Lufthansa Regional is an operational entity for regional and feeder flights performed by two

regional airline A regional airline is a general classification of airline which typically operates scheduled passenger air service, using regional aircraft, between communities lacking sufficient demand or infrastructure to attract mainline flights. In North ...

s owned by

Lufthansa Deutsche Lufthansa AG (), commonly shortened to Lufthansa, is the flag carrier of Germany. When combined with its subsidiaries, it is the second- largest airline in Europe in terms of passengers carried. Lufthansa is one of the five founding m ...

within its route network.lufthansagroup.com – Lufthansa Regional
retrieved 31 January 2018 As part of Lufthansa's rebranding, the Lufthansa Regional

brand name A brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that distinguishes one seller's good or service from those of other sellers. Brands are used in business, marketing, and advertising for recognition and, importantly, to create an ...

has gradually been removed from the public eye since early 2018.

Overview

Lufthansa CityLine, D-ACNA, Bombardier CRJ-900LR (26743321668)

Embraer ERJ-190-100LR 190LR, Lufthansa Regional (Lufthansa CityLine) AN1797355

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Lufthansa Regional was founded as the successor of similar

Team Lufthansa Team Lufthansa was an alliance of regional airlines mainly in Germany, who flew niche routes on behalf of Lufthansa. Overview Team Lufthansa was founded in 1996 by Lufthansa in the wake of the deregulation of the airline market as new competi ...

, which consisted of predominantly independent airlines contracted by Lufthansa. As of January 2018, Lufthansa Regional consists of two members,

Air Dolomiti Air Dolomiti S.p.A. is an Italian regional airline with its head office in Dossobuono, Villafranca di Verona, Italy, operating base at Verona Villafranca Airport and focus cities at Munich Airport and Frankfurt Airport in Germany.Lufthansa CityLine Lufthansa CityLine GmbH is a German airline with its headquarters on the grounds of Munich Airport. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa and maintains hubs at Frankfurt Airport and Munich Airport, from where it operates a dense domestic ...

, which are both fully owned by Lufthansa. They are based at Lufthansa's hubs at

Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt Airport (; german: link=no, Flughafen Frankfurt Main , also known as ''Rhein-Main-Flughafen'') is a major international airport located in Frankfurt, the fifth-largest city of Germany and one of the world's leading financial centres ...

and

Munich Airport Munich International Airport- Franz Josef Strauß (german: link=no, Flughafen München) is an international airport serving Munich and Upper Bavaria. It is the second-busiest airport in Germany in terms of passenger traffic after Frankfurt A ...

and carry 10.5 million passengers a year mostly to minor domestic and European destinations. As part of Lufthansa's new corporate design introduced in early 2018, Lufthansa Regional aircraft operated by

Lufthansa CityLine Lufthansa CityLine GmbH is a German airline with its headquarters on the grounds of Munich Airport. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa and maintains hubs at Frankfurt Airport and Munich Airport, from where it operates a dense domestic ...

are also receiving the new livery, with the ''Lufthansa Regional'' titles being removed from the fuselage and replaced by ''Lufthansa''. As of March 2020, one sole route remained as operated by Air Dolomiti under the Lufthansa brand while all other of their operations are codeshared using their own brand name.airdolomiti.eu – Our flight destinations
retrieved 29 March 2020

Member airlines

Current members

''Lufthansa Regional'' flights are operated by two partner airlines based at Lufthansa's hub airports in Frankfurt and Munich: *

Former members

Augsburg Airways Augsburg Airways was a regional airline from Germany. A member of Team Lufthansa and its successor Lufthansa Regional, it operated feeder services at Munich Airport on behalf of Lufthansa. History Early years The company was founded in 19 ...

(ceased operations by October 2013 as the contract with Lufthansa wasn't renewed) *

Contact Air Contact Air Flugdienst was a German regional airline from Filderstadt. With flight operations based at Stuttgart Airport, it operated scheduled passenger flights under the Lufthansa Regional brand. History The airline was founded in 1974 as a ...

(ceased operations by October 2012 as the contract with Lufthansa wasn't renewed, remaining assets taken over by now defunct

OLT Express Germany OLT Express Germany (formerly OLT Ostfriesische Lufttransport GmbH or OLT) was an airline based in Bremen in Germany. The company moved to Bremen from Emden in February 2012. It operated regional scheduled and charter flights linking northern G ...

) *

Eurowings Eurowings GmbH is a German low-cost carrier headquartered in Düsseldorf and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group. Founded in 1996, it serves a network of domestic and European destinations and formerly also operated some long-haul ...

(until 25 October 2014 when Eurowings started flying exclusively on behalf of

Germanwings Germanwings GmbH was a German low-cost airline wholly owned by Lufthansa which operated under the Eurowings brand. It was based in Cologne with hubs at Cologne Bonn Airport, Stuttgart Airport, Hamburg Airport, Berlin Tegel Airport, Munich Ai ...

)

Fleet

As of December 2022, the combined fleet of both airlines operating for Lufthansa Regional consists of the following aircraft:planespotters.net – Air Dolomiti
retrieved 14 December 2022planespotters.net – Lufthansa CityLine
retrieved 14 December 2022

References

External links

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