Lufthansa Bets A350 Can Turn All Munich Long-Haul Profitable
- Latest Airbus wide-body will replace thirsty four-engine A340s
- Model earmarked to take over routes to India, East Asia
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG is banking on Airbus Group SE’s latest A350 wide-body jet to shore up its Munich hub, where the deployment of less efficient planes means normally lucrative long-haul flights are losing money.
The first 15 of 25 A350s ordered by Lufthansa are to be based in the Bavarian city, with the composite-fuselage, twin-engine model providing a 25 percent fuel saving compared with the four-turbine Airbus A340s currently used there.