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Lufthansa has outlined its plans for the upcoming summer season starting in March 2025. The airline will continue to operate its Airbus A380, connecting Munich with Boston, New York, Washington, Los Angeles, and Delhi. Meanwhile, Lufthansa confirmed that it would retire its A340-600 aircraft by late October 2025.

According to a Lufthansa spokesperson, "the airline’s current plan does not include the A340-600 operating during the winter flight schedule," which begins on October 26, 2025. Data from Cirium supports this statement as there are no planned flights for the A340-600 from October 27 onward.

Lufthansa will gradually decrease the number of weekly flights operated by the A340-600 throughout 2024 and until its retirement in October 2025. Currently, Lufthansa has scheduled 86 weekly flights with this aircraft type in November and December but plans to reduce them to 66 by January 2025. The schedule will further decrease to maintain only 50 weekly flights from July until retirement.

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The airline currently possesses a fleet of 17 A340-600s, seven of which are inactive and stored at Teruel Airport (TEV), one of Europe's largest aircraft storage facilities.

The decision comes amid broader operational challenges faced by Lufthansa Group. In July's Q2 results announcement, they reported operational and financial difficulties resulting in a net loss of €265 million ($281.8 million) for H1. Consequently, a transformational program was launched aimed at increasing efficiency and reducing complexity across operations.

“Achieving a break-even full-year result is becoming increasingly challenging for Lufthansa Airlines,” said the company regarding these measures.

One significant aspect of this transformation includes retiring several long-haul subfleets like the A330-200, A340-300, A340-600, and Boeing 747-400 by 2028.

Despite these changes within their fleet strategy concerning older models such as the A340 series jets being phased out entirely soon enough - there remains some stability around newer additions: specifically retaining usage rights over their popular double-decker superjumbo option -the iconic 'superjumbo' variant known globally simply under model designation code name "A380".

During next year's peak travel period between March through September when demand typically spikes highest annually across most markets worldwide alike; Lufthansa intends keeping multiple routes active via direct service offerings originating directly out hub city base location found nestled centrally inside southern Germany itself: Munich International Airport(MUC).

From here customers can expect continued access toward major destinations spread evenly throughout North America including Los Angeles International(LAX), Bangkok Suvarnabhumi(BKK), Delhi Indira Gandhi(DEL) among others listed below:

Between November-February timeframe however certain adjustments made necessary given fluctuating seasonal trends observed industry-wide necessitating temporary suspension west coast US bound leg departing LAX destination point altogether spanning two months duration encompassing both January-February respectively beforehand resuming regular intervals thereafter once again come springtime arrival date marks calendar reset cycle year anew accordingly thereafter subsequently concluding annual review process following final assessment phase completed prior deadline submission requirements fulfilled satisfactorily thereby ensuring seamless transition occurs without incident nor interruption whatsoever encountered along way leading up eventual completion project timeline established originally outset planning stages earlier inception stage began initially conceived idea first proposed ultimately realized fruition achieved successfully brought fruition seen today reality manifested form 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