Aircraft
Lufthansa Takes First Airbus A320neo
Delivery marks culmination of five years of development
Airbus president and CEO Fabrice Bregier (left) joins Deutsche Lufthansa chairman and CEO Carsten Spohr (center) and Pratt & Whitney president Robert Leduc to celebrate the first delivery of the A320neo. (Photo: Airbus)
Airbus president and CEO Fabrice Bregier (left) joins Deutsche Lufthansa chairman and CEO Carsten Spohr (center) and Pratt & Whitney president Robert Leduc to celebrate the first delivery of the A320neo. (Photo: Airbus)

Lufthansa on Wednesday took delivery of the first A320neo following a three-week delay involving engine-related documentation. The handover follows nearly two months of delivery preparation after the November 24 certification of the Pratt & Whitney PW11000G-powered narrowbody, now expected to enter service on Lufthansa's Frankfurt-Munich route on January 24. Lufthansa expects to take delivery of five A320neos by the end of the year.