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What we compareLufthansaAir Berlin
Country in archiveGermanyGermany
FoundedJanuary 6, 19531978
FounderStaff of the former Deutsche Luft HansaKim Lundgren
HeadquartersCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyBerlin, Berlin, Germany
Name originThe 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.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.
HighlightsFrankfurt hub, Munich hub, Star Alliance membership, Lufthansa TechnikBerlin Tegel hub, Düsseldorf hub, Oneworld membership
Earliest archived brand logo19531978
Latest archived logo20182008
Archived logo assets35

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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