Newark, Lufthansa’s Boeing 787’s first international destination
The first Boeing 787-9 in the Lufthansa fleet was christened monday at Berlin Brandenburg Airport by Governing Mayor Franziska Giffey.
Carsten Spohr, Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, said, “The first Dreamliner in our long-haul fleet is called ‘Berlin’, because the company has a long and special relationship with the capital. Lufthansa has been a strong partner of the German capital since it was founded in Berlin in 1926. With the new Boeing 787 ‘Berlin’ we proudly carry the name of the German capital around the world.”
Lufthansa was founded in Berlin on January 6, 1926 and was headquartered there until 1945. After World War II, only Allied aircraft were allowed to land in the divided city. Lufthansa did not fly to the capital again until 1990.
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Franziska Giffey, Governing Mayor of Berlin, said: “Lufthansa and the German capital are linked by a long tradition. The company was founded in Berlin in 1926 and rose to become one of the world’s leading airlines. Today, the Lufthansa Group connects Berlin with the world.”
Starting in December, the new Boeing 787 will operate its first international route between Frankfurt and Newark (New Jersey). The Dreamliner will make its first commercial flight from Frankfurt to Munich on October 19. From then on will fly the domestic route three times a day. This will allow the necessary training flights to be completed and as many crews as possible to be trained.
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