From the Airbus A380: Lufthansa is auctioning off old business class seats

München – Have you always wanted to sit in business class? In your own seat that belongs to you alone? Then now is your chance. Lufthansa is auctioning off a piece of aviation history for a good cause: used business class seats from the world’s largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380.

Discarded double seats from the machine with the identification D-AIMB and the former baptism name “Munich” are going under the hammer. The Airplane entered service in January 2010 and was used worldwide for many years.

This is how you can take part in the auction

During this time, the aircraft completed more than 46,700 flight hours and, according to information from Lufthansa It is estimated that it travels around 70 to 80 million kilometers – that is equivalent to almost 2,000 orbits around the earth.

Now the seats have been removed to make room for new cabin equipment. “Selected seats are now being given a second life,” Lufthansa said in a statement.

Seats are manually adjustable

The seats, which once cost as much to produce as a small car, were prepared in fixed seating positions for the auction. They are manually adjustable. Buyers also receive information about partner companies to restore the original electronic functions.

Starting this Friday at 10 a.m., interested flight enthusiasts can join the auction via the eBay charity platform using the following link: https://www.ebay.de/usr/help_alliance_1999. There you will also find all the information about the auction, how to bid and what home delivery options are available. Further auctions are expected to follow throughout the year.

Lufthansa is auctioning the seats together with the group’s own aid organizations help alliance and Cargo Human Care. The proceeds will flow entirely into the organizations’ social projects, including projects that give young people worldwide access to education and employment. Experts expect bids amounting to several thousand euros.

“With this joint campaign, we are giving the Lufthansa A380 seats a sustainable second life after they have been removed from our aircraft and at the same time using the proceeds to support the valuable project work of help alliance and Cargo Human Care,” says Tim Kaya, cabin fleet manager and initiator of the campaign.