Lufthansa will extend A340-600 operations into summer 2026, to compensate for Boeing 787-9 delivery delays.
The airline plans to retain six A340-600s for transatlantic routes like Boston and Detroit, bridging capacity gaps until 2026. Boeing B777-9 deliveries have shifted to summer 2027, with A380-800s refurbished for five more years on US and Asian routes.
Lufthansa expects 50 of 230 next-generation aircraft deliveries by year-end, with A220-300s on track from late 2026. Three A340-600s retired in 2025, leaving 10 stored as fleet modernisation progresses.
Carsten Spohr shared “We don’t expect ten aircraft any more this year, but rather probably around eight. We have finally reached a point where we take delivery of a new aircraft more or less every week.”
