Beijing No. a Lufthansa aircraft using foreign capital, the first aircraft named
Since opening in 1960, Lufthansa jet era, Lufthansa’s planes have been using the German federal states and cities named. On September 16 when, when Ren Bolin Mayor Willy Brandt to Lufthansa’s first long-range jet airliner aircraft named “Berlin”, which is an ultra-modern levels at that time belonging to a Boeing 707 aircraft.
Since then, the city has been actively involved in co-launch aircraft, and sent a delegation to attend. The ceremony of the most important activity has been preserved: a true baptism. Baptism in the finish after the word, the city mayor or the highest Executive’s wife would wish that the aircraft “is always good for the passengers and crew for each mission execution.”
Aircraft is a timeless name that: When the plane’s name, once the city accepted it, when the first aircraft to use the name from Lufthansa’s fleet Zhong retired, it will pass under the name of a new aircraft. For example, the “Berlin” the name has been Lufthansa’s five aircraft used.
In the new flagship model – the occasion of the Airbus A380, Lufthansa A380 in its network using a foreign destination city name. “Beijing” will be the third frame Lufthansa A380 uses the name, this is the first aircraft with Lufthansa to name the aircraft of foreign capital.