Airbus: Lufthansa snaps up 2 new Airbus superjumbos

Germany's largest airline, Lufthansa (LHAG.DE), will be flying two more Airbus (EAD.PA) A380 superjumbos on long-haul routes sooner than expected after snapping them up as part of an order worth about 1 billion euros at list prices.


The airline, already Europe's largest customer for the 526-seater A380, was offered the additional planes at short notice, a spokesman said Thursday.


Lufthansa has already ordered 15 A380s, eight of which have been delivered. It was due to take delivery of the next five in 2015, but the two in Thursday's order are set to be delivered in 2014, the spokesman said/

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