Lufthansa Technik announces ACJ320neo VIP cabin completion contract
Lufthansa Technik AG has announced that it recently received an order from an unnamed private customer for the VIP interior of a brand-new Airbus ACJ320neo.
The company expects the ACJ320neo to arrive at the company’s cabin completion centre in Hamburg in late summer 2023 and the new interior will be finished by spring 2024.
Lufthansa Technik will also provide an Aircraft Production Inspection Programme, the Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization and, after delivery, aircraft maintenance and component support for the customer for an initial period of five years.
The aircraft will receive customised fittings for private travel as well as for charter operations, and the jet’s in-flight entertainment and communications will be based on a latest generation satellite communication system.
Lufthansa Technik says the design of the cabin, whose conceptual renderings originate from Lufthansa Technik’s in-house design centre in Hamburg, was developed in close cooperation with the customer. The layout of the cabin is linear and strictly oriented to the need for privacy: from the deliberately open Grand Entrance behind the cockpit through various lounge and office areas to the spacious and very private master bedroom in the rear.
The cabin design is flexible and suits various purposes, from regular private trips of the owner with his family to chartering the aircraft for demanding individual travel groups. According to Lufthansa Technik, this flexibility is reflected not only in the choice of luxurious, yet extremely durable interior materials, but also in the certification of the aircraft, for which Lufthansa Technik will obtain Supplemental Type Certification for private and commercial flight operations.
Lufthansa Technik will also integrate a cabin air humidification system into the aircraft.
“With its flexible interior and a top-notch entertainment system, this aircraft will set completely new standards for narrowbody VIP cabins,” explained Michael von Puttkamer, Vice President Special Aircraft Services at Lufthansa Technik.
“But what pleases me even more is that we were able to convince the customer not only with our world-leading design, engineering and cabin completion expertise, but with a complete package of tailor-made services. We are the only company in the world that can offer such a comprehensive package for VIP aircraft from a single source.”