Lufthansa has the biggest fleet of Europe's legacy groups, leads in narrowbody, regional fleets

28 March, 2019

CAPA - Centre for Aviation, in a report entitled: 'Lufthansa, IAG, Air France-KLM fleets: Lufthansa Group largest', stated (28-Mar-2019) Lufthansa Group has the biggest fleet of Europe's three major legacy groups. All have similar widebody strength, but Lufthansa leads on narrowbody and regional fleets. Lufthansa is the biggest individual airline brand by fleet, ahead of British Airways and Air France. KLM and LCCs Eurowings and Vueling are the next biggest. Lufthansa Group has the most aircraft orders and Air France-KLM the fewest. For all three legacy groups, capital expenditure levels are at, or close to, record highs. [more - CAPA Analysis]