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A crane that brings hope

Help Alliance

Lufthansa Group employees run nonprofit projects all over the world that they personally initiate and are responsible for overseeing.

What’s that you’re doing, Mr. Rosengrün?

Lufthansa

David Rosengrün, 35, is an engine technician who has been with Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg for 18 years.

Tastes for tomorrow

Bordmenüs

Lobster, hazelnut brittle and pad thai above the clouds: Each year, the caterers at LSG Sky Chefs put together new menus for Lufthansa passengers. We attended a presentation of their latest creations in Bangkok.

What’s that you’re doing, Ms. Akhtar?

Lufthansa

Sarah Akhtar, 33, has been working as a warehousing clerk at Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services (LTLS) in Hamburg for a year

Taking off into the future

Anniversary

Flying has fascinated us since way back when and has inspired endless ingenuity. We venture a look at what the next 20 years might bring.

What’s that you’re doing, Mr. Hoffmann?

Lufthansa

Patrick Hoffmann, 34, has been with Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg for ten years, where he works as an aviation technician

Riesling rescue

Viticulture

Some of Germany’s finest wines grow on the steep slopes of the Middle Rhine valley, and helicopters help to protect the precious plants

What’s that you’re doing, Ms. Ehmke?

Lufthansa

Anna Ehmke, 21, has been with Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg for four years, where she works as a toolmaker

Where ideas learn to fly

Lufthansa

The Lufthansa Innovation Hub in Berlin is developing the future of travel. We visit the think tank belonging to Europe’s biggest airline

What’s that you’re doing, Mr. Kühn?

Lufthansa

Andreas Kühn has been working as an electronics technician with Lufthansa Technik in  Hamburg for 13 years

Tackling childhood poverty

Help Alliance

A New Delhi tailor cares for children from poor families with the aid of the Lufthansa help alliance. Playing for the Sunshine project’s soccer team, the kids learn that teamwork is key

Space odyssey

Once in a lifetime

The countdown is on. Any second now, the NASA space probe will be lifting off to make the long journey to Mars, and the Cité de l’espace space museum in Toulouse is showing the event live

Restaurant on the wing

Airbus A380

Since spring 2018, the Airbus A380 has been connecting Munich with the rest of the world and carrying all manner of comestibles on board so no passenger goes hungry

What’s that you’re doing, Mr. Bausch?

Lufthansa

Thomas Bausch has been a wheel mechanic at Lufthansa Technik in  Frankfurt for five years

What’s that you’re doing, Ms. Wienciers?

Lufthansa

Denise Wienciers has been working as an apprentice aircraft mechanic with Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg for two years

Fold it and fly

Paper planes

May 26 is National Paper Airplane Day in the United States. World record-holder John Collins shows his best designs and explains what goes to make a perfect paper plane

Aeriel art

Drone pictures

The @dronegirls_ Instragram feed provides a platform for women photo artists’s drone pictures. Here, they tell us about their most beautiful and most exciting subjects

What’s that you’re doing, Mr. Ponader?

Lufthansa

Maximilian Ponader, apprentice aircraft mechanic/engine specialist, has been with Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg for three years

A small history of flying

Model planes

Lufthansa captain Robert Löffler is a passionate collector and has miniature aircraft in every - really every – possible shape and color!

What’s that you’re doing, Mr. Resch?

Lufthansa

Guido Resch has been with Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg for 34 years and is a refrigeration technology foreman

Plane speaking

Cockpit

The language spoken in the cockpit is clear, concise and accurate. For amateurs, it may sound like fantastical gobbledygook, but the parlance of pilots follows a specific system – and has its very own beauty

Miss Universe

Astronauts

Sixty-five women have already been to space – but so far, no German. A fighter pilot and a meteorologist want to become the first and fly to the ISS. Our reporter joined them during training in Russia

What’s that you’re doing, Mr. Ollmann?

Lufthansa

Helmut Ollmann, 62, is an engine installation foreman who has been with Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg for 46 years

Between earth and sky

Cockpit views

Lufthansa Pilot Ulrich Beinert is a passionate photographer. His impressive aerial shots of cities and landscapes are taken from the cockpit at a height of at least 10 000 feet

In perfect shape

Lufthansa

Color, crane, font: For the first time in 30 years, Lufthansa is giving itself a new look

A new dress

Lufthansa

Lufthansa’s new look – Thirty years after the last makeover, the airline is revamping its corporate design

Redesigning Lufthansa

Lufthansa

Evolution, not revolution: in this making-of video the Lufthansa brand specialists talk about modernizing an icon

What’s that you’re doing, Mr. Krick?

Lufthansa

Laser welder Sebastian Krick has been working for Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg for 11 years

Baby brother

Ultralight plane

When his hopes of a career in the cockpit were dashed, Ralph Lellé obtained a private pilot license and painted a small plane in the Lufthansa colors. The airline has now made a dream of his come true at Frankfurt Airport

What’s that you’re doing, Ms. Steinau?

Lufthansa

Antonia Steinau is an apprentice flight mechanic in her third year at Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg

North African magic

A crane that brings hope

Dancing into the future

Magical mission

Missing summer?

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A crane that brings hope

Help Alliance

What’s that you’re doing, Mr. Rosengrün?

Lufthansa

Tastes for tomorrow

Bordmenüs

What’s that you’re doing, Ms. Akhtar?

Lufthansa

Taking off into the future

Anniversary

What’s that you’re doing, Mr. Hoffmann?

Lufthansa

Riesling rescue

Viticulture

What’s that you’re doing, Ms. Ehmke?

Lufthansa

Where ideas learn to fly

Lufthansa

What’s that you’re doing, Mr. Kühn?

Lufthansa

Tackling childhood poverty

Help Alliance

Space odyssey

Once in a lifetime

Restaurant on the wing

Airbus A380

What’s that you’re doing, Mr. Bausch?

Lufthansa

What’s that you’re doing, Ms. Wienciers?

Lufthansa

Fold it and fly

Paper planes

Aeriel art

Drone pictures

What’s that you’re doing, Mr. Ponader?

Lufthansa

A small history of flying

Model planes

What’s that you’re doing, Mr. Resch?

Lufthansa

Plane speaking

Cockpit

Miss Universe

Astronauts

What’s that you’re doing, Mr. Ollmann?

Lufthansa

Between earth and sky

Cockpit views

In perfect shape

Lufthansa

A new dress

Lufthansa

Redesigning Lufthansa

Lufthansa

What’s that you’re doing, Mr. Krick?

Lufthansa

Baby brother

Ultralight plane

What’s that you’re doing, Ms. Steinau?

Lufthansa