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(Photo: Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 6, 1926, a Fokker Grulich F II lifted off from Berlin-Tempelhof and pointed its nose toward Zurich. A Dornier Komet III headed for Cologne. Those two flights \u2014 bumpy, slow, unpressurised, and deeply brave \u2014 were the first commercial services of Deutsche Luft Hansa. A century later, the airline that grew from those fabric-winged biplanes is recreating the exact same routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Easter Monday, April 6, 2026, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner will depart Berlin for Zurich and an Airbus A350-900 will fly Berlin to Cologne. Both aircraft wear a special centennial livery \u2014 deep Lufthansa blue with an oversized white crane \u2014 and carry more than 400 passengers, all Lufthansa Group employees and their partners invited to mark the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The symbolism is deliberate. Where the Fokker F II carried perhaps a dozen passengers in an open cockpit at 100 mph, the 787 will carry hundreds in pressurised comfort at 560 mph. The route is the same. Everything else has changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"padding-top:22px\">From Tempelhof to the World<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lufthansa's century spans the entire arc of modern aviation \u2014 and modern Germany. The original Luft Hansa was dissolved after World War II and refounded in 1953 as a West German carrier. It survived the Cold War, reunification, deregulation, 9\/11, two Gulf wars, a pandemic, and the collapse and rebirth of the European airline industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today it sits at the centre of one of the world's largest airline groups, with Swiss, Austrian, Brussels Airlines, and Eurowings under its umbrella. Five aircraft types \u2014 the A320, A350, A380, Boeing 747, and 787 \u2014 now carry the anniversary livery across the global network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flightradar24 is tracking the anniversary fleet in real time, and aviation photographers have been staking out European airports for weeks to catch the liveried aircraft. For plane spotters, it's become one of the most photographed events of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"padding-top:22px\">A Century in the Air<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not many companies survive a hundred years. Fewer survive a hundred years in aviation, an industry that has killed more airlines than it has created. Lufthansa endured because it adapted \u2014 from propellers to jets, from state ownership to privatisation, from point-to-point flying to the hub-and-spoke model that now funnels passengers through Frankfurt and Munich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The anniversary flights won't set any speed records. They won't open new routes or debut new aircraft. They'll simply follow the same path a brave pilot traced through turbulent skies a century ago \u2014 and that's exactly the point. In aviation, the most powerful statement isn't always about what's new. Sometimes it's about proving you're still here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sources: Lufthansa Group Newsroom, Flightradar24, Aviation A2Z, The Flight Club<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\n\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\n\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\n\n\n\n<!-- mf-faq -->\n\n<div class=\"mf-faq-block\"><style>.mf-faq-block{margin:34px 0}.mf-faq-item:not([open]) .mf-faq-answer{display:none !important}.mf-faq-block h2.mf-faq-h{padding-top:22px;margin-bottom:14px}.mf-faq-item{border:1px solid #e2e8f5;border-radius:8px;margin:0 0 10px;background:#fff}.mf-faq-item summary{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;padding:15px 50px 15px 18px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;position:relative;line-height:1.45;user-select:none}.mf-faq-item summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mf-faq-item summary::after{content:\"+\";position:absolute;right:18px;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%);font-size:1.5em;font-weight:400;color:#5C91FF;line-height:1}.mf-faq-item[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mf-faq-item[open] summary{border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f8}.mf-faq-item summary:hover{background:#f5f8ff}.mf-faq-answer{padding:14px 18px;color:#333;line-height:1.6}.mf-faq-answer p{margin:0}.mf-faq-answer a{color:#5C91FF}<\/style><h2 class=\"mf-faq-h\">Related Questions<\/h2><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>When was Lufthansa founded?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>Lufthansa traces its origin to April 6, 1926, when Deutsche Luft Hansa began operations, and it turned 100 on April 6, 2026. Its first flights linked Berlin-Tempelhof to Zurich and Berlin to Cologne using fabric-winged Fokker and Dornier biplanes.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>What were Lufthansa's first routes?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>On April 6, 1926, a Fokker Grulich F II flew from Berlin-Tempelhof to Zurich while a Dornier Komet III flew Berlin to Cologne. These were the first commercial services of Deutsche Luft Hansa, carrying about a dozen passengers in slow, unpressurised aircraft.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>How did Lufthansa mark its 100th anniversary?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>For its centennial on April 6, 2026, Lufthansa recreated its original 1926 routes, flying a <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/lufthansa-787-probe-four-month-old-dreamliner\/\">Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner<\/a> from Berlin to Zurich and an Airbus A350-900 from Berlin to Cologne. Both wore a special centennial livery and carried more than 400 employees and partners.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>What is Lufthansa's centennial livery?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>Lufthansa's centennial livery is deep blue with an oversized white crane, applied to five aircraft types: the A320, A350, A380, 747, and 787. The crane has been Lufthansa's emblem since its earliest days, and the airline has previously revived <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/lufthansa-100-years-super-star-parable-livery-a321\/\">historic designs on modern jets<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>How big is Lufthansa today?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>Lufthansa operates around 280 aircraft serving more than 200 destinations worldwide, using a hub-and-spoke model centred on Frankfurt and Munich. 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