Lufthansa has announced that the A350 will be operating the following ‘training’ schedule:
The aircraft is schedule to leave Munich at 11:00a and fly to Ingolstadt, arriving at 11:55a. It will execute touch and goes until 2:40p and will arrive back at Munich at 3:35p.
Keep in mind that schedules can change with no notice, so ‘tune’ into @LufthansaNews on Twitter for any updates.
Ever since the first A350 joined the fleet last week, it has been on a whirlwind schedule with pilots flying it all around Germany in an effort to get their training flights completed. Until recently, LH has been publishing the schedule of these flights 2-3 days in advance but due to weather and short-notice changes, it will now announce the A350s schedule the day before. This is being done primarily for weather related issues as the airline doesn’t want ‘avgeeks’ trekking to airports in bad weather only to come away disappointed that the A350’s plans changed for the day.
As of right now, Lufthansa has only published the A350 target airports for tomorrow and times have yet to be confirmed. For December 28, the aircraft is scheduled to appear at Leipzig, Hannover, Stuttgart and Nuremberg. Typically the aircraft departs Munich by mid morning and is back to MUC by 4-5:00p.
LH has done a great job providing real time updates via their @LufthansaNews Twitter account. I suggest you follow this account so that you know exactly what is happening with the flights.
As Lufthansa refines their timetable for Spring and Summer 2017 and beyond, they’ve released a few updates as it pertains to operations out of Munich:
Munich – Denver effective May 1 will be flown by an A340-600, which replaces an Airbus A330 on the route.
Munich – Miami effective between March 26 and April 30 will be flown by an A340-600, replacing an A330 on the route. The A330 returns on May 1.
Munich – Riyadh effective March 26 decreases from 4x/week service to 3x/week service.
Munich – Tehran effective October 30 (Fall/Winter 17/18) will be reduced from 4x/week to 3x/week.
Munich – Vancouver effective May 1 will be served exclusively by an A330 vs a combination of A340 & A330 flights.
