Lufthansa receives Boeing 787-9 in special centenary livery at Frankfurt

Lufthansa’s Boeing 787-9, featuring a special livery commemorating the airline’s 100th anniversary, landed this week at Frankfurt after being delivered from Boeing’s Everett factory. The aircraft, registered D-ABPU and named ‘Berlin’, was welcomed by aviation enthusiasts, travelers, and onlookers.

The special livery displays an oversized crane on a blue fuselage, the number ‘100’ on the left side, and ‘1926 | 2026’ on the right. Lufthansa plans to apply this design to a total of six aircraft as part of its centenary celebrations in 2026.

“These are the particularly beautiful and unforgettable moments in our job. It’s always a special moment to take delivery of a brand-new aircraft – but today’s landing of this anniversary Boeing 787-9, with its extraordinary special livery marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the first ‘Luft Hansa’, was even more exciting and fascinating,” said Jens Ritter, Chief Executive Officer of Lufthansa Airlines.

Lufthansa traces its origins to 1926, when Deutsche Luft Hansa was formed through the merger of Deutscher Aero Lloyd and Junkers Luftverkehr. The original airline was dissolved in 1951 following World War II and its association with the Nazi regime. In 1953, Luftag was established and acquired the Lufthansa name and logo in 1954, reestablishing the brand.

Lufthansa is one of the main operators of the Boeing 787-9 and recently began equipping them with the new Allegris cabin. However, some of the aircraft’s business class seats were not certified in time, forcing the airline to fly with seats blocked for sale.

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