To mark the 100th anniversary of its founding, Lufthansa painted an Airbus A321 (D-AISZ) in the iconic Lockheed Super Star livery. In addition, an A350-900 (D-AIXL) has been painted in the 100th Anniversary livery.
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The Airbus A321 now bears the historic Lufthansa parable design. It was introduced in the mid-1950s and was inspired by the streamlined trend of the 1930s. It was intended to signal dynamism, speed, and a forward-looking approach. The parable line was not only visible on the aircraft’s tail fins, but also on baggage tags, business documents, flight schedules, and even cigar bands.
Almost 70 years after its maiden flight for Lufthansa, this iconic parable design can once again be seen in the skies. In 1957, the Super Star joined the Lufthansa fleet. Its special feature: this aircraft was the first to offer Senator Class, the most exclusive way to travel at the time. Its main focus was the non-stop connection to New York across the North Atlantic.
A restored Lockheed L-1649A Super Star will soon be on display alongside a Junkers Ju 52 in the new Lufthansa Group Hangar One. The conference and visitor center at Frankfurt Airport will open in April.
Blue Airbus A350-900 at Munich hub
The Lufthansa anniversary fleet, which commemorates the company’s founding anniversary with an XXL crane, has also grown: on Monday, a blue Airbus A350-900 with the registration D-AIXL landed in Munich. It had previously been painted in Châteauroux, France.
It is already the 3rd aircraft wearing this design: a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and an Airbus A320neo, both based in Frankfurt, are already flying in the 100-year design. At least one Airbus A380, one Boeing 747-8 and one Airbus A350-1000 will follow this year.
