▁BO AC ' s ▁Com et ▁from ▁London ▁to ▁Tokyo ▁via ▁India ). ▁ ▁L uf th ans a ▁was ▁the ▁last ▁air line ▁to ▁purchase ▁the ▁Star lin er ▁new ; ▁their ▁four ▁Star lin ers ▁were ▁market ed ▁as ▁" Super ▁Stars " ▁and ▁fle w ▁trans at l antic ▁routes . ▁L uf th ans a ' s ▁Star lin ers ▁were ▁delivered ▁non stop ▁to ▁Hamburg ▁from ▁the ▁Lock he ed ▁factory ▁at ▁Bur bank . ▁In ▁summer ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁L uf th ans a ▁scheduled ▁non st ops ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁from ▁Frankfurt , ▁Düsseldorf ▁and ▁Or ly . ▁Lock he ed ▁converted ▁two ▁of ▁L uf th ans a ' s ▁Star lin ers ▁to ▁fre igh ters ▁after ▁the ▁Bo eing ▁ 7 0 7 ▁had ▁replaced ▁them ▁on ▁the ▁trans at l antic ▁passenger ▁fl ights ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁ ▁Line e ▁A eree ▁Italian e ▁( LA I ) ▁ordered ▁four ▁Star lin ers , ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁take ▁them ▁up ▁following ▁the ▁mer ger ▁with ▁Al ital ia ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 5 7 . ▁Al ital ia ▁had ▁accepted ▁the ▁DC - 7 C ▁and ▁had ▁no ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁Star lin ers ; ▁they ▁were ▁delivered ▁to ▁T WA ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 . ▁Var ig ▁ordered ▁two ▁Star lin ers , ▁but ▁the ▁order ▁was ▁switched ▁to ▁two ▁L - 1 0 4 9 G s . ▁ ▁The ▁DC