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

Branded the ‘Super Star’ by Lufthansa, the four-engined type, with a triple tail fin arrangement similar to the Lockheed L-1049 Constellation, joined the fleet 68 years ago, in 1957 ...

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 ...

In 1957, the Lockheed ‘Super Star’ (as the type became known within the company) joined the Lufthansa fleet, offering the Senator class as the most exclusive mode of travel for the first time. The ...

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 ...