Lufthansa to temporarily bring back five A340-600s to offer first class from Munich

Lufthansa is to temporarily reactivate five Airbus A340-600s on flights from Munich next summer to provide a first-class product offering from the airport. The German carrier pulled its 17 examples of the four-engined jet from service when the pandemic hit last year and even as early as April 2020 was indicating it would not restore the entire fleet. In September of last year it said seven of these would be permanently removed from service and the remaining 10 put in long-term storage, only to be reactived in the even of an ”unexpectedly rapid market recovery”. While Lufthansa is in the process of selling a dozen of the A340-600s, it has today outlined pans to reactivate five aircraft to enable it to provide a first-class product offering from Munich in 2022. Lufthansa operates its A340-600s in a four-class configuration, including eight first-class seats. “The decision to reactivate these aircraft is due to growing premium demand, for business as well as leisure travel,” Lufthansa says. ”Commencing in summer 2022, the A340-600s will fly from Munich primarily to North American and Asian destinations.”<br/>