Lufthansa
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Lufthansa is the largest airline of Germany. Some of Lufthansa's hubs are Frankfurt am Main and Munich, A hub is an airport where people who fly from one city to a second city can transfer or change airplanes.
Lufthansa buys airplanes from Boeing and Airbus. Lufthansa has big airplanes for flights to North America, Asia, and Africa. These flights are called long-haul flights because they are between cities that are far apart from each other. Lufthansa also has small airplanes for flights in Europe. These flights are called short-haul flights.
Lufthansa is a member of the Star Alliance which means it is a partner with other airlines like United Airlines and Air Canada. Members of the Star Alliance cooperate or work together to schedule their flights better so that travelling is easier for passengers or people.
The name of Lufthansa's frequent flyer program is called Miles and More. People earn points for flights they travel on. When they have enough points, they can get a free flight. Lufthansa has Miles and More to encourage people to fly with Lufthansa.
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Lufthansa uses these aeroplanes:
| Type | Total | Passengers (First/Business*/Economy) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A300 | 11 | ||
| Airbus A300-600R | 2 | 280 | |
| Airbus A319CJ | 2 | ||
| Airbus A319 | 18 (23 orders) |
132 | |
| Airbus A320 | 36 (15 orders) |
156 | |
| Airbus A321 | 26 (15 orders) |
190 | |
| Airbus A330-300 | 10 (5 orders) |
221 (8/48/165) | |
| Airbus A340-300 | 28 | 266 (44/222) 221 (8/48/165) 247 (8/42/197) |
|
| Airbus A340-600 [1] | 19 (5 orders) |
345 (66/279) 306 (8/60/238) |
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| Airbus A380-800 | (15 orders) | Entry into service: 2009 | |
| Boeing 737-300 | 33 | 123 126 |
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| Boeing 737-500 | 29 | 123 | |
| Boeing 747-400 | 30 | 330 (16/80/234) 390 (16/64/310) |
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| Boeing 747-8 [2] | (20 orders) | Launch Customer Entry into service: 2010 |
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| Boeing Business Jet | 1 | ||
| Bombardier CRJ-900 | 2 (12 orders) |
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