Lufthansa fleet

Lufthansa operates a mainline fleet consisting of Airbus narrow and wide-body and Boeing wide-body aircraft.[1][2] The mainline fleet is composed of seven different aircraft families: the Airbus A320 and A320neo families, Airbus A330, Airbus A340, Airbus A350, Airbus A380, Boeing 747 and Boeing 787. This list excludes Lufthansa brand subsidiaries Lufthansa CityLine, Lufthansa City Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo.

Additionally, Lufthansa currently has orders placed for further new Airbus A350, Boeing 787, and Boeing 777X series aircraft. Up until 2027, these deliveries will replace all A340 series aircraft alongside the remaining Boeing 747-400s, and allow for two Airbus A330s to be transferred to Brussels Airlines, five Airbus A330s and four Airbus A350s to be transferred to Discover Airlines, and five Boeing 787s to be transferred to Austrian Airlines.[3]

Current fleet

As of September 2025, Lufthansa operates the following mainline aircraft:[1][2]

Lufthansa mainline fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
F C W Y Total Refs
Airbus A319-100 35 — — var. — var. 138 [4]
Airbus A320-200 46 41 — — var. — var. 168 [5] 38 aircraft to be reconfigured to 180 seat configuration.[6]
5 — var. — var. 180 [5]
Airbus A320neo 31 20[7] — var. — var. 180 [8] Worldwide launch customer.[9]
Some aircraft on order allocated to group subsidiaries.[10][11]
Airbus A321-100 17 — — var. — var. 200 [12] Launch customer.[13]
Airbus A321-200 37 — — var. — var. 200 [12]
Airbus A321neo 17 17[7] — var. — var. 215 [14][15] Some aircraft on order allocated to group subsidiaries.[16]
Airbus A330-300 7 — — 42 28 185 255 [17] 2 aircraft to be gradually transferred to Brussels Airlines by 2026.[18]
5 aircraft to be gradually transferred to Discover Airlines by 2026.[3][19]
Airbus A340-300 16 — — 30 28 221 279 [20] Largest operator of its type.[21]
To be retired by 2028.[22][23]
Airbus A340-600 6 — 8 56 28 189 281 [24] To be retired in 2026 and replaced by Airbus A350-1000.[25]
Airbus A350-900 31 10 14[7] 4 38 24 201 267 Deliveries with Allegris interior since May 2024 with First Class installed since late 2024.[26]
17 — 48 21 224 293 To be retrofitted with Allegris interior.[27]
4 30 26 262 318 4 former Philippine Airlines aircraft.[28] To be transferred to Discover Airlines by 2027.[19][29]
Airbus A350-1000 — 15[25] TBA Deliveries from 2026. To replace Airbus A340-600.[25]
Airbus A380-800 8 — 8 78 52 371 509 [30] 6 of formerly 14 A380s have been sold back to Airbus.[31][32]
To be retrofitted with new business class cabins. [33][34]
Boeing 747-400 8 — — 67 32 272 371 [35] To be retired by 2028 and replaced by Boeing 777-9.[23][36]
Boeing 747-8I 19 — 8 80 32 244 364 [37] Largest operator of its type.[38]
Includes D-ABYP, the 1,500th Boeing 747 built.[39]
To be retrofitted with Allegris interior.[40]
2 to be transferred to the United States Air Force for the Air Force One program.[41]
Boeing 777-9 — 20[42] TBA Deliveries delayed, entry into service not before 2027.[43]
To replace Boeing 747-400.[44]
Boeing 787-9 7 2 27[45] — 28 28 231 287 [46][47][48] To be delivered with Allegris interior from 2025.[49]
5 — 26 21 247 294 [25] Five taken over from a Hainan Airlines order, retaining their original interior configuration.[50]
To be transferred to Austrian Airlines.[51]
Total 285 113
Airbus A319-100
Airbus A320neo
Airbus A340-300
Boeing 747-8I
in 1970s retro livery
Boeing 787-9

Historical fleet

Over the years, Lufthansa had operated a variety of aircraft since 1955, including:[52]

Lufthansa mainline historical fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A300B2-1C 6 1976 1984 [52]
Airbus A300B4-2C 7 1977 1987 [52]
Airbus A300-600R 15 1987 2009 [53][52]
Airbus A310-200 13 1983 1995 [52]
Airbus A310-300 12 1988 2005 [52]
Airbus A330-200 5 2002 2006 [52]
Airbus A340-200 8 1993 2003 Worldwide A340 launch customer alongside Air France. [54]
Boeing 707-320B 18 1963 1984 Also used in cargo configuration.
One crashed as flight LH527. 		[52]
Boeing 707-320C [52]
Boeing 707-420 5 1960 1977 [52]
Boeing 727-100 27 1964 1979 Also used in Quick Change version for cargo operations. [52]
Boeing 727-200 30 1971 1993 [52]
Boeing 737-200 47 1969 1998 Also used in Quick Change version for cargo operations. [52]
Boeing 737-300 46 1986 2016 [55]
Boeing 737-400 7 1992 1998 [52]
Boeing 737-500 33 1990 2016 [52]
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 12 1974 1994 [52]
Boeing 747-200M 14 1976 2004 One displayed at Technik Museum Speyer. [56]
Boeing 767-300ER 1 1994 1995 Leased from Condor. [57]
Lockheed L-1649A Starliner (1961)
Boeing 737-200 (1985)
Boeing 747-200 (1989)
Airbus A310-300 with short-lived Lufthansa Express branding (1994)
Boeing 767-300ER leased from Lauda Air, wearing Star Alliance titles (2003)

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