Lufthansa's first long-haul Boeing 787 flight took off from Frankfurt International Airport today, bound for Newark Liberty International Airport. The flight is the first of a daily rotation scheduled between the two cities with Boeing's latest widebody by the German flag carrier.

It seems like just yesterday that Lufthansa began to offer domestic Boeing 787 training flights between its two main hubs, Frankfurt Airport, and Munich Airport. Since Lufthansa got its 1st Boeing 787 in late August, crew training has progressed at a rapid pace. Now the airline is ready to take the aircraft a little bit further.

The first long-haul flight

As mentioned, today marks the first long-haul flight of the Lufthansa Boeing 787, with passengers bound for Newark Liberty International Airport. The airline's 1st Boeing 787, D-ABPA, was utilized for the inaugural transatlantic 787 service and is due back in Frankfurt Airport tomorrow. The two-part rotation is scheduled to operate as follows,

Scheduled until late-March

As things currently stand, the daily rotation to Newark is only scheduled to be operated by the Boeing 787 until the end of the winter IATA schedule in late March. Short-haul domestic rotations are also planned to continue until late January.

At present, there are no confirmed long-term plans for the Boeing 787 fleet, though it is likely that they will be removed from short-haul services once crew training is completed. This would free up an aircraft to operate a different long haul route alongside Newark or two new routes if the Newark rotation isn't renewed for the summer schedule.

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About the Boeing 787

Lufthansa's Boeing 787s are equipped with a three-cabin layout featuring business class, premium economy, and economy.

The business class cabin is naturally found at the front of the aircraft between doors one and two. It consists of the Collins Super Diamond seat in the standard 1-2-1 configuration.

Moving back beyond door two, passengers find a small premium economy cabin. Here, seven seats can be found in each row in a 2-3-2 layout. With three rows, there are 21 seats in this cabin.

Finally, the largest cabin of all is the economy cabin located at the aircraft's rear. The cabin, split in two by the number three doors, is predominately made up of 3-3-3 seats with a modest pitch. There are 247 economy seats, accounting for 84% of all seats onboard the aircraft.

Find out what it's like to fly in Lufthansa's Boeing 787 economy cabin: Flight Review - Lufthansa's Inaugural Boeing 787-9 Flight

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  Lufthansa

  IATA/ICAO Code:

  LH/DLH

  Airline Type:

  Full Service Carrier

  Hub(s):

  Frankfurt Airport, Munich Airport

  Year Founded:

  1953

  Alliance:

  Star Alliance

  Airline Group:

  Lufthansa Group

  CEO:

  Carsten Spohr

  Country:

  Germany