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Frankfurt Airport serves as Lufthansa's busiest hub and holds the position of the world's fifth-busiest airport for long-haul flights, according to Cirium Diio data. Despite ranking 13th globally for widebody aircraft services, Frankfurt stands out due to Lufthansa’s continued reliance on the Airbus A340 and Boeing 747—aircraft types that are becoming less common worldwide.
Lufthansa operates seven different widebody aircraft variants from Frankfurt, but notably does not use its Airbus A380s at this location; those are exclusively based in Munich. The 747-8i and A340-300 remain Lufthansa’s leading twin-aisle types in terms of frequency from Frankfurt. When combined with other quadjets such as the 747-400 and A340-600, these aircraft account for about two-thirds of all Lufthansa’s widebody departures from the airport.
In October, scheduled departures for these models include approximately 351 flights with the 747-8i (25.9% of twin-aisle takeoffs), 321 with the A340-300 (23.8%), and additional flights with other models like the A330-300, 787-9, and A350 variants. The upcoming introduction of newer twinjets like the A350-1000 and Boeing 777-9 will eventually replace many of these older four-engine jets.
