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Lufthansa Technik and Airbus renew early Elite cabin-agreement

Written by thomas · Filed Under Aeronautics News 

October 23, 2014

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Lufthansa Technik and Airbus Corporate Jets have renewed their ELITE
Cabin Agreement, building on a co-operation which begun in 2005, when
the ACJ318  was launched. The current agreement has been extended
till 2020.

Under the initial Airbus ACJ318 ELITE-cabin agreement, Lufthansa
Technik was contracted to design, in partnership with Airbus, and
then to outfit, the cabins of these aircraft.

The pre-defined cabin of the ACJ ELITE introduced the wider and
taller cabin of the Airbus ACJ320 Family to a broader market, while
continuing to give customers a choice of options and a wide range of
colours and fabrics. These options now also include more floorplan
variations.

Airbus ACJ318s were initially equipped with ELITE cabins by Lufthansa
Technik’s completion center in Hamburg, but the work was shifted
later to the company’s US-subsidiary BizJet International in Tulsa,
Oklahoma.

Deliveries of outfitted Airbus ACJ318s began in 2007, and 19 of them
have been produced so far. They are in service with clients around
the world, including several VVIP charter companies.

The first of an updated version, the Airbus ACJ318 Enhanced, has just
been completed. It introduces as standard several features that were
previously only options – such as domed ceilings throughout the cabin
– as well as introducing further optional features.

To support sales activities and customer talks Lufthansa Technik’s
“Creative Design” department has developed an IT-based configuraton
tool for the ACJ ELITE program which can be used on different
electronic devices. The tool offers the possibility to demonstrate
the large variety of cabin configurations of the ACJ ELITE and to
adapt the cabin layout quickly to individual customer needs including
the visualization of different colour concepts.

The configurator can be viewed at Lufthansa Technik’s booth (no.
2289).

The ACJ318 ELITE was originally called the A318 ELITE

Airbus ACJ320 Corporate Jet Family:
Airbus’ ACJ320 Family, comprising the ACJ318, ACJ319, ACJ320 and
ACJ321, are unique in allowing customers to take more cabin into the
sky, while fitting into similar ramp space.

Derived from the world’s most modern aircraft family, Airbus
corporate jets feature, as standard, many innovations that other
business jets lack or only offer as options, such as  the simplicity
and better handling of fly-by-wire controls, extensive use of
weight-saving carbonfibre, and time and cost-saving centralised
maintenance.

This heritage gives Airbus corporate jets excellent reliability,
because they are designed to fly many flights a day. Airbus corporate
jet operators are also backed by a worldwide support network serving
over 500 customers and operators, as well as tailored services.

Airbus has sold over 170 corporate jets to date, and these aircraft
are flying on every continent, highlighting their versatility.

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