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Airline: Lufthansa

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Lufthansa: Overview

• IATA code: LH
• Site Web : www.lufthansa.co.uk
• Country: Germany
• Tel: 0892 231 684

History

Founded in 1926, Lufthansa is one of the oldest airlines.
Its main departure hubs are located in Germany, Munich and Frankfurt.

Originally Germany's national airline, the privatisation of Lufthansa began in 1992 and lasted 5 years.

Cologne is home to Lufthansa's headquarters. Its fleet consists mlainly of Airbuses and Boeings, but it also posesses several Bombardier and McDonnell Douglas aircraft.

Lufthansa’s fleet consists of more than 300 aircraft. The airline serves nearly 200 destinations worldwide including Europe, Africa, Asia, and North and South America.

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Alliances

Airline alliances have accelerated since the beginning of the century (Air France and KLM, more recently, low cost Vueling and Clickair), and in 2008 Lufthansa had several ambitions of merging with major players such as Alitalia, but eventually turned to Air France.

In early 2009, Lufthansa discussed the possibility of a buyout with SAS (Scandinavian Airlines), both companies already being members of the Star Alliance.

Star Alliance is an airline alliance which regroup Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Singapore Airlines, SWISS, US Airways, Austrian Airlines, Spanair, TAP Portugal.

Star Alliance is the third largest global airline alliance for passenger aircraft. Lufthansa also acquired Swiss Airlines in 2005.

Customer services on board

Lufthansa's Miles More program is compatible with all of the members of Star Alliance.

Passangers can recieve air miles on all Lufthansa flights departing from Germany. Holders of Miles More accounts are also able to register and print their boarding passes online up to 23 hours before the time of departure.

What’s more, passengers also have the option of choosing their seats before they travel when they register online.