Lufthansa is today known to be the largest airline of Germany and is also Europe's second popular airline. It has been in service since the year 1955, which itself speaks about its diverse and rich history. The airline is a part of the Star Alliance and has several subsidiaries of it as well. The parent airline Deutsche Lufthansa currently has a fleet size of over 620 (including those of its subsidiaries), with which it caters to over 215 destinations from all around the world. Headquartered at Frankfurt, Germany, the airline has its hubs based at Frankfurt Airport, Munich Airport and Düsseldorf Airport.

Lufthansa is one of those airlines that were the founding members of the world's largest airline alliance, the Star Alliance, which was formed in the year 1997. In addition to its actual fleet, its subsidiaries too own a large number of air carriers of their own, and work as a separate entity altogether. Besides Star Alliance, the airline has also signed codeshare agreements with certain other airlines from around the globe. The airline carries about 100 million people to different parts of the globe every year, which itself signifies the global popularity of this amazing airline.