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Lufthansa operates a mainline fleet consisting of Airbus narrow and widebody and Boeing widebody aircraft.[1][2] The mainline fleet is composed of seven different aircraft families: the Airbus A320ceo Family, Airbus A320neo Family, Airbus A330, Airbus A340 Family, Airbus A350, Airbus A380, and Boeing 747 Series. Additionally, Lufthansa currently has orders placed for their A320neo family to replace their ageing A320-200 fleet. There are also orders for new Airbus A350s, as well as two new Boeing widebody aircraft types: the Boeing 777X and Boeing 787-9. The 777X will replace the Boeing 747-400. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, together with the Airbus A350, will replace all remaining Airbus A340 aircraft.

The launch customer of the Boeing 777X, Lufthansa, has recently retired a plethora of long-haul aircraft to account for the market conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The retirements decrease the likelihood of the airline taking the Boeing 777X in the next couple of years. The Boeing 777X is the latest series of the long-range, wide-body, twin-engine Boeing 777 family from Boeing Commercial Airplanes.The 777X features new GE9X engines, new composite wings with folding wingtips, greater cabin width and seating capacity, and technologies from the Boeing 787. Lufthansa is reportedly looking to exchange 777X orders for Boeing 777 Freighters. Photo: Getty Images. The global aviation industry has been hit hard by the current crisis. While some airlines have been fairly quiet about their future post-crisis, Lufthansa hasn’t. The airline has openly decommissioned tens of aircraft. Additionally, it has.

Lufthansa Boeing 777x

Current fleet[edit]

Map

As of February 2021, the Lufthansa mainline fleet (excluding all subsidiaries) consists of the following aircraft:[1][2]

Lufthansa mainline fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
FBE+ETotalRefs
Airbus A319-10023——24—114138[3]
Airbus A320-20061——28—140168[4]
Airbus A320neo2955—28—152180[5]
Airbus A321-10020——26—174200[6]
Airbus A321-20043—
Airbus A321neo634—28—187215[7][8]
Airbus A330-30015—84221145216[9]
3021177236[10]
—4228185255[11]
Airbus A340-30017——4228181251[12]Largest operator.
To be replaced by Airbus A350-900 and Boeing 787-9.[13]
42—225267[14]
3028221279[15]
1821261300[16]
Airbus A350-9001726—4821224293[17]Order includes 10 options.
Deliveries until 2027 to replace Airbus A340 Family.[18][19]
3621262319[20]
Airbus A380-8008—87852371509[21]Put into long-term storage.[22]
Boeing 747-4008——6732272371[23]To be retired and replaced by Boeing 777-9.[13][24]
4332308383[25]
Boeing 747-819—89232208340[26]Largest operator of the 747-8i.[27][28]
Includes the 1500th Boeing 747 built.[29]
8032244364[30]
Boeing 777-9—20TBAOrder includes 24 options.
Deliveries from 2023.[31]
Boeing 787-9—20TBAOrder includes 20 options.
Deliveries from 2022 to replace Airbus A340 Family.[32]
Exact allocation of aircraft between Lufthansa, SWISS, and Austrian Airlines still unknown.
Total266155
777

Historical fleet[edit]

Lufthansa mainline historical fleet since 1955
AircraftTotal[33][34]IntroducedRetiredNotes
Airbus A300B2-1C619761988
Airbus A300B4-2C519771987
Airbus A300-600R1519872009
Airbus A310-2001319831995Launch customer along with Swissair
Airbus A310-3001219892005
Airbus A330-200520022006
Airbus A340-200819932003
Airbus A340-60024[34]20032021[35]Phased-out in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[35]
Airbus A380-8006[22]20102020[22]Partial retirement brought forward in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[22]
Boeing 707-320B1819631984Also used in cargo configuration.
Boeing 707-320C
Boeing 707-420519601977Launch customer
Boeing 720B819611965
Boeing 727-1002719641979Also used in Quick Change version.
Boeing 727-2003019711993Some refurbished and sold to Kiwi International Air Lines
Boeing 737-1002219671982Launch customer
Dubbed City Jet
Boeing 737-2004719691998Also used in Quick Change version
Boeing 737-3004619862016[36]Also used in Quick Change version.
Boeing 737-400719921998
Boeing 737-5003319902016[37]
Boeing 747-100219701979
11974Crashed as flight LH540
Boeing 747-200B719712004
Boeing 747-200M1419762004[38]
Boeing 747-200F419722005Launch customer of the type
Boeing 747-4001019892015
319972020Were originally due to be retired by 2025 but were retired early due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Boeing 747-400M719892014[39]
Boeing 767-300ER119941995Leased from Condor[40]
220032004Leased from Lauda Air
Operated as wearing the Star Alliance livery.[41]
Convair CV-340
Convair CV-440		919551968
11966Crashed as flight LH005
Curtiss C-46919641969Leased cargo aircraft.
Douglas DC-3319551960
1Chartered by Martinair (PH-MAA)
Douglas DC-4119581959One single leased cargo aircraft.
Douglas DC-8119651966One single leased cargo aircraft.
Fokker F27 Friendship119651966Leased from Condor.
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation1019551968Also used in cargo configuration.
11959Crashed as flight LH502
Lockheed L-1649A Starliner619571966
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-301219741996
Vickers Viking219561961Two leased cargo aircraft.
Vickers Viscount1119581971

Lufthansa Boeing 777 200 300 Seating Chart

A Lufthansa Boeing 737-200 photographed in 1984.

Lufthansa Boeing 777x Order

Pictures
A Lufthansa Airbus A310-200 photographed in 1984.
A Lufthansa Boeing 747-200 in 1989.
A Lufthansa McDonnell Douglas DC-10 in 1994.
A Lufthansa Boeing 767-300ER painted in the Star Alliance livery in 2003.

References[edit]

Lufthansa Boeing 777-9

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Lufthansa Boeing 777-200

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