Lufthansa fleet

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

As of February 2025^[update], Lufthansa operates the following mainline aircraft:^[1][2]

Lufthansa mainline fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers						Notes
			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	36[39]	TBA						Two whitetail aircraft to be acquired from Boeing
			—	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

Lufthansa Airbus A319-100

Lufthansa Airbus A320neo

Lufthansa Airbus A340-300

Lufthansa Boeing 747-8I
in 1970s retro livery

Lufthansa Boeing 787-9

Historical fleet

Over the years, Lufthansa had operated a variety of aircraft since 1955, including:^[46]

Lufthansa mainline historical fleet

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes
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)

A Lufthansa Boeing 767-300ER leased from Lauda Air, wearing Star Alliance titles (2003)