{"version":"1","article":{"id":"lufthansa-a340-600-final-commercial-flight","slug":"lufthansa-a340-600-final-commercial-flight","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/lufthansa-a340-600-final-commercial-flight","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/lufthansa-a340-600-final-commercial-flight?lang=en","title":"Lufthansa retires its final Airbus A340-600 from scheduled service","summary":"Lufthansa said flight LH419 from Washington, D.C., was the final scheduled commercial flight of its last Airbus A340-600, ending 23 years of the type’s service with the airline. The aircraft landed in Frankfurt on 19 October.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":["travel"],"published_at":"2026-10-20T19:09:32+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-20T19:09:32+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-10-19","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Lufthansa Group","url":"https://newsroom.lufthansagroup.com/en/lufthansa-bids-farewell-to-its-last-airbus-a340-600-and-continues-its-fleet-renewal/","publishedAt":"2026-10-19","checkedAt":"2026-10-20"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/lufthansa-a340-600-final-commercial-flight","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/lufthansa-a340-600-final-commercial-flight?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/lufthansa-a340-600-final-commercial-flight","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/lufthansa-a340-600-final-commercial-flight?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/lufthansa-a340-600-final-commercial-flight","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/lufthansa-a340-600-final-commercial-flight?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/lufthansa-a340-600-final-commercial-flight","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/lufthansa-a340-600-final-commercial-flight?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/lufthansa-a340-600-final-commercial-flight","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/lufthansa-a340-600-final-commercial-flight?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Lufthansa said flight LH419 from Washington, D.C., was the final scheduled commercial flight of its last Airbus A340-600, ending 23 years of the type’s service with the airline. The aircraft landed in Frankfurt on 19 October.","The retirement is part of the group’s fleet renewal. Lufthansa said that by 2028, 70% of its long-haul fleet is planned to consist of new-generation aircraft; the figure is a company target for the future, not a current fleet share."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Lufthansa said flight LH419 from Washington, D.C., was the final scheduled commercial flight of its last Airbus A340-600, ending 23 years of the type’s service with the airline. The aircraft landed in Frankfurt on 19 October.\n\nLufthansa said flight LH419 from Washington, D.C., was the final scheduled commercial flight of its last Airbus A340-600, ending 23 years of the type’s service with the airline. The aircraft landed in Frankfurt on 19 October.\n\nThe retirement is part of the group’s fleet renewal. Lufthansa said that by 2028, 70% of its long-haul fleet is planned to consist of new-generation aircraft; the figure is a company target for the future, not a current fleet share.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"}}}