Lufthansa

Lufthansa is the flag carrier and largest airline of Germany.

= History = Until 1945, Deutsche Luft Hansa had served as the German flag carrier. Following the end of the Second World War and the subsequent allied occupation of Germany, all aircraft in the country were seized and the airline was liquidated. In 1953, Luftag was established with the intention of becoming the West German flag carrier once sovereignty over West Germany airspace was transferred from Allied occupation forces to the federal government. In 1954 Luftag acquired the rights to the Lufthansa trademark for DM30,000, and on 1 April 1955 Lufthansa was given approval to begin domestic flights. In that same year, the East German government founded Deutsche Lufthansa as a rival flag carrier for the GDR, but when it became obvious that the eastern airline would likely lose a lawsuit over the use of the Lufthansa branding the GDR government set up a new company, Interflug, and liquidated the Eastern Lufthansa in 1963.

Following the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989 and the subsequent political upheaval in East Germany, several foreign airlines expressed interest in taking over parts of the highly unprofitable company to secure a share of the German air traffic market, especially out of Berlin. In early March 1990, Lufthansa signed a letter of intent to acquire 26 percent of Interflug, but the offer was blocked by Germany's Federal Cartel Office; it was later bought by a group of German and Russian businessmen who converted it to a low-cost airline.

In July 2020 Lufthansa became the first European airline to enter a codeshare agreement with Air Koryo of North Korea.

Lufthansa in British Columbia
Lufthansa inaugurated its non-stop service between Frankfurt and Vancouver in 1970, and added the Munich service in 1989. At present, the Munich flights are usually operated with the A340-600, and the Frankfurt flights with the Boeing 747-8I.

= Fleet =

Current

 * Airbus A319-100 - 26
 * Airbus A320-200 - 53
 * Airbus A320neo - 30, +54 on order
 * Airbus A321-100 - 20
 * Airbus A321-200 - 43
 * Airbus A321neo - 14, +26 on order
 * Airbus A330-300 - 13
 * Airbus A340-300 - 17, to be replaced by Airbus A350-900 and Boeing 787-9 from mid-2022
 * Airbus A340-600 - 5, +9 retired
 * Airbus A350-900 - 20, +26 on order to be delivered by 2029
 * Boeing 747-400 - 8, to be retired by 2025 and replaced by Boeing 777-9
 * Boeing 747-8I - 19
 * Boeing 777-9 - 0, +20 on order, deliveries to begin in 2024
 * Boeing 787-9 - 0, +32 on order

Historic

 * Airbus A300B2 - 6 (1976-1988)
 * Airbus A300B4 - 5 (1977-1987)
 * Airbus A300-600R - 15 (1987-2009)
 * Airbus A310-200 - 13 (1983-1995)
 * Airbus A310-300 - 12 (1989-2005)
 * Airbus A330-200 - 5 (2002-2006)
 * Airbus A340-200 - 8 (1993-2003)
 * Airbus A380-800 - 14 (2010-2022)
 * Boeing 707-320B/C - 18 (1963-1984)
 * Boeing 707-420 - 5 (1960-1977)
 * Boeing 720B - 8 (1961-1965)
 * Boeing 727-100 - 27 (1964-1979)
 * Boeing 727-200 - 30 (1971-1993)
 * Boeing 737-100 - 22 (1967-1982)
 * Boeing 737-200 - 47 (1969-1998)
 * Boeing 737-300 - 46 (1986-2016)
 * Boeing 737-400 - 7 (1992-1998)
 * Boeing 737-500 - 33 (1990-2016)
 * Boeing 747-100 - 3 (1970-1979)
 * Boeing 747-200B - 7 (1971-2004)
 * Boeing 747-200M - 14 (1976-2004)
 * Boeing 747-200F - 4 (1972-2005), cargo
 * Boeing 747-400M - 7 (1989-2014)
 * Boeing 767-300ER - 1 (1994-1995)
 * Convair CV-340/CV-440 - 10 (1955-1968)
 * Curtiss C-46 Commando - 9 (1964-1969), cargo
 * Douglas DC-3 - 3 (1955-1960)
 * Douglas DC-4 - 1 (1958-1959), cargo
 * Douglas DC-8-51 - 1 (1965-1966)
 * Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation - 11 (1955-1968)
 * Lockheed L-1649A Starliner - 6 (1957-1966)
 * McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 - 12 (1974-1994)
 * Vickers Viking - 2 (1956-1961), cargo
 * Vickers Viscount - 11 (1958-1971)

= Routes = Entries with a green background indicates a destination in British Columbia. "Domestic" refers to services within Germany, "Continental" refers to services within the European Union.