On December 1 Lufthansa began the first long-haul operations of its Boeing 787-9 on the Frankfurt (FRA) – Newark (EWR) route. Previous weeks, the airline conducted domestic flights on the Dreamliner for equipment familiarization with pilots and cabin crew.
Flight LH 402 was operated in a 787 registered D-ABPA and christened «Berlin» took off from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) at 14:02 local time and landed at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) at 16:04, after eight hours and one minute.
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Our @BoeingAirplanes Dreamliner touched down at EWR today 4pm LT for the first time and was welcomed with a water fountain! #hellopapaalpha #dreamliner pic.twitter.com/v78LRnQ2Q9— Lufthansa News (@lufthansaNews) December 1, 2022
«Today, our first dreamliner took off for Newark. It is the first long-haul destination for our first Lufthansa 787. Over the past few weeks, the D-ABPA and its crews flew between Frankfurt and Munich to gain the necessary experience, test our processes, and obtain the mandatory takeoffs and landings. It is always a pleasure and a special moment to send a new aircraft on its first long-haul flight with passengers,» said Jens Ritter, CEO of Lufthansa.
Lufthansa will offer 4,116 seats per week on the Frankfurt (FRA) – Newark (EWR) route operated on Boeing 787-9s during the winter. The airline is scheduled to operate this service on Dreamliner until March 25, 2023 according to the Cirium platform.
Flight Itinerary
- Frankfurt – Newark Flight LH 402 FRA 13:30 – EWR 16:25 daily flights.
- Newark – Frankfurt Flight LH 403 EWR 18:20 – FRA 07:55+1 daily flights.
Lufthansa’s first five Dreamliner will have a 294-seat configuration in three classes (26 Business Class/21 Premium Economy/247 Economy). The German group is scheduled to take delivery of 32 Boeing 787s this decade.
In the coming years, Lufthansa will renew its intercontinental fleet with Boeing 787s, Airbus A350s and Boeing 777-9s, which will replace the older Airbus A340s and Boeing 747-400s.
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