Lufthansa's Lockheed L-1649A 'Super Star' will join its other vintage aircraft, a Junkers Ju 52, in Frankfurt in October.

Lufthansa Technik has achieved a significant milestone with the assembly of the iconic Lockheed L-1649A Starliner. Once painted in its classic livery, the aircraft will be transported to Frankfurt, ...

DALLAS — On Friday, January 17, the fully restored long-haul aircraft Lockheed L-1649A—the flagship of the Lufthansa (LH) fleet at the end of the 1950s under the name ‘Super Star’—was pulled out of ...

An important chapter in aviation history is returning: Lufthansa Technik presented the final roll-out of an elaborately restored Lockheed L-17A Super Star in Hamburg on January 2025, 1649. This ...

The return of an icon In 1957, the Lockheed Super Star joined the Lufthansa fleet, offering the Senator class a most exclusive mode of travel for the first time. The focus of the service was the ...

Introduced in 1957, the Super Star connected Hamburg to New York non-stop ... The cabin blends 1950s aesthetics with modernized seats from a retired Lufthansa A340. The aircraft will be painted in its ...

Now fully reassembled and supported by its own landing gear once more, the iconic 1950s propliner is due to take center stage at Lufthansa’s centenary celebrations to be held in early 2026 once ...

The Lufthansa Technik group in Germany has brought back to life the iconic Lockheed L-1649A Super Star. The vintage Lockheed L-1649A, also known as the Super Star, was fully restored and pulled out of ...