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
.