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Deutsche Lufthansa AG / Lufthansa German Airlines (German pronunciation: [ˌdɔʏtʃə ˈlʊfthanzaː ʔaːˈɡeː]), commonly shortened to Lufthansa (German: [ˈlʊftˌhanza] ⓘ), serves as the flag carrier of Germany.[12] When combined with its subsidiaries, it stands as the second-largest airline in Europe in terms of passengers carried, after the ultra low-cost carrier Ryanair, largest in Europe and fourth largest in the world by revenue.[13][14] Lufthansa is also one of the five founding members of Star Alliance, which is the world's largest airline alliance, formed in 1997.[15][16]
Besides its own services, and owning subsidiary passenger airlines Austrian Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, Brussels Airlines, discover airlines[17] and Eurowings (referred to in English by Lufthansa as its Passenger Airline Group), Deutsche Lufthansa AG owns several aviation-related companies, such as Lufthansa Technik and LSG Sky Chefs, as part of the Lufthansa Group. In total, the group has over 700 aircraft, making it one of the largest airline fleets in the world.[18]
Lufthansa's registered office and corporate headquarters are in Cologne.[19] The main operations base, called Lufthansa Aviation Center, is at Lufthansa's primary hub at Frankfurt Airport,[20][21] and its secondary hub is at Munich Airport where a secondary Flight Operations Centre is maintained.[22]
The company was founded as Luftag in 1953 by staff of the former Deutsche Luft Hansa that had been politically connected to the government of Nazi Germany and dissolved after World War II. Luftag continued the traditional branding of the German flag carrier by acquiring the Luft Hansa name and logo.
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German flag carrier Lufthansa said ...
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The German flag-carrier followed up ...
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The German flag carrier Lufthansa ...
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A widespread strike all but grounded the German flag carrier Lufthansa on Monday
- ^ Murray, Miranda; Szymanska, Zuzanna (12 November 2021). "German ministries welcome Lufthansa's early bailout aid repayment". Reuters. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
Germany's finance and economy ministries on Friday welcomed the early repayment by flag carrier Lufthansa
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- ^ "Lufthansa". Star Alliance. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ Group, Lufthansa. "Discover Airlines". Lufthansa Group. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Lufthansa, IAG, Air France-KLM fleets: Lufthansa Group largest". CAPA - Centre for Aviation. Aviation Week Network. 28 March 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ Annual Report 2020 (PDF) (Report). Lufthansa Group. 4 March 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Home - Lufthansa Aviation Center". lufthansagroup.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "Lufthansa eröffnet neue Konzernzentrale in Frankfurt" [Lufthansa opens new office complex in Frankfurt]. Die Welt (in German). 19 July 2006. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Directions FOC (Flight Operations Center)" (PDF). Lufthansa. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
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