IATA code | LH |
ICAO code | DLH |
Number of airports | 223 |
Numbers of routes | 983 |
Website | http://www.lufthansa.com/ |
The largest airline in Europ, also being Germany's national airline, Lufthansa is based in the city of Cologne in Germany, and operates flights from and to 207 destinations in 81 countries. Among the partners of Lufthansa airline are Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Germanwings, Lauda Air, Lufthansa Italia, Swiss International Air Lines and others. Furthermore, Lufthansa is also a partner with Aegean Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, EgyptAir, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, TAP Portugal Airlines, and others. The airline fleet comprises of 513 airplanes of the type Airbus and Boeing. In year 1997, Lufthansa airline together with Scandinavian Airlines, United Airlines, Thai Airways and Air Canada created the largest aviation alliance in the world Star Alliance.
The Economy Class passengers using the services of Lufthansa airlines are allowed to carry one piece of hand baggage up to 8 kg, as well as 20 kg of registered luggage during the international flights and two pieces of registered luggage up to 23 kg during the overseas flights. Meanwhile, the Business and First Class passengers can carry two pieces of hand baggage (for flights to the United Kingdom is allowed only one piece of hand luggage), 30 kg of registered baggage for the Business Class passengers and 40 kg of registered baggage for the First Class passengers during the international flights and 2 pieces of registered baggage up to 32 kg each during the transatlantic flights.
The services offered by Lufthansa airline are of the highest quality and include online check-in in the period from 23 hours to 45 minutes before the flight, electronic tickets, loyalty program with collection of miles and a wide variety of discounted services. Lufthansa Airlines offers Economy Class, Business Class and First Class and has four types of airport lounges available according to the status of the passengers and the class theay are traveling in.