Lufthansa Technik handed over the last Airbus A350 government aircraft to the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg) at the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) in Berlin. The aircraft with registration 10+03 was officially put into service by Defense State Secretary Nils Hilmer. It is the third of a total of three new A350 aircraft that are intended to replace two older Airbus A340s.
The modernization program included four cabin modifications for the three wide-body jets and was completed within the estimated time and cost frame. The first two aircraft, the 10+01 "Konrad Adenauer" and the 10+02 "Theodor Heuss", were already delivered in 2022 and 2023. The 10+03 "Schumacher" was initially equipped with an interim cabin and recently received its final cabin equipment. In addition, the external appearance was adapted to the more modern design of the sister aircraft. Sören Stark, CEO of Lufthansa Technik, praised the successful implementation of the program despite the challenges of the pandemic and thanked the team for its outstanding performance.