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Lufthansa operates a mainline fleet consisting of Airbus narrow and widebody and Boeing widebody aircraft. [1] [2] The mainline fleet is composed of seven different aircraft families: the Airbus A320 and A320neo , Airbus A330 , Airbus A340 , Airbus A350 , Airbus A380 , Boeing 747 and Boeing 787 .
Deutsche Lufthansa AG ( German pronunciation: [ˌdɔʏtʃə ˈlʊfthanzaː ʔaːˈɡeː] ⓘ) is the flag carrier of Germany. [12] When combined with its subsidiaries, it ranks second in Europe for passengers carried and the world's fourth-largest airline by revenue. [13] [14] Lufthansa was founded in 1953 and commenced operations in April 1955.
- Lufthansa Group
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The Lufthansa Group fleet comprises aircraft of almost every size. Throughout, state-of-the-art technology is used.
Lufthansa (IATA: LH / ICAO: DLH) is an airline headquartered in Cologne, Germany founded in 1953 currently operating a fleet of 324 aircraft with an average age of 13.74 years.
- History
- Operations and Subsidiaries
- Fleet
- Accidents and Incidents
Recognizing the growing importance of the cargo business, Lufthansa established its cargo subsidiary in 1977 called German Cargo Services GmbH. Previously, cargo operations were executed in-house, under the Lufthansa Cargo name, when – in an effort to restructure the company – the cargo division was re-integrated into its parent, and split up into ...
As of 2011, all Lufthansa Cargo aircraft are based at Frankfurt Airport, the seventh busiest freight hub in the world, where the airline enjoys a strong co-operation with Fraport, the operator of the airport. Cargo facilities at the airport are divided into two places (Cargo City North and South), of which the first one is nearly exclusively used b...
Current fleet
As of December 2023[update], the Lufthansa Cargo fleet consists of the following aircraft:
Fleet development
The initial fleet of Lufthansa Cargo had previously belonged to German Cargo, and was expanded by cargo-converted former Lufthansa mainline Boeing 747-200s. From 1998, the airline began to gradually phase out all other aircraft types in favour of a fleet entirely consisting of the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (which Lufthansa received as freighter versions in 2001 after MD-11 production ended) version and its successor, the Boeing 777 freighter.In March 2011, the order of five Boeing 777F was anno...
Former fleet
Over the years, the following aircraft types were operated:
On 11 December 1978, the Lufthansa heisttook place. A group of criminals managed to get into the Lufthansa Cargo offices at JFK Airport in New York City. They threatened staff by pointing guns and...On 26 July 1979, a Boeing 707 freighter (registration D-ABUY) operating Flight 527crashed into a hilly slope shortly after take-off, killing all 3 crew-members onboard. The cause of the accident wa...Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G. (from 1933 styled as Deutsche Lufthansa and also known as Luft Hansa, Lufthansa, or DLH) was a German airline. It served as flag carrier of the country during the later years of the Weimar Republic and throughout Nazi Germany, when it had close links to the Nazi Party .
Combined management report. Principles of the Group. Fleet and route network. Fleet structure to be further optimised. At the end of 2023, the Lufthansa Group fleet comprised 721 aircraft (previous year: 710 aircraft). The average age of the aircraft in the fleet was 13.4 years (previous year: 13.1 years).
