Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt International) will take delivery of its maiden A320neo ahead of schedule an airline spokeswoman, Anja Lindenstein, has confirmed.

According to aero.de, D-AINA (cn 6801) will arrive at the German carrier towards the end of the year and not in early 2016 as previously anticipated. A further six of the type are due to arrive before the end of 2016.

Lufthansa has a total of sixty-one A320neo and forty A321neo on order from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac).