Business activities and Group structure
Lufthansa Group is the leading European airline group
The Lufthansa Group is an aviation group with operations worldwide. As the biggest airline group by revenue, it plays the leading role in its European home market.
The Lufthansa Group consists of the business segments Passenger Airlines, Logistics, MRO and Additional Businesses and Group Functions.
The Passenger Airlines business segment includes the Network Airlines Lufthansa Airlines, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines. As part of a multi-hub strategy, they offer their passengers a broad range of flights from their hubs in Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Vienna and Brussels. Closely affiliated to Lufthansa Airlines are the regional airlines Lufthansa CityLine, Lufthansa City Airlines and Air Dolomiti as well as Discover Airlines, the Lufthansa Group’s German holiday airline. Edelweiss, the leading Swiss holiday airline, is closely affiliated to SWISS. In addition, the Lufthansa Group purchased 41% of the shares in ITA Airways in the 2025 financial year and intends to acquire the remainder of the shares in this Italian network airline at a later date.
Eurowings also belongs to the Passenger Airlines business segment. This airline provides a comprehensive range of point-to-point connections for short- and medium-haul destinations, in particular from German-speaking countries.
Additional Businesses include, in particular, Lufthansa Aviation Training and Lufthansa Systems. The Group Functions are also part of this business segment. At the start of the 2025 financial year, Lufthansa Industry Solutions, which previously formed part of the MRO business segment, was allocated to Additional Businesses and Group Functions.
The Company’s employees form the basis for the successful ongoing development of the Group structure and strategy, and therefore the basis for the long-term success of the Lufthansa Group. Customers benefit from the enhancements to the premium travel experience. Shareholders participate in a sustainable increase in shareholder return.
Five-member Executive Board manages Deutsche Lufthansa AG
The business segments and airlines of the Lufthansa Group are each under their own management. The Group strategy is defined and its implementation managed by the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG or the Group Executive Committee, which largely consists of the members of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and the CEOs of Lufthansa Airlines, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, Lufthansa Cargo and Lufthansa Technik.
The Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG had the following members at the end of the 2025 financial year:
- Carsten Spohr, Chairman of the Executive Board
- Michael Niggemann, Chief Human Resources and Legal Officer, Labour Director
- Till Streichert, Chief Financial Officer
- Grazia Vittadini, Chief Technology Officer
- Dieter Vranckx, Chief Commercial Officer