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Lufthansa is the name of the largest German airline company, headquartered in Cologne. Their main base at Frankfurt International Airport in Frankfurt am Main which is also Lufthansa's primary traffic hub. The company has developed a second hub at Munich's Franz Josef Strauß International Airport.

Lufthansa is a founding member of Star Alliance, one of the world's major airline alliances. Currently, the Lufthansa Group operates more than 300 aircraft. It uses the IATA designator LH and the ICAO designator DLH.

Contents
1 History
2 Other businesses
3 Fleet
4 Destinations

4.1 Germany
4.2 Europe
4.3 Africa
4.4 Asia
4.5 North America
4.6 Latin America

5 External links

5.1 Data

History

The company was founded in 1926, following a merger between "Deutsche Aero Lloyd" (DAL) and "Junkers Luftverkehr" on January 6 of that year. The original spelling of the company's long name was Deutsche Luft Hansa Aktiengesellschaft. The name Lufthansa derives from Luft (the German word for "air") and Hansa (the Hanseatic trade organization that ruled large parts of Northern Europe during the medieval times).

In the 1950s, the communist-controlled East Germany attempted to establish its own airline using the Lufthansa name, but this resulted in a dispute with West Germany, where the airline had been already re-established after the Second World War. East Germany instead called its national airline Interflug, which ceased operations in 1991. Lufthansa was also banned from flying into West Berlin until the demise of the communist regime.

See also: Condor Airlines

Other businesses

In addition to its mainline operation, Lufthansa operates several hundred subsidiaries. The most important are:

  • Lufthansa Cargo
  • Lufthansa Technik, one of the world's largest aircraft maintenance providers
  • Lufthansa CityLine, a regional carrier
  • Thomas Cook, a diversified travel services provider
  • Air Dolomiti, an airline based in Trieste, Italy
  • Delvag, an insurance company specializing in air transport
  • LSG Sky Chefs, the world's largest airline caterer, which accounts for one third of the world's airline meals
  • Lufthansa Flight Training, a major provider of flight crew training services to various airlines

Fleet

Destinations

The following list does not include Lufthansa CityLine or Thomas Cook destinations.

Germany

Europe

Africa

Asia

North America

Latin America

External links

Data


Members of the Star Alliance
Air Canada | Air New Zealand | ANA | Asiana Airlines | Austrian Airlines
bmi | LOT Polish Airlines | Lufthansa | SAS | Singapore Airlines
Spanair | Thai Airways | United Airlines | US Airways | Varig

Regional Members: Adria Airways | Blue1 | Croatia Airlines

Future Members: South African Airways | TAP Air Portugal

List of Aircraft | Aircraft Manufacturers | Aircraft Engines | Aircraft Engine Manufacturers

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Example Usage of Lufthansa
DownloadPages: Lufthansa technik flight tracker http://bit.ly/6DMal2
visovol: VISOVOL Comparateur a le meilleur prix d'un billet d’avion 1 passager vol Paris/ Chisinau 622 E #Lufthansa http://tinyurl.com/yavav36
Writeaholic_nl: @Arvid hmmm een Lufthansa app voor een KLM/Air France vlucht? :-)
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