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Lufthansa operates a mainline fleet consisting of Airbus narrow and widebody and Boeing widebody aircraft.[1][2][3] The mainline fleet is composed of eight different aircraft families: the Airbus A320ceo and A320neo families as well as the Airbus A330, Airbus A340, Airbus A350, Boeing 747 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner. 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 and Boeing 777Xs. The 777X will replace all Boeing 747-400s in the fleet. The 787s, together with the A350s, will replace all remaining Airbus A340 aircraft. The airline has plans to bring back their A380 fleet starting summer 2023.

Current fleet

As of November 2022, Lufthansa (excluding its subsidiaries Air Dolomiti, Eurowings, Eurowings Discover and Lufthansa CityLine) operates the following registered aircraft:[1][2][3]

Lufthansa mainline fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
F J W Y Total Refs
Airbus A319-100 26 — — 24 — 102 126 [4]
Airbus A320-200 53 — — 28 — 126 154 [5]
Airbus A320neo 30 46[6] — 28 — 138 164 [7] Worldwide launch customer.[8]
Some aircraft on order allocated to other Lufthansa Group subsidiaries.[9]
Airbus A321-100 20 — — 26 — 161 187 [10] Launch customer.[11]
Airbus A321-200 43 — — 26 — 161 187 [12]
Airbus A321neo 15 24[6] — 28 — 173 201 [13][14]
Airbus A330-300 13 — — 42 28 185 255 [15]
Airbus A340-300 17 — — 42 — 225 267 [16] Largest operator.[17]
Planned to be replaced by Boeing 787-9.[18]
28 181 251 [19]
30 221 279 [20]
18 21 261 300 [21]
Airbus A340-600 5 — 8 44 32 213 297 [22] Five returned from long-term storage in late 2021.[23]
Airbus A350-900 20 28[6] — 48 21 224 293 [24] Deliveries since 2016.[25][26]
First class suites are planned on some future A350s arriving from 2023.[27]
Five aircraft on order to be allocated to SWISS from 2025.[28]
36 262 319 [29]
30 24 241 295 [30] Four aircraft taken over from Philippine Airlines, retaining their original configuration.[31][32]
Airbus A380-800 4[33]a — 8 78 52 371 509 6 of formerly 14 A380s sold back to Airbus,[34] further 4 remain in storage.[33]
Lufthansa will reactivate four A380s by summer 2023 with an option for up to four more by 2024.[35][36][37][35]
Boeing 747-400 8 — — 67 32 272 371 [38] To be replaced by Boeing 777-9.[39]
53 308 393 [40]
Boeing 747-8I 19 — 8 92 32 208 340 [41] Largest operator of the 747-8I.[42][43]
Includes D-ABYP, the 1,500th Boeing 747 built.[44]
80 244 364 [45]
Boeing 777-9 — 20[46] TBA Deliveries delayed, currently scheduled to start from mid-2025.[47][46]
Replacement for Boeing 747-400 and remaining Airbus A340-300.[48]
Boeing 787-9 2 30[49] — 26 21 247 294 [50] Deliveries of overall 32 aircraft since August 2022[51] to replace Airbus A340-300.[52][53]
Five aircraft to be taken over from a Hainan Airlines order, retaining their original configuration.[54]
Total 275 148
Lufthansa Airbus A320neo
Lufthansa Airbus A330-300
Lufthansa Airbus A350-900
Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 wearing the airline's former livery
Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 wearing a 1970s retro livery
Lufthansa Boeing 787-9

^a Lufthansa announced to reactivate 4 of its 8 remaining A380s in 2023, further 6 have already been sold.[33][35]

Historical fleet

Over the years, Lufthansa had operated a variety of aircraft since 1955, including:[55][56]

Lufthansa mainline historical fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A300B2-1C 6 1976 1988
Airbus A300B4-2C 5 1977 1987
Airbus A300-600R 15 1987 2009
Airbus A310-200 13 1983 1995 Worldwide A310 launch customer alongside Swissair.[57]
Airbus A310-300 12 1989 2005
Airbus A330-200 5 2002 2006
Airbus A340-200 8 1993 2003 Worldwide A340 launch customer alongside Air France.[58]
Airbus A340-600 14 2003 2020 Five A340-600s re-entered service in July 2022 after being in long-term storage.[23]
Airbus A380-800 14 2010 2020 Lufthansa confirmed the retirement of all A380s in April 2022 but reversed its decision in June 2022.[59]
6 of formerly 14 A380s already sold back to Airbus.[60]
4 of remaining 8 aircraft to be returned to service in 2023.[33]
Boeing 707-320B 18 1963 1984 Also used in cargo configuration
Boeing 707-320C
Boeing 707-420 5 1960 1977 Launch customer
Boeing 720B 8 1961 1965
Boeing 727-100 27 1964 1979 Also used in Quick Change version
Boeing 727-200 30 1971 1993 Some refurbished and sold to Kiwi International Air Lines
Boeing 737-100 22 1967 1982 Launch customer. Dubbed City Jet
Boeing 737-200 47 1969 1998 Also used in Quick Change version
Boeing 737-300 46 1986 2016[61]
Boeing 737-400 7 1992 1998
Boeing 737-500 33 1990 2016 [62]
Boeing 747-100 3 1970 1979 One crashed as Lufthansa Flight 540.
Boeing 747-200B 7 1971 2004
Boeing 747-200F 4 1972 2005 Launch customer of the type
Boeing 747-200M 14 1976 2004[63] One displayed at Technik Museum Speyer
Boeing 747-400M 7 1989 2014 [64]
Boeing 767-300ER 1 1994 1995 Leased from Condor.[65]
2 2003 2004 Leased from Lauda Air. Operated by wearing the Star Alliance livery.[66]
Convair CV-340
Convair CV-440 		10 1955 1968 One crashed as flight LH005
Curtiss C-46 9 1964 1969 Leased cargo aircraft
Douglas DC-3 3 1955 1960
1 Chartered by Martinair
Douglas DC-4 1 1958 1959 Leased as cargo aircraft
Douglas DC-8-51 1 1965 1966 Leased from Trans International Airlines
Fokker F27 Friendship 1 Leased from Condor
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation 10 1955 1968 Also used in cargo configuration
1 1959 Crashed as flight LH502
Lockheed L-1649A Starliner 6 1957 1966
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 12 1974 1994
Vickers Viking 2 1956 1961 Leased as cargo aircraft
Vickers Viscount 11 1958 1971
A Lufthansa Boeing 737-200 photographed in 1985.
A Lufthansa Airbus A310-300 with short-lived Lufthansa Express branding photographed in 1994.
A Lufthansa Boeing 747-200 in 1989.
A Lufthansa McDonnell Douglas DC-10 in 1994.
A Lufthansa Boeing 767-300ER (leased from Lauda Air) painted in the Star Alliance livery in 2003.

See also

References

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