To mark Lufthansa’s 100th founding anniversary, the world’s largest passenger aircraft now also shines in a special blue design. Yesterday evening, the Airbus A380 landed at Munich Airport under flight number LH9901. It came from Shannon, Ireland, where it was painted with an XXL crane and the lettering “1926 | 2026” and “100.”
Thirty-five colleagues worked on the Airbus A380 for exactly 34 days. They brought the 47-meter-long stylized crane on the aircraft to life and painted a total area of over 4,000 square meters (equivalent to approximately 16 tennis courts). The Airbus with the registration D-AIMH will start regular service in March.
The Airbus A380 is the fourth aircraft to feature this extraordinary design. At the beginning of the month, a freshly painted blue Airbus A350-900 landed in Munich. A Boeing 787-9 and an Airbus A320neo, both based in Frankfurt, are also flying in the “100th anniversary colors.” Tomorrow, Friday, another Airbus A320neo with an XXL crane is expected in Munich.
A Boeing 747-8 and an Airbus A350-1000 will follow in the coming weeks. A total of seven special liveries will then be in service to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the first “Luft Hansa”. The aircraft will receive the special design either as part of a regular repainting program or, in the case of new deliveries, as their initial paint job at the factory. With this, there will be only minimal additional costs for this special fleet appearance in Lufthansa’s anniversary year.
