Lufthansa CityLine

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Lufthansa CityLine
Lufthansa CityLine logo.svg
Hannover Airport Lufthansa CityLine Bombardier CRJ-900LR D-ACNR (DSC02438).jpg
IATA ICAO Call sign
CLCLHHANSALINE
Founded1958;67 years ago (1958)
(as Ostfriesische Lufttaxi)
Hubs
Frequent-flyer program Miles & More
Alliance Star Alliance (affiliate)
Fleet size46[ citation needed ]
Destinations85 [1]
Parent company Lufthansa Group
Headquarters Munich, Bavaria, Germany [2]
Key people
  • Carsten Wirths
  • Jörg Eberhart
Employees2,236 (31 December 2017)
Website www.lufthansacityline.com

Lufthansa CityLine GmbH is a German regional airline with its headquarters on the grounds of Munich Airport. [2] [3] It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa and maintains hubs at Frankfurt Airport and Munich Airport, [4] from where it operates a dense domestic and European network on behalf of its parent company. [1]

Contents

History

A former Lufthansa CityLine Avro RJ85 wearing the airline's former livery, 2007 Lufthansa regional rj85 d-avrn lands arp.jpg
A former Lufthansa CityLine Avro RJ85 wearing the airline's former livery, 2007
A former Lufthansa CityLine Bombardier CRJ200 wearing a special livery, 2008 Lufthansa (Lufthansa CityLine) Bombardier CRJ-200LR (CL-600-2B19) D-ACJH "Little Europe" (25769026411).jpg
A former Lufthansa CityLine Bombardier CRJ200 wearing a special livery, 2008

Early years

The airline was founded as Ostfriesische Lufttaxi (OLT) in 1958 and became Ostfriesische Lufttransport (OLT) in 1970 - which existed until 2013 as a separate airline - in Emden. It was reorganised and renamed as DLT Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH on 1 October 1974 and began cooperation with Lufthansa in 1978 with short-range international routes.

By 1989, all operations were on behalf of Lufthansa. In March 1992, DLT became a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa and was renamed Lufthansa CityLine. Lufthansa CityLine employs 2,332 people, of whom 664 are cockpit crew, 849 cabin crew and 819 work in the technical and administrative areas as of 31 December 2011. [5]

Lufthansa placed an order on 17 April 2007 for 30 Embraer E190/E195 and 15 Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft to directly replace CityLine's fleet of BAe 146 and Avro RJ aircraft. The last Avro RJ85 took off from Cologne Bonn Airport on 27 August 2012 as LH1985. [6]

Development since 2014

In late 2014, parent company Lufthansa announced it would begin transferring eight of its Airbus A340-300 aircraft to CityLine. After reconfiguration to a high-density configuration, these aircraft would be owned by CityLine and operated by CityLine pilots but wet-leased back to Lufthansa and serviced by Lufthansa cabin crews starting in 2015 for use on leisure routes. [7] The first destinations to be served by the new Bombardier CRJ-700s which left CityLine's fleet by March 2015. [8]

In October 2017, a new labour agreement between Lufthansa and its pilot unions was reached. As part of this agreement, the wetlease operations of Lufthansa CityLine on behalf of Lufthansa, consisting of eight Airbus A340s, were gradually terminated. [9]

As part of Lufthansa's new corporate design introduced in early 2018, Lufthansa Regional aircraft operated by Lufthansa CityLine also received the new livery, with the Lufthansa Regional titles being removed from the fuselage and replaced by Lufthansa.

In August 2020, Lufthansa CityLine handed back six Airbus A340-300 longhaul aircraft it operated for parent Lufthansa as part of their revised leisure route strategy. [10] In spring 2022, the airline transferred their last two remaining Embraer 195 to Air Dolomiti. [11] In the same time, they were given operations of two Airbus A321P2F converted freighter aircraft on behalf of Lufthansa Cargo [12] as well as several Airbus A319-100 aircraft to be flown for Lufthansa mainline. [13] Additionally, Lufthansa announced in 2023 that they would relocate several of their A320neo to Lufthansa CityLine. [14]

In June 2024, Lufthansa announced it would close Lufthansa CityLine in the foreseeable future, with plans to move all operations to Lufthansa City Airlines, stating agreements with unions prevent them from using larger aircraft at CityLine. [15] In November 2024, the airline's labour union sued Lufthansa regarding the planned closure stating the similarity of the operations of its proposed successor. [16]

In October 2024, Lufthansa CityLine transferred all four of its Airbus A321-200/P2F to its sister company Lufthansa Cargo, for which it had them operated previously. [17]

Corporate affairs

The airline's corporate headquarters are at the Flight Operations Center (FOC) at Munich Airport. [2] In May 2013, it was announced that the management and administration offices of CityLine would be relocated from Cologne to Munich. [18] [19] The move was completed as of September 2014. [2]

The airline was previously headquartered at Cologne Bonn Airport. [20] In 1998, the airline moved its offices to the security area of that airport; several of its departments however were in Munich. In 2009, the airline moved its head office into the former Cologne/Bonn Airport administrative building. [18]

Destinations

As of 2024, Lufthansa CityLine operates a network of 85 domestic and European destinations from the Lufthansa hubs at Frankfurt Airport and Munich Airport. [1]

Fleet

Lufthansa CityLine Bombardier CRJ900 Lufthansa CityLine, D-ACNA, Bombardier CRJ-900LR (26743321668).jpg
Lufthansa CityLine Bombardier CRJ900
Lufthansa CityLine Airbus A320neo Airbus A320-271N (cn 11569, D-AIJM) 2024-02-22 Andre Gerwing Collection ID 019858.jpg
Lufthansa CityLine Airbus A320neo

Current fleet

As of January 2025, Lufthansa CityLine operates the following aircraft: [21] [ better source needed ]

AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
JYTotal
Airbus A319-100 12var138
Airbus A320neo 3180
Bombardier CRJ900 2790
Total46

Historical fleet

A former Lufthansa CityLine Airbus A340-300. Due to labor agreements, these A340s missed the small Lufthansa-titles which the Star Alliance-livery aircraft of parent Lufthansa do feature. Lufthansa A340-300 at Tampa, March 2016.jpg
A former Lufthansa CityLine Airbus A340-300. Due to labor agreements, these A340s missed the small Lufthansa-titles which the Star Alliance-livery aircraft of parent Lufthansa do feature.

Over the years, Lufthansa CityLine has operated the following aircraft types: [22] [23] [24]

AircraftIntroducedRetiredNotes/Refs
Airbus A321-200/P2F 20222024Relocated to Lufthansa Cargo. [25]
Airbus A340-300 20152020Returned to Lufthansa. [10]
ATR 42-300 19922002Incorporated from DLT.
Operated by Cimber Air.
Avro RJ85 19942012
Boeing 737-200 19921999Incorporated from DLT.
Bombardier CRJ100 19922010
Bombardier CRJ200
Bombardier CRJ700 20012015
De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 19921997Incorporated from DLT.
Operated by Cimber Air.
De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300
Embraer 190 20092024Relocated to Air Dolomiti. [26]
Embraer 195 20092022Relocated to Air Dolomiti. [27]
Fokker 50 19921997Operated by Cimber Air.

Accidents and incidents

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