The second (10+01 “Konrad Adenauer”) of a total of three Airbus A350-900s of the German Ministry of Defense’s Special Air Mission Wing has arrived at Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg for the VIP cabin completion.
The three new A350-900 aircrafts are being named as below.
► 10+03 “Kurt Schumacher” - has been named after German politician 'Kurt Ernst Carl Schumacher' and aircraft is replacing one Airbus A310 MRT aircraft.
► 10+01 “Konrad Adenauer” - has been named after Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer - first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the new A350 aircraft is replacing one Airbus A340-313X VIP .
► 10+02 name is yet to be revealed , it might become "Theodor Heuss" - first President of the Federal Republic of Germany and the new A350 aircraft will replace another Airbus A340-313X VIP .
The first Airbus A350 aircraft 10+03 “Kurt Schumacher” was equipped with a transitional cabin last year to ensure an early entry into service, but the 10+01 “Konrad Adenauer” will now receive the first full government cabin for an aircraft of this type.
Picture : Lufthansa Technic
The completion work is slated to take much longer this time and the Delivery to the Luftwaffe is planned for fall 2022.
10+01 “Konrad Adenauer” will have a revised exterior appearance, that includes , titles in the “Bundes Sans” font and wingtips in large-scale black, red and gold, the 10+01 will also differ significantly from the 10+03 in the interior.
In contrast to the latter’s open cabin design, the various functional areas for political-parliamentary flight operations will now be structurally separated from one another, as was already the case with the two predecessors based on the Airbus A340.
The rest of the cabin will be available to the delegations flying with them, as usual. It will feature seating with generous seat pitch, an appropriate number of washrooms and modern galley equipment.
In October, the third new Airbus A350, named 10+02 , will also arrive in Hamburg to receive the full government cabin.
After the delivery of both 10+01 and 10+02 to the German Armed Forces, 10+03 (already in service) , will return back to Lufthansa Technik for a conversion from the transitional cabin to the full government cabin.
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