Deutsche Lufthansa AG (FWB: LHA, OTCQX: DLAKY) (German pronunciation: [ˈdɔʏt͡ʃə ˈlʊfthanza]), commonly kent as Lufthansa, is a German airline an the lairgest airline in Europe an aw, baith in terms o oweraw passengers carriet an fleet size.[7] It operates services tae 18 domestic destinations an 197 internaitional destinations in 78 kintras athort Africae, the Americas, Asie, an Europe,[8] uisin a fleet o mair nor 280 aircraft.
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| Foondit | 1953[note 1] | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1955 | ||||||
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| Frequent-fleer program | Miles & More | ||||||
| Alliance | Star Alliance | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 281 | ||||||
| Destinations | 220 | ||||||
| Company slogan | 'Nonstop you' | ||||||
| Parent company | Private Investors (88.52%) | ||||||
| Heidquarters | Cologne, Germany | ||||||
| Key fowk | Carsten Spohr (Chairman & CEO)[5] | ||||||
| Revenue |  €32.056 billion (2015)[6] | ||||||
| Operatin income | €1.676 billion (2015)[6] | ||||||
| Net income | €1.698 billion (2015)[6] | ||||||
| Tot assets | €32.462 billion (2015)[6] | ||||||
| Tot equity | €5.845 billion (2015)[6] | ||||||
| Employees | 120,262 (2015)[6] | ||||||
| Wabsteid | lufthansa.com | ||||||
Besides the actual airline namit Lufthansa, Deutsche Lufthansa AG is the parent company for several ither airlines an further aviation-relatit branches an aw, amang the maist well-kent are Swiss International Air Lines an Lufthansa Technik. Wi ower 620 aircraft, it haes ane o the lairgest passenger airline fleets in the world when combined wi its subsidiaries.[9] In 2012, the entire Lufthansa Group carried ower 103 million passengers.[10]
Lufthansa's registered office an corporate heidquairters are in Cologne. The main operations base, cried Lufthansa Aviation Center (LAC), is locatit at Lufthansa's primar traffec hub at Frankfurt Airport.[11][12][13] The majority o Lufthansa's pilots, grund staff, an flight attendants are based thare.[14] Lufthansa's seicontar hub is Munich Airport wi a third, considerably smawer ane maintained at Düsseldorf Airport which transfers tae Germanwings sae Lufthansa anerly operate juist aroond 10 destinations excludit saisonal which aw haes been transferred tae Germanwings
Lufthansa is a foondin member o Star Alliance an aw, the warld's lairgest airline alliance, formit in 1997.
- The company that the day is kent as Deutsche Lufthansa AG wis foondit as Aktiengesellschaft für Luftverkehrsbedarf (Luftag) on 6 Januar 1953.[1] It sees itsel in the tradeetion o Deutsche Lufthansa, the umwhile German naitional airline that wis foondit in 1926 an liquidatit in 1951, whose name an logo it acquired in 1954.[2] Therefore, Lufthansa frequently gies "1926" as its foondin date, tho frae the legal point o view, it is no the assignee o the earlier airline.[3]
- Lufthansa coonts Vienna Internaitional Airport an Zurich Airport as its hubs an aw.[4] They are no leetit here acause they are hame for Lufthansa's subsidiaries Austrian Airlines an Swiss International Air Lines, respectively. For the same raison, Germanwings bases are omittit.
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