Luftwaffe takes third A350-900

By Dominic Perry2023-03-20T10:23:00+00:00

Germany’s air force has received its third Airbus A350-900 for governmental transport missions following completion of the aircraft’s interior by Lufthansa Technik.

Named after “Theodor Heuss” – West Germany’s first president – and bearing the military registration 10+02, the A350 was handed over on 16 March.

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Source: Lufthansa Technik

Based at Cologne-Wahn airport, the widebody twin joins an existing example – “Konrad Adenauer”, registration 10+01 – in service.

The third member of the fleet, “Kurt Schumacher”/10+03, meanwhile, is currently being retrofitted with the full governmental cabin in place of the interim interior it had at delivery in 2020. Germany expects the jet to return in 2024.

Aircraft 10+02 had been transferred from Airbus to Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg in October 2021.

All A350s are powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines.

Dominic Perry

Dominic Perry is deputy editor of Flight International but also contributes extensively to flightglobal.com. Although specialising in the coverage of the helicopter industry, he has written on most topics in aerospace – be they commercial, defence or business aviation. In addition, there has been an increasing focus on the decarbonisation of the industry and zero-emission flight initiatives.View full Profile

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