An Airbus A350-900 of the German Air Force's Flugbereitschaft named 'Theodor Heuss' after the Federal Republic's first president, handed over in March 2023. One of Germany's three-jet A350 government fleet, it flies the Chancellor and senior ministers worldwide — a deliberate fix for the maintenance-plagued A340s that had become a national embarrassment.
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Identity
Current tail
N1002
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Aliases
N1002
Registration
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Status
Unknown
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Evidence history
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Where it flies
Every leg this tail has flown — brighter where it flies most. Home field is ringed.
Airport routes
Köln (Cologne)
Home base · 41% of legs
45
Airports visited
Berlin ↔ Köln (Cologne)
Busiest corridor · 49 trips
91
Trips tracked · latest trip Aug 7, 2026
2025-08 → 2026-08
Tracked span
Flight history
Every tracked trip with route and shape. Event tags mark calendar-linked trips; documented rows have a published JetSweep story or research note.
91 trips · 160 legs
Ownership
Registered owner
Germany government / state transport
FAA registrant
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Attributed to
Government Aircraft
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Owner class
government
Records
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FAA document index
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Reserved N-numbers
N1002Dec 14, 2023
OK3 AIR LEASING
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