Lufthansa is one step closer to filling out its special 100th anniversary fleet.
A Lufthansa Boeing 747-8i received the carrier’s commemorative livery – dark blue with an oversized white crane – at a facility in San Bernardino, California. The aircraft, registered as D-ABYN and nicknamed “Niedersachsen,” is expected to depart for Munich on Wednesday and arrive there on Thursday.
The 747 will officially reenter service on Friday, with a nonstop flight to Los Angeles, officials said.
The jumbo jet is the sixth aircraft to receive Lufthansa’s 100th anniversary design. Last week, an Airbus A380 and A320neo also bearing the livery landed back in Munich after paint work outside Germany.
An A350, a 787-9, and another A320neo are already flying with the extra-large crane.
This fall, an A350-1000 will also get the new livery, completing the anniversary fleet, according to Lufthansa.
The airline dates its formation to predecessor company Deutsche Luft Hansa’s founding in 1926. Deutsche Luft Hansa also used the flying crane logo.
