Completion of A350 head-of-state cabin to begin in 2020

Work on the world’s first-ever head-of-state cabin conversion of an Airbus A350 long-haul aircraft will begin next year at Lufthansa Technik AG. The German Federal Government’s Special Air Mission Wing will be the user of the aircraft and in order to have the first cabin for the transportation of delegations. Preparations have already begun at the company’s VIP workshops in Hamburg, where the aircraft is expected in April 2020. “The German Air Force was our very first external customer. We have been equipping its aircraft, including government aircraft, for decades, thus forming a comprehensive partnership,” said Wieland Timm, Senior Director Sales,