German based airline Lufthansa who will be the fifth carrier to fly the A380 have today announced their inaugural route will be between Frankfurt and New York (JFK). The airline expects delivery of their first superjumbo early next year and although no official date for commercial services has been released, services should commence by mid 2010. This will be the first A380 route to service Frankfurt and the third destination to service New York with Air France soon to begin services from Paris (CDG) and Emirate to restore the A380 Dubai service early next year after pulling them due to poor passenger number earlier this year.
It is anticipated the Lufthansa will use the A380 on one of their three daily return Frankfurt to New York which are currently all operated by Boeing 747's. The remaining two services are expected to be maintained and will continue to use the 747's.
Exactly which service will be replaced is currently unknown and as such no schedule has been posted yet, however stay tuned for any developments. To view details of all current carrier A380 routes and flight schedules (plus Lufthansa's when announced) see the following post:
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