The special livery Airbus A380 aircraft (registration: D-AIMH) commemorating the 100th anniversary of Lufthansa German Airlines arrived at Tokyo/Narita Airport on April 15 as a charter flight.
The A380 special livery aircraft debuted in February. Based on a dark navy color, a 47-meter-long white crane is painted so that it appears integrated from the upper fuselage to the wings. The left side of the fuselage bears the number “100,” while the right side shows “1926 / 2026,” and another “100” is visible on the underside of the aircraft. The total painted area exceeds 4,000 square meters, and a team of 35 staff members spent 34 days completing the work.
The charter flight operated as flight LH2572 from Munich, departing at 2:55 p.m. local time on April 14. It arrived at Narita Airport at 10:24 a.m. on the 15th and parked at Spot 45 in Terminal 1. On the observation deck, which had just reopened after renovation on April 9, aviation enthusiasts filled the fence line. As the dark navy A380 came into view, camera shutters went off all at once.
Afterwards, an Asiana Airlines A380 (registration: HL7634) arriving from Seoul/Incheon parked at the adjacent Spot 46, and together with All Nippon Airways (ANA)’s A380 “FLYING HONU” second aircraft (registration: JA382A), which was parked at Spot 191, three A380s from three different airlines lined up in a row.
The return charter flight operates on the same day as flight LH2573, departing Tokyo/Narita at 2:15 p.m. and arriving in Munich at 9:40 p.m. the same day.
Lufthansa German Airlines was founded in 1926. The airline launched services to Japan in 1961 and now operates three routes to Japan: Frankfurt–Tokyo/Haneda, and Munich–Tokyo/Haneda and Osaka/Kansai.
The Airbus A380 was introduced in 2010. Lufthansa currently operates eight A380s, deploying them on routes to North America and Delhi from Munich. Cabin configurations feature a total of either 509 or 499 seats, with 8 in First Class, 78 or 68 in Business Class, 52 in Premium Economy Class, and 371 in Economy Class.
In addition to the A380, Lufthansa German Airlines has also applied 100th anniversary special liveries to a Boeing 787-9 (registration: D-ABPU), a Boeing 747-8 (registration: D-ABYN), an Airbus A350-900 (registration: D-AIXL), and an Airbus A320neo (registration: D-AING), and plans to apply a special livery to one Airbus A350-1000 in the future.
