#Onthisday in 2011, Lufthansa began first regular Airbus A-380 service to San Francisco International Airport.
This tweet was posted on May 10, 2016.
Brand longevity: Lufthansa's iconic crane logo has remained more or less unchanged for almost 100 years: http://t.co/q6HTkbGDZ1
This tweet was posted on January 06, 2015.
DYK Lufthansa has been one of the longest continually serving international airlines at SFO? Lufthansa’s first flight to SFO departed from Frankfurt on May 13, 1960. This photo was taken the following day in front of SFO’s Central Terminal. Have you ever flown on #Lufthansa?
This tweet was posted on May 14, 2019.
Introduced by Lufthansa and Air France on March 15, 1993, the Airbus A340 is a four engine wide-body jet aircraft built for long-range and ultra-long-range flights.
#WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on October 27, 2021.
Introduced in 1983, by Lufthansa and Swissair, the Airbus 310 proved reliable in service while providing a comfortable and spacious cabin for passengers. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on July 27, 2018.
Lufthansa German Airlines was the first carrier to place orders and influenced aspects of its design, including increasing the capacity to one hundred passengers. Lufthansa inaugurated the first service in 1968. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on August 04, 2021.
Named the “Jetstream” by TWA (Trans World Airlines), the L-1649 Starliner had a 100-passenger capacity and could cruise at a speed of 300 mph. Lufthansa and Air France were the only carriers besides TWA to operate it on the transatlantic route. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on June 09, 2021.
On January 18, 1963, Lieselotte Mitchell flew on Lufthansa from SFO to Frankfurt, Zurich, & Cairo for of $961.10.
This tweet was posted on April 20, 2016.
The Airbus A300 was the first wide-body airliner produced by Airbus Industries, a European aerospace manufacturing consortium formed in 1970. Air France introduced the aircraft in 1974 and Lufthansa followed two years later. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on September 01, 2021.
The Airbus A310-300 was developed for international carriers with the range to fly transatlantic routes nonstop. Introduced in 1983, by Lufthansa and Swissair, the aircraft proved reliable in service while providing a comfortable and spacious cabin for passengers. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.
The first Airbus A380, the world's largest capacity commercial passenger jet, took off on its maiden flight on April 27, 2005. Currently, four airlines - Emirates, Air France, British Airways, and Lufthansa - fly the planes to SFO. Have you ever flown on an Airbus A380? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on May 16, 2019.
This year marks the 60th year of #Lufthansa serving SFO. Lufthansa, the flag carrier of Germany, traces its history back to 1926. The airline’s first service to SFO departed from Frankfurt on May 13, 1960 and returned to Germany the next day. #avgeek #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on May 14, 2020.
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photograph: Pan American World Airways, Airbus A310; c. 1985
Gift of the Pan Am Association
2000.058.0462.004
postcard: Lufthansa, Airbus A310-300; 1980s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2014.158.037
This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.
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poster Boeing 737-300 cutaway diagram; 1983
Gift of Lippincott & Margulies
1997.022.254
photograph: Lufthansa, Boeing 737; 1967
Gift of Hans and Margret Steuck
2011.046.078
This tweet was posted on August 04, 2021.
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postcard: Lufthansa, Boeing 737-500; 2011
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2013.111.015
This tweet was posted on August 04, 2021.
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postcard: Swissair, Airbus A310; 1980s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.841
model airplane: Lufthansa German Airlines, Airbus A310-200; 1987
Gift of Jim Lund
2012.150.019
This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.
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TWA, L-1049G; 1955
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.1543
TWA, L-1049G; c. 1955
Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International
2002.113.354
Lufthansa, L-1049G; c. 1957
Gift of Hans and Margret Steuck
2011.046.029
This tweet was posted on May 26, 2021.
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postcard: Lufthansa, Airbus A300; late 1970s
Gift of Craig Lynes
2003.105.184
postcard: Zurich - Kloten Airport, Airbus A300, Air France; 1970s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.2412
This tweet was posted on September 01, 2021.
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poster: Singapore Airlines, Airbus A300; c. 1981
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2006.010.273
postcard: Lufthansa; 1980s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.451
This tweet was posted on September 01, 2021.
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poster: Air France, Airbus A340; early 1990s
Gift of Air France
2005.119.005
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photograph: Lufthansa, Airbus A340-200; c. 1995
Gift of Hans and Margret Steuck
2011.046.032
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model airplane: Airbus A340 (Project TA11); 1990s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
1999.061.020 a b
This tweet was posted on October 27, 2021.