The 747-8s Lufthansa is flying on the Newark-Frankfurt route will seat 364 passengers, including eight in first class, 80 in business class and 244 in economy.

Lufthansa has been an early supporter of the Airbus A380, a plane that will seat upward of 100 more passengers than the 747-8 Intercontinental. Lufthansa has ordered 15 A380s.

Posted: February 20, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025 In this video we take a flight in First Class on the Lufthansa 747-8, on a very special short flight from Palma to Frankfurt.

The new Queen of the Skies has arrived in Frankfurt. Today Lufthansa became the first airline in the world to take delivery of a Boeing 747-8.

Lufthansa intends to keep its Boeing 747-8s in service while grounding all its Airbus A380s amid a stepped-up fleet-reduction effort and a wider industry trend toward smaller long-haul twinjets.

German flag carrier Lufthansa readied its first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental to fly to Frankfurt after a delivery ceremony in Everett.

The 747-8 fuselage is 250 feet 2 inches long, making it 18 feet 4 inches longer than Boeing's previous 747-400 version of the jet. Lufthansa is outfitting its 747-8s with two different configurations.

Seven of those are 747-8s, the latest (and likely last) version of the giant, which Lufthansa deploys on routes where demand for first and business class is especially heavy.

Lufthansa receives world's first 747-8 Lufthansa, which on Wednesday became the first airline to take delivery of Boeing's new generation Boeing 747-8, said on Wednesday it would add four more ...

Lufthansa today ordered 20 747-8 Intercontinental jetliners plus 20 options. The Lufthansa order, with a total average list-price value of $5.5 billion, is scheduled for delivery beginning in 2010.

The 747-8 Intercontinental will seat 467 passengers in a three-class configuration, 51 more than the 747-400, which it is replacing, with a 13 percent lower cost to move a passenger one mile, and ...