Airlines/Germany
Is Lufthansa safe?
German flag carrier and Lufthansa Group parent. Its directly-operated mainline record is long and clean, but the group carries the 2015 Germanwings 9525 crash (a co-pilot murder-suicide, 150 lost) as an operator crew-vetting responsibility rather than excusing it as a subsidiary event.
A modelled estimate and protected opinion, not a factual safety verdict. Informational only, not safety or travel advice, provided as-is. See our terms & disclaimer.
Operator safety tier
Elite
Modelled fatal-accident risk on the order of 1 in 10 million flights.
A model estimate from validated signals (the dominant factor in a flight's safety), not a measurement of this airline's own flight history. IOSA-registered; last fatal accident 2015 (11y ago). Full methodology.
Safety signals
Fleet
The actual aircraft in Lufthansa's fleet
Individual airframes we hold for Lufthansa, with build years taken from public registries and sourced references. These are the specific aircraft you might be boarding, not an industry average. Where we cannot date enough of a subfleet we leave the age blank rather than estimate it.
| Aircraft | In our registry | Average age | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A320neo | 23 | 7.3 yrs | 2016 to 2021 |
| Airbus A320 (ceo) | 11 | 8.4 yrs | 2014 to 2019 |
| Airbus A350-900 | 10 | 7 yrs | 2018 to 2023 |
| Airbus A321neo | 6 | 6 yrs | 2019 to 2023 |
| Airbus A321ceo | 4 | 18 yrs | 1998 to 2014 |
| Embraer 190 | 3 | 16.5 yrs | 2009 to 2010 |
| Airbus A330-300 | 3 | 17.2 yrs | 2005 to 2014 |
| Boeing 737-500 | 2 | not enough dated | 1991 |
| Airbus A319 | 2 | not enough dated | 1996 to 1997 |
| Airbus A380-800 | 2 | not enough dated | 2010 to 2014 |
| Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner | 1 | not enough dated | 2019 |
| Boeing 747-400 | 1 | not enough dated | 2001 |
We can date 23 of the 23 Airbus A320neo airframes we hold for Lufthansa. They average 7.3 years old, built between 2016 and 2021.