Lufthansa Regional is an operational entity for regional and feeder flights performed by two

regional airline A regional airline is a general classification of airline which typically operates scheduled passenger air service, using regional aircraft, between communities lacking sufficient demand or infrastructure to attract mainline flights. In North ...

s owned by

Lufthansa Deutsche Lufthansa AG (), trading as the Lufthansa Group, is a German aviation group. Its major and founding subsidiary airline Lufthansa German Airlines, branded as Lufthansa, is the flag carrier of Germany. It ranks List of largest airlin ...

within its route network.lufthansagroup.com – Lufthansa Regional
retrieved 31 January 2018 As part of Lufthansa's rebranding, the Lufthansa Regional

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has gradually been removed from the public eye since early 2018. The repainted aircraft no longer wear Lufthansa Regional titles.

Overview

Lufthansa Regional was founded as the successor of the similar Team Lufthansa, which consisted of predominantly independent airlines contracted by Lufthansa. As of January 2018, Lufthansa Regional consists of two members,

Air Dolomiti Air Dolomiti S.p.A. L.A.R.E (''Linee Aeree Regionali Europee'') is an Italian regional airline, wholly-owned by Lufthansa. It is a member of Lufthansa Regional and has its head office in Dossobuono, Villafranca di Verona. Its main bases are at Mu ...

and

Lufthansa CityLine Lufthansa CityLine Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, GmbH is a German regional airline with its headquarters on the grounds of Munich Airport. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa and maintains hubs at Frankfurt Airport and Munich ...

, which are both fully owned by Lufthansa. They are based at Lufthansa's hubs at

Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt Airport ( ) , is Germany's busiest international airport by passenger numbers, located in Frankfurt, Germany's fifth-largest city. Its official name according to the German Aeronautical Information Publication is Frankfurt Main Airpor ...

and Munich Airport and carry 10.5 million passengers a year, mostly to minor domestic and European destinations. As part of Lufthansa's new corporate design introduced in early 2018, Lufthansa Regional aircraft operated by

are also receiving the new livery with the "Lufthansa." "Regional" titles are being removed from the

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s of Lufthansa Regional

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and replaced by "Lufthansa" titles. As of March 2020, one sole route remained as operated by Air Dolomiti under the Lufthansa brand while all other of their operations are codeshared using their own brand name.airdolomiti.eu – Our flight destinations
retrieved 29 March 2020

Member airlines

Current members

Lufthansa Regional flights are operated by two partner airlines based at Lufthansa's hub airports in Frankfurt and Munich. *

(also operates some routes under their own brand) *

Former members

* Augsburg Airways (ceased operations by October 2013 as the contract with Lufthansa wasn't renewed) * Contact Air (ceased operations by October 2012 as the contract with Lufthansa wasn't renewed, remaining assets taken over by now defunct OLT Express Germany) *

Eurowings Eurowings GmbH is a Germany, German low-cost carrier headquartered in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group. Founded in 1996, it serves a network of domestic and European destinations and main ...

(until 25 October 2014 when Eurowings started flying exclusively on behalf of

Germanwings Germanwings GmbH was a German low-cost airline wholly owned by Lufthansa which operated under the Eurowings brand. It was based in Cologne with hubs at Cologne Bonn Airport, Stuttgart Airport, Hamburg Airport, Berlin Tegel Airport, Munich ...

)

References

External links

Official website
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