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Sun Feb 12 18:12:45 SAST 2012

Lufthansa to operate Airbus double-decker to Jo'burg

Paul Ash | 07 September, 2010 00:000 Comments

If you live anywhere near the approach paths to OR Tambo International, look up on Monday morning if you want to see commercial aviation's biggest creation of the past decade.

Lufthansa is putting an A380 double-decker on the Johannesburg route once a week out of Frankfurt. Along with Air France, this will be the second commercial A380 service to South Africa.

Lufthansa A380s have 526 seats - eight first class seats and 98 business class seats on the upper deck and 420 economy class eats on the lower deck, providing, the airline claims, "unprecedented comfort and an impressive feeling of space".

Lufthansa fly daily between Johannesburg and Frankfurt. From October 26 until end of March 2011, the airline will add an extra daily flight from Cape Town to Frankfurt.







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