Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt International ) has begun retiring its fleet of twenty-three A340-600 s with the first of the type having now been ferried to Arizona for storage.

Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows D-AIHM (msn 762) was ferried from Munich to Marana on January 24. Its last commercial service - LH425 Boston - Munich - took place on November 5 of last year.

The German carrier is replacing the outgoing quadjets with more economical A350-900 s of which it has twenty-five on order from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac ). The first of the type - D-AIXA (msn 74) - was delivered in December last year with the remainder due to arrive through 2023.

According to the ch-aviation aircraft database, Lufthansa's A340-600s are configured with 189 in Economy, twenty-eight in Premium Economy, fifty-six in Business, and eight in First. They are used on flights from their Munich hub to Beijing Capital , Boston , Cape Town International , Chicago O'Hare , Denver International , Hong Kong International , Los Angeles International , Mexico City International , Miami International , New York JFK , New York Newark , San Francisco , Seoul Incheon , Shanghai Pudong , Tokyo Haneda , and Washington Dulles .