RE: Lufthansa going for A330s
Yes, indeed, Lufthansa are now considering their dropping their insistance on four engined jets for transatlantic flights.
Incidentally, A340-300 D-AIFC has become the first Lufthansa aircraft ever to be names after a non German City, as it’s been baptised “Gander/Halifax”, in recognition of the residents of those towns, who put the passengers of seven diverted LH flights up on September 11th, after North American airspace closed.