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Lufthansa to Sell its Boeing 737-400s

As a part of its cost-cutting programme, the Lufthansa fleet is to be rationalized reducing the number of aircraft types. The six B.737-400s 141 seater (D-ABKA,B,C,D,F,K,L), ordered in 1991 and delivered during the following year, will be sold in the second half of 1997.
The Boeing 737-300 and 400 fleet will be retained; the B.737-230s Advanced have been sold to Indonesia and to the US leasing company Jet Ventures for a total of 30 aircraft which are to be replaced by Airbus A 319s.
At the beginning of 1965, Lufthansa was launch customer of the original B.737-100, with an order for 22 aircraft, comprising two (D-ABEL, D-ABEM) used for a short time by the charter subsidiary Condor.

In the picture: Lufthansa's Boeing 737-400 D-ABKC "Straubing" at Turin-Caselle airport in June 1996

(Aeromedia, October 1996)