BERLIN, April 6, 2026 (Aviation News) — Lufthansa will operate two special long-haul flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport on Easter Monday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its inaugural routes from April 6, 1926.
A Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, registered D-ABPU and flight LH1926, will fly from Berlin via waypoints over Halle, Erfurt, and Stuttgart to Zurich. Simultaneously, an Airbus A350-900, registered D-AIXL and flight LH2026, will depart Berlin via Magdeburg waypoint to Cologne. Both aircraft are scheduled to take off from parallel runways at BER around 3:00 p.m. local time, without intermediate stops.
The flights originate from Lufthansa hubs in Frankfurt and Munich, where the aircraft will first arrive carrying over 400 invited passengers, including Lufthansa Group employees, partners, influencers, and journalists.
Both planes feature a special blue livery with a white XXL crane emblem denoting the centenary. Aviation enthusiasts are anticipated at BERs visitor terrace for the parallel departure, as well as in Zurich and Cologne.
This operation retraces the historic maiden flights of Deutsche Luft Hansa, linking the companys origins with modern widebody technology.