufacturer itself does. It is a small side blow against the other launch customer Emirates, who had declared even before Boeing's announcement that they do not expect the long-haul aircraft before 2022.
In the picture gallery above you can see some of the planes that have already arrived.
Lufthansa still expects some new jets in the coming years
Airbus A350-900 with the registration D-AIXP and the maiden name Braunschweig: Lufthansa took delivery of it in February 2020. Another aircraft of the model will follow later this year.
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Swiss' first Airbus A320 Neo also arrived in February. It bears the registration HB-JDA and the name Engelberg. This ...
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... is how the plane looks from the inside.
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The second A320 Neo from Swiss: On this picture the aircraft still bears a test registration number in Hamburg-Finkenwerder. In July the airline took over the jet and since then it has been flying as HB-JDB with the name Riederalp.
Airbus A320 Neo named Neubrandenburg: D-AINZ arrived in August and is Lufthansa's first A320 Neo with a «Zorro Mask».
