The liner has landed at Vnukovo airport on March 23rd 2012 at 14-00 Moscow time. Chairman of the board of Vnukovo International Airport, Vitaly Vantsev, CEO of Vnukovo Airport, Vasiliy Aleksandrov, Regional Director of Lufthansa in Russia and CIS Region, Ronald Schulz, and Director of Lufthansa on Corporate communications in Europe - Aage Duenhaupt, have taken part in the event.

Journalists and spotters had a unique chance to see the landing of gigantic double-deck aircraft, board the jet and capture it using photographic and video cameras.

“The arrival of А-380 symbolizes the coming of Lufthansa to Vnukovo airport”, — Vasiliy Aleksandrov said. He noted that after the announcement of partnership between Vnukovo and Lufthansa, which has taken place at Terminal A three months ago, the presentation’s sign has remained the same – the terminal is still under construction.

«It is an important milestone for Lufthansa and perfect chance to celebrate the 40th anniversary of flights between Germany and Russia», — Ronald Schulz said in his welcome speech.

Aage Duenhaupt in his own turn underlined that they wanted to demonstrate this jet specifically at Vnukovo airport.

In the end of the event the guests had an excursion on board of the jet. Lufthansa’s Airbus A380 has 526 seats. The brand new absolutely unique first class cabin has eight seats at the upper deck. It provides the highest level of comfort to the passengers thanks to some technical innovations implemented during development of the cabin. The business class cabin with 98 seats, which has already won many awards, is also located at the upper deck. The economy class cabin located at the main deck has 420 seats, which give passengers more space and comfort.

The special jet bridge intended for Airbus А380 is currently being constructed at Vnukovo airport. It will have two sleeves at the first level and one sleeve – on the second. It is planned to start servicing А380s in 2013, the airport noted. It was reported earlier that the hangar for A380 will be constructed at the Vnukovo’s territory.

The Lufthansa’s A380 took off to Germany in the evening.

Photoreport:

Landing
			The crew put up the flags of the Russian aircraft cabin to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Lufthansa in Russia.
	The crew descends on Russian land.		Traditionally in Russia, greeted with bread and salt.
	The commander of the A380 Geert Pryus shares his impressions.	General Director of JSC "Vnukovo" Vasily Alexandrov	Head of marketing and pricing in Russia and CIS Lufthansa's Elena Levicheva
The commander of the aircraft Lufthansa Airbus A380 Geert Pryus	Regional Director of Lufthansa in Russia and the CIS, Ronald Schultz	Director of Corporate Communications in Europe Lufthansa Aage Dyunhaupt	Ronald Schultz presented to the commander A380 Geert Pryus T-shirt with a print Russia.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC "International airport "Vnukovo" Vitaly Vantsev
The crew of A380	Tour of the A380 Lufthansa begins	A small instruction and after 1 minute, we'll be in aircraft	One of the four engines of Rolls-Royce Trent 900
	We go in through the door of the aircraft lower deck of the aircraft	Economy class is on the lower deck of the Airbus A380	Video monitors in the back of each seat economy class
Economy Class A380 Lufthansa		Economy Class A380 Lufthansa	The stewardess demonstrates the ease of opening the door lavatory.
Stairs to the upper deck	Business Class A380 is located on the upper deck	Business Class A380
	The control system media center and a seat in the armrests.	Seat business class cabin A380 Lufthansa
			Serving table in first class A380 Lufthansa
Cosmetic set - an indispensable attribute of a first-class A380 Lufthansa
In the first class A380 Lufthansa breaks - during the entire flight.			Coded lock on the door of the entrance to the cockpit
A380 Lufthansa pilots	The commander of the aircraft Lufthansa Airbus A380 Geert Pryus