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 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

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As of March 2026, 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 39 var. var. 138 [4]
Airbus A320-200 44 var. var. 168 [5]
Airbus A320neo 41 10[6] var. var. 180 [7] Worldwide launch customer.[8]
Some aircraft on order allocated to group subsidiaries.[9][10]
Airbus A321-100 17 var. var. 200 [11] Launch customer.[12]
Airbus A321-200 37 var. var. 200 [11]
Airbus A321neo 19 15[6] var. var. 215 [13][14] Some aircraft on order allocated to group subsidiaries.[15]
Airbus A330-300 7 42 28 185 255 [16] To be phased out and transferred within group in 2026 (2 to Brussels Airlines and 5 to Discover Airlines)
Airbus A340-300 14 30 28 221 279 [17] To be retired by 2028.[18][19]
Airbus A340-600 5 8 56 28 189 281 [20] To be retired in 2026 and replaced by Airbus A350-1000.[21]
Airbus A350-900 31 10 24[22] 4 38 24 201 267
17 48 21 224 293 To be retrofitted with Allegris interior.[23]
4 30 26 262 318 4 former Philippine Airlines aircraft.[24] To be transferred to Discover Airlines by 2027.[25][26]
Airbus A350-1000 15[27] TBA Deliveries from 2026.
To replace Airbus A340-600.[27]
Airbus A380-800 8 8 78 52 371 509 [28] 6 of formerly 14 A380s have been sold back to Airbus.[29][30]
To be retrofitted with new business class cabins.[31][32]
Boeing 747-400 8 67 32 272 371 [33] To be retired by 2028 and replaced by Boeing 777-9.[19][34]
Boeing 747-8I 18[35] 8 80 32 244 364 [36] To be retrofitted with Allegris interior.[37]
2 to be transferred to the United States Air Force for the Air Force One program.[38][35]
Boeing 777-9 20[39] TBA Deliveries delayed, entry into service not before 2027.[40]
To replace Boeing 747-400.[41]
Boeing 787-9 19 14[42][43] 30[44][45]

[46]

28 28 231 287 [47][48][49] To be delivered with Allegris interior from 2025.[50]
5 26 21 247 294 [27] Five taken over from a Hainan Airlines order, retaining their original interior configuration.[51]
To be transferred to Austrian Airlines.[52]
Total 289 126

Historical fleet

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Over the years, Lufthansa had operated a variety of aircraft since 1955, including:[53]

Lufthansa mainline historical fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A300B2-1C 6 1976 1984 [53]
Airbus A300B4-2C 7 1977 1987 [53]
Airbus A300-600R 15 1987 2009 [54][53]
Airbus A310-200 13 1983 1995 [53]
Airbus A310-300 12 1988 2005 [53]
Airbus A330-200 5 2002 2006 [53]
Airbus A340-200 8 1993 2003 Worldwide A340 launch customer alongside Air France. [55]
Boeing 707-320B 18 1963 1984 Also used in cargo configuration.
One crashed as flight LH527.
[53]
Boeing 707-320C [53]
Boeing 707-420 5 1960 1977 [53]
Boeing 727-100 27 1964 1979 Also used in Quick Change version for cargo operations. [53]
Boeing 727-200 30 1971 1993 [53]
Boeing 737-100 22 1968 1982 Launch Customer of the Boeing 737-100. [53]
Boeing 737-200 47 1969 1998 Also used in Quick Change version for cargo operations. [53]
Boeing 737-300 46 1986 2016 [56]
Boeing 737-400 7 1992 1998 [53]
Boeing 737-500 33 1990 2016 [53]
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 12 1974 1994 [53]
Boeing 747-130 3 1970 1978 One crashed in 1974 as Flight LH540. [57]
Boeing 747-200M 14 1976 2004[citation needed] One displayed at Technik Museum Speyer. [58]
Junkers Ju-52 231 1932 1945 Launch Customer of the Junkers Ju-52. [59]
Boeing 767-300ER 1 1994 1995 Leased from Condor. [60]
Airbus A310-300 with short-lived Lufthansa Express branding (1994)
Boeing 767-300ER leased from Lauda Air, wearing Star Alliance titles (2003)

See also

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References

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