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Lufthansa Group

Airlines · Germany

Lufthansa Group is Europe's largest airline group by network, flying passengers and cargo under Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian, Brussels and Eurowings and repairing aircraft through Lufthansa Technik.

What makes it different

It also repairs aircraft for hundreds of other airlines.

€6.04BMRO revenue from outside the groupFY2025

Lufthansa Technik serves more than 800 customers, so a part of the business earns money even when Lufthansa's own planes are not flying.

How big it is

How big is Lufthansa Group?

€39.60BRevenueFY2025
135.0MPassengersFY2025
103,255EmployeesFY2025
How it makes money FY2025

Mostly passenger flights.

  • Passenger Airlines75%€29.76B
  • Maintenance15%€6.04B
  • Cargo9%€3.36B
  • Other businesses1%€0.44B
How the business works

Hub airlines, cargo, repairs for others.

  1. 1Five hub airlines
  2. 2Cargo on same network
  3. 3Planes for other airlines

Passengers, freight and engineering share one network and fleet know-how.

Who owns it
  • Other shareholders (below 3% each)68.8%
  • Kühne Aviation GmbH20%
  • The Capital Group Companies, Inc.5.06%

CEO: Carsten Spohr

Who it competes with
RyanairAir France-KLMIAGTTurkish AirlinesEEmirates
Key moments
  1. 1926The first Luft Hansa is founded
  2. 1945End of the first Lufthansa
  3. 1953Second Lufthansa re-established
  4. 990sPrivatisation; Cargo and Technik become independent
  5. 1997Star Alliance founded
Sources

Every number on this page comes from Lufthansa Group's own reports.

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What Lufthansa Group tracks21 metrics
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Where the money comes from6 regions
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North America
Asia/Pacific
The full timeline18 moments
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