Lufthansa fleet

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Lufthansa operates a mainline fleet 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.

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Additionally, Lufthansa currently has orders placed for further new Airbus A350, Boeing 787, and Boeing 777X series aircraft. Up until 2027, these deliveries will replace all A340 series aircraft alongside the remaining Boeing 747-400s, and allow for all Airbus A330s to be transferred to Discover Airlines and five Boeing 787s to be transferred to Austrian Airlines. [3]

Current fleet

As of June 2025, Lufthansa operates the following mainline aircraft: [1] [2]

Lufthansa mainline fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
FCWYTotalRefs
Airbus A319-100 35——var.—var.138 [4]
Airbus A320-200 4942——var.—var.168 [5] 38 aircraft to be reconfigured to 180 seat configuration. [6]
7—var.—var.180 [5]
Airbus A320neo 3537 [7] —var.—var.180 [8] Worldwide launch customer. [9]
Some aircraft on order allocated to group subsidiaries. [10]
Airbus A321-100 17——var.—var.200 [11] Launch customer. [12]
Airbus A321-200 37——var.—var.200 [11]
Airbus A321neo 1722 [7] —var.—var.215 [13] [14]
Airbus A330-300 9——4228185255 [15] All to be gradually transferred to Discover Airlines by 2027. [3]
Airbus A340-300 17——3028221279 [16] Largest operator of its type. [17]
To be retired by 2028. [18] [19]
Airbus A340-600 10—85628189281 [20] Returned from long-term storage in 2022. [21]
To be retired by November 2025 and replaced by Airbus A350-1000. [19]
Airbus A350-900 30914 [7] 43824201267Deliveries with Allegris interior since May 2024 with First Class installed since late 2024. [22]
17—4821224293
430262623184 former Philippine Airlines aircraft. [23]
Airbus A350-1000 —15 [24] TBADeliveries from 2026. To replace Airbus A340-600. [24]
Airbus A380-800 8—87852371509 [25] 6 of formerly 14 A380s have been sold back to Airbus. [26] [27]
To be retrofitted with new business class cabins. [28]
[29]
Boeing 747-400 8——6732272371 [30] To be retired by 2028 and replaced by Boeing 777X. [19] [31]
Boeing 747-8I 19—88032244364 [32] Largest operator of its type. [33]
Includes D-ABYP, the 1,500th Boeing 747 built. [34]
To be retrofitted with Allegris interior. [35]
Boeing 777-9 —20 [36] TBADeliveries delayed, entry into service not before late 2026. [37]
To replace Boeing 747-400. [38]
Boeing 787-9 5—34 [39] —2828231287 [40] [41] [42] To be delivered with Allegris interior from 2025. [43]
5—2621247294 [24] Five taken over from a Hainan Airlines order, retaining their original interior configuration. [44]
To be transferred to Austrian Airlines. [45]
Total296152
Frankfurt Airport Lufthansa Airbus A319-114 D-AILM (DSC00800).jpg
Airbus A319-100
Frankfurt Airport Lufthansa Airbus A320-271N D-AIJC (DSC02675).jpg
Airbus A320neo
Frankfurt Airport Lufthansa Airbus A340-313 D-AIGY (DSC02566).jpg
Airbus A340-300
Lufthansa (Retro livery) Boeing 747-8 (D-ABYT) at Frankfurt Airport.jpg
Boeing 747-8I
in 1970s retro livery
Hannover Airport Lufthansa Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner D-ABPA (DSC06590).jpg
Boeing 787-9

Historical fleet

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

Lufthansa mainline historical fleet
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
Airbus A300B2-1C 619761984 [46]
Airbus A300B4-2C 719771987 [46]
Airbus A300-600R 1519872009 [47] [46]
Airbus A310-200 1319831995 [46]
Airbus A310-300 1219882005 [46]
Airbus A330-200 520022006 [46]
Airbus A340-200 819932003Worldwide A340 launch customer alongside Air France. [48]
Boeing 707-320B 1819631984Also used in cargo configuration.
One crashed as flight LH527.		 [46]
Boeing 707-320C [46]
Boeing 707-420 519601977 [46]
Boeing 727-100 2719641979Also used in Quick Change version for cargo operations. [46]
Boeing 737-200 4719691998Also used in Quick Change version for cargo operations. [46]
Boeing 737-300 4619862016 [49]
Boeing 747-200M 1419762004[ citation needed ]One displayed at Technik Museum Speyer. [50]
Boeing 767-300ER 119941995Leased from Condor. [51]
Lockheed L1649A Starliner D-ALAN LH RWY 05.08.61 edited-2.jpg
Lockheed L-1649A Starliner (1961)
Lufthansa Boeing 737-200; D-ABFX, August 1985 CHS (4993765893).jpg
Boeing 737-200 (1985)
Boeing 747-230BM, Lufthansa AN0201737.jpg
Boeing 747-200 (1989)
Lufthansa Express Airbus A310-300 Haafke.jpg
Airbus A310-300 with short-lived Lufthansa Express branding (1994)
Boeing 767-3Z9-ER, Star Alliance (Lufthansa (Lauda Air)) AN0422473.jpg
Boeing 767-300ER leased from Lauda Air, wearing Star Alliance titles (2003)

References

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  2. 1 2 "Lufthansa and Regional Partners Fleet". Lufthansa Group. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Führen bei Lufthansa Tests durch, Tee und Kaffee wieder gratis auszugeben". Aerotelegraph (in German). 24 May 2024.
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  5. 1 2 "Seat map Airbus A320-200". Lufthansa. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Lufthansa stattet Kurz- und Mittelstreckenflugzeuge mit neuer Kabine aus". Lufthansa Group (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2025.
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  9. ↑ "Lufthansa takes delivery of the world's first Airbus A320neo as launching customer". Airbus. 12 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Brussels allowed to expand with additional A320neos, Austrian not". Aerotelegraph (in German). 16 December 2022.
  11. 1 2 "Seat map of the Airbus A321-100/200". Lufthansa. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "So wurde Norddeutschland mit dem Airbus A321 zur Boomregion des Flugzeugbaus". stern.de (in German). 9 March 2018.
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  14. ↑ Wenzel, Nick (4 May 2019). "Lufthansa adds first A321neo to its fleet". International Flight Network. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  15. ↑ "Seat maps Airbus A330-300". Lufthansa. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  16. ↑ "Seat maps Airbus A340-300". Lufthansa. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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  21. ↑ "Lufthansa to bring back all stored Airbus A340-600s". Aerotime Hub. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  22. ↑ "Lufthansa Allegris startet am 1. Mai" (Press release) (in German). Lufthansa. 16 April 2024.
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  27. ↑ "Lufthansa prüft, noch mehr Airbus A380 zurückzubringen". aerotelegraph.com (in German). 30 June 2022.
  28. ↑ "Here is Lufthansa's new A380 business class". executivetraveller.com. 25 March 2025.
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  30. ↑ "Seat maps Boeing 747-400". Lufthansa. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  31. ↑ "Lufthansa seeks to boost Boeing fleet size to 35% | Dubai Airshow 2017". www.dubaiairshow.aero. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  32. ↑ "Seat maps Boeing 747-8". Lufthansa. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  33. ↑ "747 Model Orders and Deliveries summary". Boeing. December 2019. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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  35. ↑ "Lufthansa gears up to retrofit Boeing 747-8i fleet with Allegris cabins". 25 March 2025.
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  39. ↑ "Lufthansa Group Selects New 777-8 Freighter, Orders Additional 787s". Boeing Media Room. 9 May 2022.
  40. ↑ "Lufthansa takes delivery of its first B787-9". Ch-Aviation. 31 August 2022.
  41. ↑ "Lufthansa orders 40 Boeing 787-9 and Airbus A350-900 long-haul planes". Reuters. 13 March 2019.
  42. ↑ "Das Rätselraten um die Boeing 787 der Lufthansa-Gruppe" [The guesswork surrounding the Lufthansa Group's Boeing 787]. aerotelegraph.com (in German). 6 July 2021.
  43. ↑ "Lufthansa expects Allegris start in Frankfurt not before 2025". aero.de. 30 April 2024.
  44. ↑ "Lufthansa takes over 787 cabins from Hainan Airlines". aero.de (in German). 23 August 2022.
  45. ↑ "Austrian Airlines to receive 10 Boeing 787-9". aerotelegraph.com (in German). 19 April 2023.
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