Lufthansa (LH) has expanded its 100th anniversary aircraft fleet with an Airbus A320neo and an Airbus A350-900, both painted in the airline’s commemorative centennial livery. The A320neo, registered D-AING, arrived at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) on January 19, 2026, and began commercial service on a flight to Larnaca, Cyprus. The A350-900, registered D-AIXL, was expected in Munich by February 3, 2026.
Both aircraft carry the same design first seen on a Boeing 787-9 that entered service in December 2025. Lufthansa is marking 100 years since its 1926 founding with a rolling programme that will eventually cover six aircraft types across its short-haul and long-haul fleets. The airline has confirmed that three more widebody jets, an Airbus A380, a Boeing 747-8, and its first Airbus A350-1000, will carry the livery by fall 2026.
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The centennial design uses a deep blue fuselage with a large white crane, the emblem Lufthansa has used for decades. The crane’s wings are drawn to blend into the aircraft’s own wings, creating a single continuous shape along the fuselage. A “100” appears on the left side of the aircraft and the dates “1926 | 2026” appear on the right, with a matching “100” mark visible on the underside during takeoff and landing.
This treatment differs from Lufthansa’s standard livery, which has used a blue-and-white palette without yellow since a 2018 redesign. The centennial scheme keeps that modern colour base but adds graphic storytelling elements that the day-to-day fleet livery does not carry.
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Which aircraft have joined the centennial fleet so far
Three aircraft were flying in the anniversary livery as of late January 2026:
- A Boeing 787-9, registration D-ABPU and nicknamed “Berlin,” which landed in Frankfurt on December 23, 2025, and began revenue flights on January 20, 2026, starting with a route to Mumbai
- An Airbus A320neo, registration D-AING, which entered scheduled service from Frankfurt on January 19, 2026
- An Airbus A350-900, registration D-AIXL, due in Munich by February 3, 2026
The A320neo brings the anniversary design onto Lufthansa’s core short and medium-haul European network for the first time. The A350-900 extends it to a second long-haul type alongside the 787-9, giving the airline visible anniversary branding on both its regional and intercontinental routes at once.
The aircraft still to come before fall 2026
Lufthansa has said three more aircraft will join the anniversary fleet later in the year. An Airbus A380 and a Boeing 747-8 are both expected to carry the livery by fall 2026, according to the airline. A first Airbus A350-1000, Lufthansa’s newest long-haul variant, is scheduled for delivery in October and will also wear the design.
Once complete, the six-aircraft anniversary fleet will span five different aircraft types, from Lufthansa’s smallest narrowbody jet to its largest widebody. That spread lets the airline put the centennial branding in front of passengers on nearly every kind of route it flies, from short domestic hops to its longest intercontinental services.
All in All
Centennial liveries have become a fairly common way for legacy carriers to mark 100 years of operation. Qantas marked its 2020 centenary with a Boeing 787-9 tracing its historical tail logos along the fuselage, and Finnair used Moomin character artwork on two A350-900s for its 2023 milestone.
Lufthansa’s approach differs from most of these by scaling the celebration across six separate aircraft types rather than a single flagship jet. That choice puts the anniversary livery in front of a far wider range of passengers, from short-haul European travellers boarding the A320neo to long-haul passengers on the A350 and eventual A380 services. The rollout is scheduled to be complete when the first A350-1000 joins the anniversary fleet in October 2026.
