Nineties

From airline to Aviation Group

Germany's reunification and Lufthansa's return to Berlin: The new decade got off to a most promising start.
But then came a major crisis in the early 1990s, a dramatic phase that threatened the airline's very survival. Lufthansa sought alliances and cooperations, and eventually found its way with other airlines into the "Star Alliance," which was rapidly to become the industry leader. A "new," entirely restructured Lufthansa, fully privatized in 1997, now soared toward success. Lufthansa was fully prepared to take off for the new millennium.