German airline Lufthansa AG is seeking approval from the Shanghai Airport Authority to begin Airbus A380 services to the city.
“We are interested in operating the A380 to Shanghai, and we are doing all we can to cooperate with the airport authority here,” said Juerg Christen, Lufthansa’s managing director for China, said on Tuesday.
Lufthansa AG began Airbus A380 flights between Beijing and Frankfurt in 2010, and the route is making profit. The airline operates 81 weekly flights to six destinations in China, and connects the country to more than 170 European destinations.
