Strict training program for Lufthansa A380 crew

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The Lufthansa crew must complete a comprehensive training program before the Airbus A380 can be put back into operation. In the coming weeks, the world’s largest passenger aircraft will be flown to other airports in Germany as well as Leipzig-Halle for take-off and landing maneuvers, the company announced in Frankfurt. However, passengers cannot board the plane.

Lufthansa had already removed the four-engine A380 from the fleet before the Corona recession for efficiency reasons. Some of the 14 giant jets that were decommissioned are being recommissioned due to the delay in the delivery of new planes and also the increasing demand for long-haul flights.

Last Wednesday, pilots landed twelve times at Leipzig-Halle Airport in an A380 for training purposes and immediately took off again, a spokesperson reported. After these “touch and go” maneuvers, Lufthansa’s only operational A380 to date was brought to its Munich location. By September, three more aircraft of the 509-seat type will be put into operation.

From the long-term car park in Teruel, Spain, they will be flown to the maintenance site in Frankfurt, then to Manila for general maintenance and finally to Munich via Frankfurt. Under the deal, Lufthansa wants to return six A380s to manufacturer Airbus by November.

Lufthansa needs around 20 pilots and around 400 flight attendants with valid licenses for each A380. In a normal scheduled flight, the crew consists of two people in the cockpit and 21 people in the cabin.

Line operations are scheduled to resume on the Munich-Boston route on June 1. An A380 connection to New York is also planned from July 4th.

(SDA)

Source :Blick