Lufthansa confirmed to ATWOnline yesterday that it temporarily has removed four A300-600s from service as a result of reduced demand. "We have parked the aircraft for an unspecified time," a spokesperson said. LH has no current plans to park additional aircraft, but if further capacity adjustments are necessary it will consider removing A340-300s from the fleet, the spokesperson added. Chairman and CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber told this website over the summer that the carrier's writeoff policy allows it to ground up to 80 aircraft without suffering cash losses on leasing contracts (ATWOnline, July 15). It owns 80% of its fleet.
