Over 30 Years Old: Lufthansa Is Still Flying Some Of The World's 1st Airbus A321s

Lufthansa was not only the launch customer for the Airbus A321, the first aircraft to receive it, but it also turns up on the Frankfurt or Munich departure board today. Delivered in 1994, tail number D-AIRA 'Finkenwerder' and five other A321-100s of the same vintage have become the carrier's six oldest aircraft in active service. The veteran narrowbodies are almost a decade older than the Airbus A340 quadjets that Lufthansa retired from the flightline this October.