Lufthansa will operate two special long-haul flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich and Cologne on April 6, recreating the airline’s inaugural routes 100 years after the original departures from Berlin-Tempelhof.
A Boeing 787-9 from Frankfurt and an Airbus A350-900 from Munich will transport over 400 invited Lufthansa Group employees, partners, influencers, and journalists to the German capital for the event. Both aircraft display a blue livery with a large white crane emblem in recognition of the centenary.
The event at Berlin Brandenburg Airport is expected to draw more than 600 guests, including aviation enthusiasts and spectators. A parallel departure of the two aircraft is scheduled at around 3:00 p.m., with both flights set to fly over the original stopover points from 1926 as waypoints.
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In 1926, a Fokker Grulich F II flew from Berlin to Zurich carrying a newlywed couple, while a Dornier Komet III D-580 flew to Cologne with a single passenger. The anniversary flights will follow similar routes as LH1926 (Berlin–Halle–Erfurt–Stuttgart–Zurich) and LH2026 (Berlin–Magdeburg–Cologne), but without intermediate landings.
Tickets for the commemorative services sold out within days, and additional aviation fans are anticipated in Zurich and Cologne for the arrivals. The flights coincide with a program at Tempelhof airport commemorating the establishment of Lufthansa on April 6, 1926.
