Deutsche Lufthansa AG, commonly known as Lufthansa, is the largest German airline and, when combined with its subsidiaries, also the largest airline in Europe, both in terms of passengers carried and fleet size. It operates services to 18 domestic destinations and 197 international destinations in 78 countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe, using a fleet of more than 270 aircraft. Lufthansa's registered office and corporate headquarters are in Cologne. The main operations base, called Lufthansa Aviation Center (LAC), is at Lufthansa's primary hub at Frankfurt Airport. Lufthansa's secondary hub is Munich Airport.
Lufthansa traces its history to 1926 when Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G. (styled as Deutsche Lufthansa from 1933 onwards) was formed in Berlin. DLH, as it was known, was Germany's flag carrier until 1945 when all services were suspended following the defeat of Nazi Germany. In an effort to create a new national airline, a company called Aktiengesellschaft für Luftverkehrsbedarf (Luftag), was founded in Cologne on 6 January 1953. On 6 August 1954, Luftag acquired the name and logo of the liquidated Deutsche Lufthansa and the new Lufthansa won approval to start scheduled domestic flights on 1 April 1955. Lufthansa was a state-owned enterprise (and flag carrier) until 1994.
Lufthansa fully owns Air Dolomiti, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, Eurowings, Eurowings Europe, Germanwings, Lufthansa Cargo and Lufthansa CityLine. It is partner of formerly owned Condor. Lufthansa Regional is an alliance of regional airlines flying feeder services on behalf of Lufthansa.
Lufthansa is one of the five founding members of Star Alliance, founded on 14 May 1997.
Lufthansa Cargo was one of the three founding members of the WOW Cargo Alliance, it left the alliance in 2009.
Old livery
Boeing 737-530, registration D-ABIN, built 1991, serial number 24938 Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 14 July 2015
Airbus A380-841, registration D-AIMB, built 2010, serial number 41 Munich Airport (MUC/EDDM), Munich, Germany, 4 April 2018
Livery from 2018
Airbus A320-214, registration D-AIZC, built 2010, serial number 4153 Munich Airport (MUC/EDDM), Munich, Germany, 4 April 2018
Fanhansa livery
Airbus A319-111, registration D-ABEK, built 1991, serial number 25414 Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 19 July 2016
Retro livery
Airbus A321-231, registration D-AIDV, built 2012, serial number 5413 Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 30 June 2017
First to fly A320neo sticker
Airbus A320-271N (W), registration D-AINA, built 2015, serial number 6801 Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 19 July 2017
Star Alliance livery
Airbus A319-112, registration D-AIBH, built 2012, serial number 5239 Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 5 April 2022
