The US Air Pressure buys two Boeing 747-8 Jumbojets from the Air Pressure and pays 400 million {dollars} (about 340 million euros) for them. The primary plane is anticipated to reach in early 2026, the second supply is scheduled for October subsequent yr.
“We’ve got the once-in-a-lifetime alternative to acquire a really excessive resale value for these plane,” Lufthansa Airways CEO Jens Ritter advised Branchenangaben in an worker briefing. Each Plane are round 13 Years outdated.
The acquisition is a part of the modernization of the US presidential plane fleet. The growing older 747-200 might be changed by the newer and bigger mannequin 747-8, it’s referred to as by the Air Pressure. The 2 plane have been to serve for crew coaching and as a spare elements supply, as provided by the Air Pressure.
Solely Air China, Korean Air and Lufthansa use the 747-8 for passenger flights
The acquisition is critical as a result of the 747-8 of Boeing is now not actively produced and differs from the plane of the sort 747-200 deployed within the presidential fleet. As of 2023, Boeing has ended manufacturing of the 747-8. In the intervening time, solely Air China, Korean Air and Lufthansa are placing the mannequin as a passenger automobile. Different operators use them for cargo flights.
The Air-Pressure-One program has struggled with delays and price overruns since Boeing 2018 signed a fixed-price settlement over US$3.9 billion for the supply of two modified 747-8 engines as a substitute for the airbags hat.
