Lufthansa has withdrawn another Boeing 747-400 from storage ahead of the type’s anticipated return to service. This time, the airline looked to its collection of widebody aircraft at the Teruel aircraft storage site in the Spanish desert. Anticipation is slowly building as Lufthansa looks more and more likely to return its older jumbo jets to service. The airline has committed to flying its eight remaining Boeing 747-400s until at least 2023, when they should start to be phased out in line with Boeing 777X deliveries. The type is currently scheduled to return to service in October, though the flight schedules may not be indicative of flights the aircraft will operate as they are frequently changing. Last week Simple Flying reported that Lufthansa had removed D-ABVX from storage in the Netherlands. Now, D-ABTK has followed in its footsteps. The aircraft took off from the Spanish aircraft storage facility at 16:30 yesterday. After a two and three quarter hour flight covering some 1,313 km (816 miles). The jet cruised at 40,000 feet for most of the journey, according to data from RadarBox.com.
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