Lufthansa fleet
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Lufthansa operates a mainline fleet of 296 aircraft, consisting of Airbus narrow and wide-body and Boeing wide-body aircraft.[1][2] The mainline fleet is composed of seven different aircraft families: the Airbus A320 and A320neo families, Airbus A330, Airbus A340, Airbus A350, Airbus A380, Boeing 747 and Boeing 787. This list excludes Lufthansa brand subsidiaries Lufthansa CityLine, Lufthansa City Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo.
Additionally, Lufthansa currently has orders placed for further new Airbus A320neo, A350, and Boeing 777X series aircraft. Up until 2027, these deliveries will replace all A330 and A340 series aircraft alongside the remaining Boeing 747-400s.[3]
Current fleet
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As of February 2025[update], Lufthansa operates the following mainline aircraft:[1][2]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||||
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F | C | W | Y | Total | Refs | ||||
Airbus A319-100 | 35 | — | — | var. | — | var. | 138 | [4] | |
Airbus A320-200 | 49 | — | — | var. | — | var. | 168 | [5] | 38 aircraft to be reconfigured to 180 seat configuration.[6] |
180 | [7] | ||||||||
Airbus A320neo | 35 | 37[8] | — | var. | — | var. | 180 | [9] | Worldwide launch customer.[10] Some aircraft on order allocated to group subsidiaries.[11] |
Airbus A321-100 | 17 | — | — | var. | — | var. | 200 | [12] | Launch customer.[13] |
Airbus A321-200 | 37 | — | — | var. | — | var. | 200 | [12] | |
Airbus A321neo | 17 | 22[8] | — | var. | — | var. | 215 | [14][15] | |
Airbus A330-300 | 9 | — | — | 42 | 28 | 185 | 255 | [16] | All to be gradually transferred to Discover Airlines and Brussels Airlines by 2027.[17] |
Airbus A340-300 | 17 | — | — | 30 | 28 | 221 | 279 | [18] | Largest operator of its type.[19] To be retired by 2028.[20][21] |
Airbus A340-600 | 9 | — | 8 | 56 | 28 | 189 | 281 | [22] | Returned from long-term storage in 2022.[23] To be retired and replaced by Airbus A350-1000 in 2026.[21] |
Airbus A350-900 | 30 | 24[8] | 4 | 38 | 24 | 201 | 267 | Deliveries with Allegris interior since May 2024 with First Class installed since late 2024.[24] | |
— | 48 | 21 | 224 | 293 | |||||
30 | 26 | 262 | 318 | 4 former Philippine Airlines aircraft, retaining their original configuration.[25] | |||||
Airbus A350-1000 | — | 15[26] | TBA | Deliveries from 2026. To replace Airbus A340-600.[26] | |||||
Airbus A380-800 | 8 | — | 8 | 78 | 52 | 371 | 509 | [27] | 6 of formerly 14 A380s have been sold back to Airbus.[28][29] To be retired after 2030.[30] |
Boeing 747-400 | 8 | — | — | 67 | 32 | 272 | 371 | [31] | To be retired and replaced by Boeing 777-9 in 2028.[21][32] |
Boeing 747-8I | 19 | — | 8 | 80 | 32 | 244 | 364 | [33] | Largest operator of its type.[34] Includes D-ABYP, the 1,500th Boeing 747 built.[35] |
Boeing 777-9 | — | 20[36] | TBA | Deliveries delayed, entry into service not before late 2026.[37] To replace Boeing 747-400.[38] | |||||
Boeing 787-9 | 5 | 34[39] | — | 28 | 28 | 231 | 287 | [40][41][42] | To be delivered with Allegris interior from 2025.[43] |
26 | 21 | 247 | 294 | [26] | Five taken over from a Hainan Airlines order, retaining their original interior configuration.[44] To be transferred to Austrian Airlines.[45] | ||||
Total | 296 | 152 |
Historical fleet
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Over the years, Lufthansa had operated a variety of aircraft since 1955, including:[46]
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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Airbus A300B2-1C | 6 | 1976 | 1988 | |
Airbus A300B4-2C | 5 | 1977 | 1987 | |
Airbus A300-600R | 15 | 1987 | 2009 | |
Airbus A310-200 | 13 | 1983 | 1995 | Worldwide A310 launch customer alongside Swissair. |
Airbus A310-300 | 12 | 1989 | 2005 | |
Airbus A330-200 | 5 | 2002 | 2006 | |
Airbus A340-200 | 8 | 1993 | 2003 | Worldwide A340 launch customer alongside Air France.[47] |
Boeing 707-320B | 18 | 1963 | 1984 | Also used in cargo configuration.[46] One crashed as flight LH527. |
Boeing 707-320C | ||||
Boeing 707-420 | 5 | 1960 | 1977 | |
Boeing 720B | 8 | 1961 | 1965 | |
Boeing 727-100 | 27 | 1964 | 1979 | Also used in Quick Change version for cargo operations.[46] |
Boeing 727-200 | 30 | 1971 | 1993 | |
Boeing 737-100 | 22 | 1967 | 1982 | Launch customer of its type. |
Boeing 737-200 | 47 | 1969 | 1998 | Also used in Quick Change version for cargo operations.[46] |
Boeing 737-300 | 46 | 1986 | 2016[48] | |
Boeing 737-400 | 7 | 1992 | 1998 | |
Boeing 737-500 | 33 | 1990 | 2016[49] | |
Boeing 747-100 | 2 | 1970 | 1979 | Launch customer along with Pan Am. |
1 | 1974 | Crashed as flight LH540. | ||
Boeing 747-200B | 7 | 1971 | 2004 | |
Boeing 747-200F | 4 | 1972 | 2005 | Worldwide launch customer of its type. |
Boeing 747-200M | 14 | 1976 | 2004[citation needed] | One displayed at Technik Museum Speyer.[50] |
Boeing 747-400M | 7 | 1989 | 2014 | |
Boeing 767-300ER | 1 | 1994 | 1995 | Leased from Condor.[51] |
2 | 2003 | 2004 | Leased from Lauda Air, operated wearing the Star Alliance livery.[citation needed] | |
Convair CV-340 Convair CV-440 |
9 | 1955 | 1968 | |
1 | 1966 | Crashed as flight LH005. | ||
Curtiss C-46 | 9 | 1964 | 1969 | |
Douglas DC-3 | 3 | 1955 | 1960 | |
1 | Chartered by Martinair.[citation needed] | |||
Douglas DC-4 | 2 | 1958 | 1979 | One Leased as cargo aircraft during the 1958-59 season. Other airframe operated from 1965-79 [citation needed] |
Douglas DC-8-51 | 1 | 1965 | 1966 | Leased from Trans International Airlines.[citation needed] |
Fokker F27 Friendship | 1 | Leased from Condor.[citation needed] | ||
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation | 11 | 1955 | 1968 | |
1 | 1959 | Crashed as flight LH502. | ||
Lockheed L-1649A Starliner | 6 | 1957 | 1966 | |
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 | 12 | 1974 | 1994 | |
Vickers Viking | 2 | 1956 | 1961 | |
Vickers Viscount | 11 | 1958 | 1971 |
A Lufthansa Lockheed L-1649A Starliner (1961)
A Lufthansa Boeing 737-200 (1985)
A Lufthansa Boeing 747-200 (1989)
A Lufthansa Airbus A310-300 with short-lived Lufthansa Express branding (1994)
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