Boeing 747-8: Lufthansa mobs D-ABYA
At the end of last week, Lufthansa woke another Boeing 747-8, the D-ABYA, from its deep sleep. The aircraft was in long-term storage in Hamburg for around six months. Lufthansa says it is seeing a sharp increase in demand across the group. While company boss Carsten Spohr made it clear at the beginning of the corona pandemic that the B747-8 would definitely remain in the fleet, things are not looking good for the larger Airbus A380. Last week, another aircraft was flown out of Frankfurt. In 2018, the D-ABYA was the first aircraft in the Lufthansa fleet to receive the then new livery. It was also subsequently noticed that the tail fin appears black under certain lighting conditions. For this reason, Lufthansa made the dark blue paint a little lighter when repainting other aircraft.