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| Founded | 1958; 68 years ago (1958) (asOstfriesische Lufttaxi) | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Miles & More | ||||||
| Alliance | Star Alliance (affiliate) | ||||||
| Fleet size | 42 | ||||||
| Destinations | 85[1] | ||||||
| Parent company | Lufthansa Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Munich, Bavaria, Germany[2] | ||||||
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| Employees | 2,236 (31 December 2017) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Lufthansa CityLineGmbH is a Germanregional airline with its headquarters on the grounds ofMunich Airport.[2][3] It is a wholly owned subsidiary ofLufthansa and maintains hubs atFrankfurt Airport andMunich Airport,[4] from where it operates a dense domestic and European network on behalf of its parent company.[1]
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The airline was founded asOstfriesische Lufttaxi (OLT) in 1958 and becameOstfriesische Lufttransport (OLT) in 1970 - which existed until 2013 as a separate airline - inEmden. It was reorganised and renamed asDLT Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH on 1 October 1974 and began cooperation with Lufthansa in 1978 with short-range international routes.
By 1989, all operations were on behalf of Lufthansa. In March 1992, DLT became a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa and was renamed Lufthansa CityLine. Lufthansa CityLine employs 2,332 people, of whom 664 are cockpit crew, 849 cabin crew and 819 work in the technical and administrative areas as of 31 December 2011.[5]
Lufthansa placed an order on 17 April 2007 for 30Embraer E190/E195 and 15Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft to directly replace CityLine's fleet ofBAe 146 and Avro RJ aircraft. The lastAvro RJ85 took off fromCologne Bonn Airport on 27 August 2012 as LH1985.[6]
In late 2014, parent companyLufthansa announced it would begin transferring eight of itsAirbus A340-300 aircraft to CityLine. After reconfiguration to a high-density configuration, these aircraft would be owned by CityLine and operated by CityLine pilots but wet-leased back to Lufthansa and serviced by Lufthansa cabin crews starting in 2015 for use on leisure routes.[7] The first destinations to be served by the newBombardier CRJ-700s which left CityLine's fleet by March 2015.[8]
In October 2017, a new labour agreement between Lufthansa and its pilot unions was reached. As part of this agreement, the wetlease operations of Lufthansa CityLine on behalf of Lufthansa, consisting of eightAirbus A340s, were gradually terminated.[9]
As part of Lufthansa's new corporate design introduced in early 2018,Lufthansa Regional aircraft operated by Lufthansa CityLine also received the new livery, with theLufthansa Regional titles being removed from the fuselage and replaced byLufthansa.
In August 2020, Lufthansa CityLine handed back sixAirbus A340-300 longhaul aircraft it operated for parent Lufthansa as part of their revised leisure route strategy.[10] In spring 2022, the airline transferred their last two remainingEmbraer 195 toAir Dolomiti.[11] In the same time, they were given operations of twoAirbus A321P2F converted freighter aircraft on behalf ofLufthansa Cargo[12] as well as severalAirbus A319-100 aircraft to be flown for Lufthansa mainline.[13] Additionally, Lufthansa announced in 2023 that they would relocate several of theirA320neo to Lufthansa CityLine.[14]
In June 2024, Lufthansa announced it would close Lufthansa CityLine in the foreseeable future, with plans to move all operations toLufthansa City Airlines, stating agreements with unions prevent them from using larger aircraft at CityLine.[15] In November 2024, the airline's labour union sued Lufthansa regarding the planned closure stating the similarity of the operations of its proposed successor.[16]
In October 2024, Lufthansa CityLine transferred all four of itsAirbus A321-200/P2F to its sister companyLufthansa Cargo, for which it had them operated previously.[17]
In February 2025, Lufthansa Group announced it would go ahead with the shutdown of Lufthansa CityLine in the foreseeable future with current staff being relocated to its replacementLufthansa City Airlines.[18]
The airline's corporate headquarters are at theFlight Operations Center (FOC) atMunich Airport.[2]In May 2013, it was announced that the management and administration offices of CityLine would be relocated fromCologne toMunich.[19][20] The move was completed as of September 2014.[2]
The airline was previously headquartered atCologne Bonn Airport.[21] In 1998, the airline moved its offices to the security area of that airport; several of its departments however were in Munich. In 2009, the airline moved its head office into the former Cologne/Bonn Airport administrative building.[19]
As of 2024, Lufthansa CityLine operates a network of 85 domestic and European destinations from theLufthansa hubs atFrankfurt Airport andMunich Airport.[1]
Lufthansa CityLine maintainscodeshare agreements with the following airlines:
Lufthansa CityLine maintainsinterline agreements with the following airlines:
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As of August 2025[update], Lufthansa CityLine operates the following aircraft:[22]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| Airbus A319-100 | 12 | — | var | 138 | ||
| Airbus A320neo | 4 | — | 180 | |||
| Bombardier CRJ900 | 26 | — | 90 | |||
| Total | 42 | — | ||||
Over the years, Lufthansa CityLine has operated the following aircraft types:[23]
| Aircraft | Introduced | Retired | Notes/Refs |
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| Airbus A321-200/P2F | 2022 | 2024 | Transferred toLufthansa Cargo.[24] |
| Airbus A340-300 | 2015 | 2020 | Returned toLufthansa.[10] |
| ATR 42-300 | 1992 | 2002 | Incorporated fromDLT. Operated byCimber Air. |
| Avro RJ85 | 1994 | 2012 | |
| Boeing 737-200 | 1992 | 1999 | Incorporated fromDLT. |
| Bombardier CRJ100 | 1992 | 2010 | |
| Bombardier CRJ200 | |||
| Bombardier CRJ700 | 2001 | 2015 | |
| De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 | 1992 | 1997 | Incorporated fromDLT. Operated byCimber Air. |
| De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 | |||
| Embraer 190 | 2009 | 2024 | Transferred toAir Dolomiti.[25] |
| Embraer 195 | 2009 | 2022 | Transferred toAir Dolomiti.[26] |
| Fokker 50 | 1992 | 1997 | Operated byCimber Air. |
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