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The first A380 was delivered in 2014. The airline also added Airbus A321s, Airbus A330s, and Airbus A340s from 2004 to 2006. In May 2007, Qatar Airways and Airbus signed a memorandum of understanding for 80 brand new Airbus A350s. Qatar Airways became the launch customer of the A350, taking delivery of its first aircraft in December 2014.
An Airbus A350-1000 was flown to Sydney from Toulouse via Perth wearing Qantas decals to celebrate this order. The 238 seats will be split into six first class suites (three-abreast), 52 business class suites (four-abreast), 40 premium economy seats at 40″ pitch (eight-abreast) and 140 economy class seats at 33″ pitch (nine-abreast).
Airbus A350-1000: Airbus A340-600: 7 2007 One -600 was written off prior to delivery. Boeing 747-400ERF: 1 2015 2017 None Leased from Atlas Air. Boeing 747-8F: 1 2013 2016 Boeing 767-300ER: 2 2004 2008 Boeing 787-9: Boeing 777-200LR: 5 2014 2018 Airbus A350-1000: McDonnell Douglas MD-11F: 2 2008 2013 Boeing 777F: Leased from World Airways. [13]
Although the airline had initially planned to buy Airbus' A350-1000 jets, it switched to the 777X as it is more suitable for operations at their high-altitude hub in Addis Ababa. [51] It was the first airline in Africa to acquire a Boeing 787 full-flight simulator. [52] The airline received its first Airbus A350 XWB in June 2016 (). [53]
Compared to a Boeing 777-300ER with 360 seats, Airbus claims a 25% fuel burn per seat advantage for an A350-1000 with 369 seats. [251] The 7 m (23 ft) extension seats 40 more passengers with 40% more premium area. [164] The -1000 can match the 40 more seats of the 777-9 with a 10-across seating configuration but diminished comfort. [252]
Turkish Airlines received its 400th aircraft, an Airbus A350-900, in February 2023. [125] In May, chairman Ahmet Bolat revealed that the airline was closing in on ordering 600 new aircraft from both Boeing and Airbus, which would be the largest ever if confirmed. 400 of these aircraft would be narrow-body while the other 200 would be wide.
Lufthansa operates a mainline fleet of 296 aircraft, consisting of Airbus narrow and wide-body and Boeing wide-body aircraft. [1] [2] The mainline fleet is composed of seven different aircraft families: the Airbus A320 and A320neo families, Airbus A330, Airbus A340, Airbus A350, Airbus A380, Boeing 747 and Boeing 787.
In February 2019, almost 5 years after cancelling orders for 70 Airbus A350s in favour of ordering more A380s, Emirates decided to order Airbus' newest generation wide-body aircraft, namely the Airbus A330neo and Airbus A350-900, and reduce its orders for the Airbus A380. The memorandum of understanding was for 40 A330-900 and 30 A350-900 ...