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Latest archived mark · 2018
Lufthansa
Explore full logo history →| What we compare | Air Berlin | Lufthansa |
|---|---|---|
| Country in archive | Germany | Germany |
| Founded | 1978 | January 6, 1953 |
| Founder | Kim Lundgren | Staff of the former Deutsche Luft Hansa |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Berlin, Germany | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Name origin | The sources used here do not state the naming reasoning explicitly. The name combines the word "air" with Berlin, the city the airline was founded to serve from Tegel Airport in 1978, and the company first traded as Air Berlin USA. | The name combines the German words Luft (air) and Hansa, a reference to the medieval Hanseatic League of trading cities. Deutsche Luft Hansa was formed in 1926, and the modern company acquired the name in 1954. |
| Highlights | Berlin Tegel hub, Düsseldorf hub, Oneworld membership | Frankfurt hub, Munich hub, Star Alliance membership, Lufthansa Technik |
| Earliest archived brand logo | 1978 | 1953 |
| Latest archived logo | 2008 | 2018 |
| Archived logo assets | 5 | 3 |
Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.
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