Lufthansa fleet
The Lufthansa fleet is the mainline passenger-aircraft fleet operated by Lufthansa under Deutsche Lufthansa AG's DLH operator identity. It combines Airbus A320-family aircraft for European services with Airbus A330, A340, A350 and A380 and Boeing 747 and 787 wide-bodies for long-haul flying. A registration-level operational database listed 278 aircraft on 29 August 2026.[1]
Scope and counting method
“Lufthansa fleet” can describe several different populations. This page uses the registration-level mainline fleet assigned to Lufthansa in the cited operational database. It excludes aircraft operated by Lufthansa CityLine, Lufthansa City Airlines, Air Dolomiti, Discover Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo and other Lufthansa Group airlines, even where those operators feed the same hubs or carry an LH flight number.[1][2]
Lufthansa Group's 2025 annual report uses a broader LH reporting column. That column includes Lufthansa Airlines, regional airlines, a legacy Germanwings category and Discover Airlines; it contained 387 aircraft at 31 December 2025. Its regional-jet entries and some other aircraft must not be added to the mainline table below.[3][4]
A third figure appears in Deutsche Lufthansa AG's company financial statements: 255 aircraft chartered, primarily from Group companies, were in service for the company at 31 December 2025. The notes explicitly place those aircraft in addition to company-owned aircraft shown elsewhere in the accounts, so 255 is an accounting and leasing disclosure rather than a complete operational-fleet count.[5]
The current total can change when an aircraft is delivered, transferred, sold, stored or returned to service. The table is therefore a dated snapshot, not a permanent fleet size.
Current mainline fleet
The following registrations and type totals were listed for Lufthansa on 29 August 2026. The database total changed from 279 to 278 during research as one A320neo entry was removed; the table records the later snapshot.[1]
| Role | Aircraft type | Variant represented | Aircraft | Registration series or individual registrations |
| Short/medium haul | Airbus A319-100 | A319-112 / A319-114 | 27 | D-AIB*; D-AIL* |
| Short/medium haul | Airbus A320-200 | A320-211 / A320-214 | 44 | D-AIQ*; D-AIU*; D-AIW*; D-AIZ* |
| Short/medium haul | Airbus A320neo | A320-271N | 25 | D-AIN* |
| Short/medium haul | Airbus A321-100/-200 | A321-131 / A321-231 | 54 | D-AID*; D-AIR*; D-AIS* |
| Short/medium haul | Airbus A321neo | A321-251NX / A321-271NX | 20 | D-AIE*; D-AIO* |
| Long haul | Airbus A330-300 | A330-343 | 3 | D-AIKL, D-AIKN, D-AIKS |
| Long haul | Airbus A340-300 | A340-313 | 14 | D-AIF*; D-AIG* |
| Long haul | Airbus A340-600 | A340-642 | 5 | D-AIHF, D-AIHW, D-AIHX, D-AIHY, D-AIHZ |
| Long haul | Airbus A350-900 | A350-941 | 31 | D-AIV*; D-AIX* |
| Long haul | Airbus A380-800 | A380-841 | 8 | D-AIMA, D-AIMB, D-AIMC, D-AIMH, D-AIMK, D-AIML, D-AIMM, D-AIMN |
| Long haul | Boeing 747-400 | 747-430 | 8 | D-ABTK, D-ABTL, D-ABVM, D-ABVU, D-ABVW, D-ABVX, D-ABVY, D-ABVZ |
| Long haul | Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental | 747-830 | 18 | D-ABY* |
| Long haul | Boeing 787-9 | 787-9 | 21 | D-ABP*; D-ABQ* |
| Total | 278 |
An asterisk denotes a registration series, not every possible combination of letters within it. The source lists each registration individually; abbreviated series are used here to keep the fleet overview readable. Aircraft-specific records should retain the full registration, manufacturer serial number, delivery date, engine installation and dated status.[1]
The airline's own current seat-map directory independently lists the same 13 broad type or variant groups: A319, A320, A320neo, A321, A321neo, A330-300, A340-300, A340-600, A350-900, A380-800, 747-400, 747-8 and 787-9.[6]
Short- and medium-haul fleet
The Airbus A320 family is the backbone of Lufthansa's European network. The current snapshot contains 170 aircraft across five groups: 27 A319s, 44 A320ceos, 25 A320neos, 54 A321ceos and 20 A321neos.[1]
The variant suffixes carry useful technical information. The A320-211 and -214 aircraft are CFM56-powered, while the listed A321-131 and -231 aircraft use International Aero Engines V2500-family powerplants. The neo fleet consists predominantly of Pratt & Whitney-powered A320-271N and A321-271NX aircraft; three listed A321-251NX registrations use the competing LEAP-1A installation. Engine identity should nevertheless be stored against each airframe rather than inferred solely from a family name.[1][7]
Lufthansa introduced the A320 family in the late 1980s and later became the first operator to take delivery of an A320neo, on 20 January 2016. Its historical fleet account identifies the PW1127G-JM on the neo generation and describes the A319, A320 and A321 as the core of the European fleet.[8][9]
Regional services sold by Lufthansa may instead be flown by a separate Group carrier. A Bombardier CRJ or Embraer registration therefore belongs to the operating airline's fleet, not automatically to this mainline census.
Long-haul fleet
Airbus wide-bodies
The Airbus long-haul fleet spans five families and two different strategic generations. Three A330-300s and 19 A340s represent older wide-body types. Lufthansa's published technical pages identify Rolls-Royce Trent 772B engines on the A330-300, CFM56-5C engines on the A340-300 and Trent 556 engines on the A340-600.[10][11][12]
Thirty-one A350-900s form the largest long-haul subfleet. The type uses the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84. Lufthansa received its 31st A350-900 in June 2025; five A350s had by then been stationed at Frankfurt in addition to the established Munich operation.[13][14]
Eight A380-800s were listed. These are the eight aircraft returned to the operational fleet after the pandemic-era grounding; the last reactivated aircraft returned during the first quarter of 2025. Lufthansa's current A380 material specifies Rolls-Royce Trent 970 engines and publishes multiple cabin arrangements, so configuration must be checked at registration level.[2][15]
Boeing wide-bodies
Lufthansa remains one of the few airlines operating both the Boeing 747-400 and passenger 747-8. The current list contains eight 747-400s and 18 747-8 Intercontinentals. Lufthansa specifies GE CF6-80C2 engines for the -400 and GEnx-2B67 engines for the -8.[1][16][17]
The 21 Boeing 787-9s form the newest current long-haul type in the snapshot. The registration list runs through D-ABP* and D-ABQ* blocks, and Lufthansa's current 787-9 seat map identifies GEnx-1B74/75 engines.[1][18]
The 747 and 787 totals illustrate why order and accounting disclosures require care. Lufthansa Group can place or hold an order centrally and allocate an aircraft to a Group airline close to delivery; a Group backlog is not automatically a Lufthansa mainline backlog.[3]
Engines
| Aircraft | Engine installation represented in the fleet |
| A319-100 / A320-200 | CFM International CFM56-5A/-5B |
| A321-100/-200 | International Aero Engines V2500-A5 family |
| A320neo | Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM family |
| A321neo | Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM or CFM International LEAP-1A, according to variant |
| A330-300 | Rolls-Royce Trent 772B |
| A340-300 | CFM International CFM56-5C |
| A340-600 | Rolls-Royce Trent 556 |
| A350-900 | Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 |
| A380-800 | Rolls-Royce Trent 970 family |
| Boeing 747-400 | GE Aerospace CF6-80C2 |
| Boeing 747-8 | GE Aerospace GEnx-2B67 |
| Boeing 787-9 | GE Aerospace GEnx-1B74/75 |
The table describes installations documented for the variants in Lufthansa's current list. It is not an inventory of spare engines, leased powerplants or engines installed on aircraft belonging to other Lufthansa Group operators.[7][6]
Cabins and configuration
Lufthansa publishes more than one cabin arrangement for several long-haul types. The A350-900 fleet includes both earlier interiors and aircraft fitted with the Allegris product. Scheduled Allegris service began with an A350-900 on 1 May 2024; Allegris First Class followed in November 2024.[19][20]
Newer 787-9s have also entered service with Allegris cabins, while earlier 787s retain a different three-class layout. The current seat-map directory similarly shows alternative configurations for the A330, A340, A350, A380 and both 747 variants.[6][18]
For that reason, a route's scheduled aircraft type does not establish its exact seat count or installed product. Cabin configuration should be recorded against the registration with a date and source; substitutions and modification programmes can change the aircraft actually flown.
Fleet development
Fleet renewal is replacing older four-engined aircraft with newer twinjets, but the transition is not linear. The pandemic led Lufthansa to store much of its long-haul fleet, after which demand recovery prompted the return of A340s and all eight A380s now listed.[2]
The Group's 2025 year-end order table included firm orders for 37 A350s, 27 787-9s, 20 777-9s, 48 A320neo-family aircraft and 40 737-8s, together with other types and options. Those orders are managed at Group level and are allocated to airlines later; they should not be presented as firm additions to this mainline fleet unless Lufthansa identifies the recipient.[3][21]
During the first quarter of 2026, Lufthansa Group added two purchased A320-family aircraft, one A350 and four 787s, while selling one 747-8, one A340-300 and one A340-600. The report does not imply that every transaction changed the Lufthansa mainline operating list on the same date.[22]
In August 2026 the Group said it was decommissioning the 23-aircraft CRJ900 subfleet associated with the closure of Lufthansa CityLine flying, accelerating A340-600 retirement and planning to ground two 747-400s temporarily for the winter schedule. These are forward fleet actions: they do not justify backdating a registration's retirement or storage status.[23]
Registrations and airframe records
All aircraft in the snapshot carry German D- marks. Registration is an aircraft identity, not proof of ownership: an aircraft may be owned by Deutsche Lufthansa AG, another Group company or a lessor while remaining operated by Lufthansa.[5]
The abbreviated blocks reveal how Lufthansa has historically grouped types, but gaps occur after retirements, transfers and delivery sequencing. A fleet record must therefore never manufacture a registration from a prefix pattern. The same applies to manufacturer serial numbers, delivery dates, names and status.
On aviation.wiki, the ideal chain is Lufthansa → fleet → aircraft type → variant → registration → manufacturer serial number → engine → manufacturer. The fleet article supplies the dated overview; individual-aircraft records should carry the more precise chronology.
Historic fleet
The present airline and its post-war predecessor operations have used a wide range of types, including the Convair 340 and 440, Lockheed Super Constellation, Vickers Viscount, Boeing 707, 720, 727 and 737, Douglas DC-8 and DC-10, Airbus A300 and A310, and Boeing 767. Lufthansa introduced the Boeing 707 in 1960, the Boeing 747 in 1970 and the Airbus A320 family in the late 1980s.[24][8]
Historic aircraft should not be mixed into a current-fleet total. A separate fleet-history page can record entry into service, withdrawal, registration ranges and preserved examples without making old registrations appear operational.
Related pages
Sources
Lufthansa fleet database — Flightradar24, accessed 29 August 2026
Lufthansa Group fleet at 31 December 2025 — Lufthansa Group
Lufthansa Group Annual Report 2025 — Lufthansa Group
Lufthansa aircraft seat maps — Lufthansa
Lufthansa's fleet through history — Lufthansa
Image source and licence: D-ABPA — Moritz 2011, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
