About This Aircraft
Recently, the German Government took delivery of their first A350-900. This is to replace their aging longhaul aircraft.
10+03 is the first of 3 A359s delivered to Flugbereitschaft for the VIP roles of trabsporting high ranking members inside the German Government. It was transferred from Hamburg Finkenwerder to the main Hamburg airport for work by Lufthansa Technik into making a VIP carrier aircraft
About the Flugbereitschaft
The Flugbereitschaft operate 5 A310s, 3 A319s, 1 A321, 2 A340s, 1 A350, 34 A400s and 6 Bombardier BD-700 Global Express’. 4 of the A310s are multi role tranker transport aircraft
This is such a cool airplane! It would be so nice to have this plane in the game! My VO @Luftwaffe_Virtual would be infinite happy to have this plane :)
There have already been two feature requests, but they are both closed. You could maybe make your feature request a bit more detailed. With more data etc. about the aircraft. And one more thing :) The aircraft is from the “Flugbereitschaft” and not from the “Luftwaffe”. Maybe you can change that in your title.
This A350 with the registration 10+01 named “Konrad Adenauer” is the second A350 for the German Air Force. In November last year, it was handed over by Lufthansa Technik after the installation of a VIP cabin.
The second Airbus A350 […] received a fully fitted VIP cabin. It has a private area with office and bathroom in the front area and behind it a conference area, a lounge area, a communication center, kitchens and washrooms and a delegation area with a business and a premium economy class. 133 guests can be accommodated in the plane […]. (source: see below)
On Thursday (March 16), the Executive Transport Wing [of the Federal Ministry of Defence] took delivery of the third and last Airbus A350. Since October 2021, it had been converted by Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg and prepared for its future use. The three jets will primarily fly government officials around the world, but the rear section can be converted to transport troops or ambulances.
The third Airbus A350 has the military registration number 10+02 and is named “Theodor Heuss”. On Friday it will be transferred to Cologne-Wahn [CGN] to officially join the political-parliamentary flight service by the German Air Force. The [first A350 registered as] 10+03 has also been back at Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg since the beginning of the year in order to receive the full [VIP] cabin. [It] will be handed over to the Executive Transport Wing again in 2024.
With the introduction of the A350 as a government aircraft, Germany is replacing their older A340-300s, which have recently made international headlines for being unreliable due to technical problems. Germany now has one of the most modern government aircraft fleets and is also the only military operator of the A350-900. This livery would therefore greatly enrich Infinite Flight and provide some variety.
