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September 23,
2010- The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG approved the order
of 48 new aircraft for the Group at its meeting on Wednesday. Of these
new aircraft, eight Airbus A330-300, equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent700
engines, will be deployed on long-haul routes and the remaining 40
aircraft will be deployed in continental traffic. The planned order includes three Airbus A330-300 and twenty Airbus of the A320-family for Lufthansa Passenger Airlines, as well as eight new Embraer 195 aircraft for Lufthansa Regional.
In addition, the
order includes five Airbus A330-300, two Airbus A321 and two Airbus A320
for SWISS, as well as eight new Airbus A319 for Germanwings. The new,
highly modern and fuel efficient aircraft will be delivered to the Group
successively from 2012. The order has a list value of approximately 3.5
billion Euros. |
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?Investments in
new aircraft strengthen the competitiveness of the airlines in the
Group, and a modern fleet increases fuel efficiency and reduces
operating costs, noise pollution and CO2 emissions. That equally
benefits our customers, shareholders and staff, as well as the
environment.
The financing of
the orders shall occur using the Group?s liquid assets or external
financing. Deutsche Lufthansa AG is the flag carrier of
The airline is the
world's fifth-largest airline in terms of overall passengers carried,
operating services to 18 domestic destinations and 183 international
destinations in 78 countries across Africa, |