Group boarding for faster boarding

To ensure that boarding at the gate runs smoothly, all passengers are called by boarding group.

Lufthansa has introduced a group boarding procedure so you can board your aircraft more quickly and in a more relaxed manner. Your boarding group can be found on your boarding pass. Please only proceed to boarding when your group is called and keep your boarding pass and necessary travel documents handy.

Passengers who check in together will, of course, be assigned to the same boarding group and will therefore also be able to board together.

After pre-boarding, passengers in priority boarding groups 1 and 2 will start boarding. All other boarding groups will then be invited to board.

Please note that all boarding groups will be called to board individually and in sequence. There may be exceptions to this due to local circumstances and in the case of flights located in positions on the apron to which passengers will be bussed.

Continental flights

After pre-boarding, passengers in priority boarding groups 1 and 2 will start boarding. All other boarding groups will then be invited to board.

Please note that all boarding groups will be called to board individually and in sequence. There may be exceptions to this due to local circumstances and in the case of flights located in positions on the apron to which passengers will be bussed.

Pre-boardingFamilies with babies and small children under 5, unaccompanied minors, passengers with reduced mobility Priority
Group 1HON Circle Members, First Class passengers (feeders) Priority
Group 2Business Class passengers, Senators, Star Alliance Gold card holders, Economy Flex passengers Group 3Economy Class passengers with a window seat and companions Group 4Economy Class passengers with middle seats and companions Group 5Economy Class passengers with aisle seats

Intercontinental flights

Pre-boardingFamilies with babies and small children under 5, unaccompanied minors, passengers with reduced mobility Priority
Group 1First Class passengers, HON Circle Members
 Priority
Group 2Business Class passengers, Senators, Star Alliance Gold card holders Group 3Premium Economy Class passengers Group 4Economy Class passengers with a window seat and companions Group 5Economy Class passengers with middle seats and companions Group 6Economy Class passengers with aisle seats

Further boarding services

Use our Quick Boarding turnstiles at selected gates in Frankfurt and Munich and at many other airports worldwide. They will enable you to board the aircraft quickly and conveniently.

This is how Quick Boarding works:

Place your boarding pass with the barcode face down on the scanner. After a short verification process, the gate will be released and you can go through. If your seat has changed at short notice, the Quick Boarding turnstile will print out a new coupon with the updated seat information.

Are you on the waiting list for a flight? In Frankfurt and Munich and at selected departure gates in Hamburg and Hanover, you can check your waiting list status on monitors. You can take a seat and relax, and you no longer have to enquire at the counter or wait for an announcement.

As soon as a seat number appears on the monitor beside your initials, please proceed directly to boarding. You will automatically receive your boarding pass stub with your seat information.