Lufthansa first with Miami A380

Airbus A380 operations into Miami are to be introduced first by Lufthansa.  Starting 10 June the airline will be operating daily flights from Frankfurt to the "sunshine state" of Florida.  The world’s largest passenger aircraft is replacing a Boeing 747-400 currently serving this route, utilising the existing flight numbers LH 462 and LH 463.

Lufthansa will be the first airline to operate A380 at Miami International Airport.  When the eighth A380 comes into service the A380 fleet will be operating 84 long haul flights weekly, logging more than half a million kilometres.  Each week more than 44,000 passengers around the world will be able to fly with Lufthansa’s new flagship.

Accommodating a total of 526 passengers, the Lufthansa cabin will be configured with eight seats in First Class, 98 in Business and 420 in Economy.

Miami will additionally be served daily from Zurich by SWISS with an Airbus A340.  During the winter flight schedule Lufthansa will resume direct flights to Miami from Dusseldorf with an Airbus A330-300, initially in early October with three weekly flights, increasing to daily service from November.  Lufthansa also serves New York and San Francisco with A380 flights.

For more than 30 years Lufthansa has had a presence at Miami Airport, popular alike with leisure and business travellers.  The flights with A380 to San Francisco begin on 10 May.  The inclusion of Miami in the flight schedule as the third A380 destination in the USA will allow a daily 3,156 passengers to fly on the flagship across the Atlantic. www.lufthansa.com/A380

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