LONDON – Lufthansa has brought the last Boeing 747-400 out of storage at Twente Airport yesterday afternoon.

Data from RadarBox.com shows that D-ABTL departed Twente Airport at 13:46CEST as DLH1ENS and was in the air for roughly 45 minutes before landing at Frankfurt am Main International Airport where it has been since.
The last @lufthansa Boeing 747, #DLH1ENS, safely departed from Twente Airport today. After 15 months of parking, she flew back to Frankfurt to return to service. We wish you a lot of good flights with this Queen of the Skies! 🛩 pic.twitter.com/rUc7IhFmYx
— Twente Airport (@twenteairport) September 20, 2021
According to data from Planespotters.net, D-ABTL was delivered to Lufthansa in March 2002, meaning the aircraft is 19.6 years old, which is not far away from reaching two decades old.


The aircraft is configured in a three-class configuration, consisting of 67 seats in First Class, 32 in Business, and 272 in Economy.
D-ABTL was stored in Twente for around 13 months before this flight to Frankfurt, with it being marked as stored once again.